Paper Type
Research-in-Progress Paper
Description
Sustainability goals as reflected in an organization´s stated mission, should be supported by the Information Technology strategies and functions of the organization. Enterprise Architecture (EA) processes are intended to identify and create alignment between the organisational mission and information technology enabled activities. This exploratory research investigates the use of Enterprise Architecture at two large natural resource extraction organisations through a sustainability lens to reveal the IT contribution to the sustainability aspects of the organisational mission. \ \ Keywords: IT organisational alignment, Enterprise Architecture, sustainability, natural resources \
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES
Sustainability goals as reflected in an organization´s stated mission, should be supported by the Information Technology strategies and functions of the organization. Enterprise Architecture (EA) processes are intended to identify and create alignment between the organisational mission and information technology enabled activities. This exploratory research investigates the use of Enterprise Architecture at two large natural resource extraction organisations through a sustainability lens to reveal the IT contribution to the sustainability aspects of the organisational mission. \ \ Keywords: IT organisational alignment, Enterprise Architecture, sustainability, natural resources \