Towards an E-Government Enterprise Architecture Framework for Developing Economies
The growth and uptake of e-government in developing economies are still affected by the interoperability challenge, which can be perceived as an orchestration of several issues that imply the existence of gaps in methods used for e-government planning and implementation. To a great extent, various c...
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| author | Flavia Namagembe Agnes Nakakawa Fiona P. Tulinayo Henderik A. Proper Sietse Overbeek |
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| description | The growth and uptake of e-government in developing economies are still affected by the interoperability challenge, which can be perceived as an orchestration of several issues that imply the existence of gaps in methods used for e-government planning and implementation. To a great extent, various counterparts in developed economies have succeeded in addressing the method-related gaps by developing e-government enterprise architectures, as blueprints for guiding e-government initiatives in a holistic and manageable way. However, existing e-government enterprise architectures are country-specific to appropriately serve their intended purpose, while enterprise architecture frameworks or methods are generic to accommodate several enterprise contexts. The latter do not directly accommodate the unique peculiarities of e-government efforts. Thus, a detailed method is lacking that can be adapted by developing economies to develop e-government enterprise architectures that fit their contexts. To address the gap, this article presents research that adopted a Design Science approach to develop an e-Government Enterprise Architecture Framework (EGEAF), as an explicit method for guiding the design of e-government enterprise architectures in a developing economy. EGEAF was designed by extending the Architecture Development Method of The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF ADM) to address requirements for developing interoperable e-government solutions in a developing economy. EGEAF was evaluated using two scenarios in the Ugandan context, and findings indicate that it is feasible; its design is understandable to enable its adoption and extension to accommodate requirements for developing interoperable e-government solutions in other developing economies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0263cebe10f4ad6b1ebd9c40771b8cf2023-08-05T14:51:19ZengRiga Technical UniversityComplex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly2255-99222023-07-01035306610.7250/csimq.2023-35.023363Towards an E-Government Enterprise Architecture Framework for Developing EconomiesFlavia Namagembe0Agnes Nakakawa1Fiona P. Tulinayo2Henderik A. Proper3Sietse Overbeek4School of Computing and Informatics Technology, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, KampalaSchool of Computing and Informatics Technology, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, KampalaSchool of Computing and Informatics Technology, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, KampalaInstitute of Information Systems Engineering, TU Wien, 1040 ViennaFaculty of Science, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC UtrechtThe growth and uptake of e-government in developing economies are still affected by the interoperability challenge, which can be perceived as an orchestration of several issues that imply the existence of gaps in methods used for e-government planning and implementation. To a great extent, various counterparts in developed economies have succeeded in addressing the method-related gaps by developing e-government enterprise architectures, as blueprints for guiding e-government initiatives in a holistic and manageable way. However, existing e-government enterprise architectures are country-specific to appropriately serve their intended purpose, while enterprise architecture frameworks or methods are generic to accommodate several enterprise contexts. The latter do not directly accommodate the unique peculiarities of e-government efforts. Thus, a detailed method is lacking that can be adapted by developing economies to develop e-government enterprise architectures that fit their contexts. To address the gap, this article presents research that adopted a Design Science approach to develop an e-Government Enterprise Architecture Framework (EGEAF), as an explicit method for guiding the design of e-government enterprise architectures in a developing economy. EGEAF was designed by extending the Architecture Development Method of The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF ADM) to address requirements for developing interoperable e-government solutions in a developing economy. EGEAF was evaluated using two scenarios in the Ugandan context, and findings indicate that it is feasible; its design is understandable to enable its adoption and extension to accommodate requirements for developing interoperable e-government solutions in other developing economies.https://csimq-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/7798e-governmententerprise architecturedeveloping economiese-government interoperability |
| spellingShingle | Flavia Namagembe Agnes Nakakawa Fiona P. Tulinayo Henderik A. Proper Sietse Overbeek Towards an E-Government Enterprise Architecture Framework for Developing Economies Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly e-government enterprise architecture developing economies e-government interoperability |
| title | Towards an E-Government Enterprise Architecture Framework for Developing Economies |
| title_full | Towards an E-Government Enterprise Architecture Framework for Developing Economies |
| title_fullStr | Towards an E-Government Enterprise Architecture Framework for Developing Economies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards an E-Government Enterprise Architecture Framework for Developing Economies |
| title_short | Towards an E-Government Enterprise Architecture Framework for Developing Economies |
| title_sort | towards an e government enterprise architecture framework for developing economies |
| topic | e-government enterprise architecture developing economies e-government interoperability |
| url | https://csimq-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/7798 |
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