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Accomplishing the layered modular architecture in digital innovation: The case of the car’s driver information module
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2020 | Journal of Strategic Information Systems | Citations: 0
Authors: Hylving, Lena; Schultze, Ulrike

Abstract: Architectural theory of digital innovation contends that, to enhance physical pr ... Expand

Abstract: Architectural theory of digital innovation contends that, to enhance physical products with digital capabilities, a layered modular architecture is required. This architecture hybridizes hierarchically arranged components of physical products with modules of digital functionality configured into layers. Despite considerable research adopting this architectural perspective on digital innovation, questions of how this hybrid architecture is accomplished organizationally and technologically lack both conceptual clarity and empirical illustration. Noting pervasive tensions that characterize digital innovation efforts and the contradictions between hierarchical and layered modular configurations, this paper seeks to answer the following research question: Given that the layered modular architecture needs to hybridize modular arrangements with opposing logics, how is it accomplished? Employing the concepts of digitalization, physical product hierarchy and digital control system to better theorize a product architecture’s movement from a modular to a layered modular architecture accompanied by organizational structures that enable this change, we abductively analyze the in creasing digitization of a car’s Driver Information Module (DIM) over a 10 year period. We conclude by proposing three transformations through which the layered modular architecture is accomplished. Collapse

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Topics: innovation management digital innovation organization structure enterprise architecture usability

Methods: qualitative interview theory development simulation design artifact case study

Theories: architectural theory sociomaterialism theory
A survey on CIO concerns-do enterprise architecture frameworks support them?
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2006 | Information Systems Frontiers | Citations: 3
Authors: Lindström, Åsa; Johnson, Pontus; Johansson, Erik; Ekstedt, Mathias; Simonsson, Mårten

Abstract: The challenge of IT management is today considerable. In industry, the organizat ... Expand

Abstract: The challenge of IT management is today considerable. In industry, the organizational role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has been promoted as the owner of these challenges. In spite of a general acceptance of the problems associated with the responsibilities of the CIO, very little academic research has been conducted on the issues and constraints of this role. In order to address these shortcomings, this article presents the results of a survey in which Swedish CIOs have prioritized their most important concerns.In academia, a response to the IT system management challenges has presented itself in the discipline of Enterprise Architecture. The article argues that the CIO role is the primary stakeholder of Enterprise Architecture, so his/her need for decision support should guide Enterprise Architecture research and framework development. Therefore, the article presents a brief review over how well two existing Enterprise Architecture frameworks address the surveyed concerns of the CIO.Results from the survey indicate that the three highest prioritized concerns of CIOs are to decrease the cost related to the business organization, to improve the quality of the interplay between the IT organization and the business organization and to provide new computer-aided support to the business organization.The comparison between the CIOs' prioritization and the foci of the frameworks shows some discrepancies. The largest disharmony lies in the lack of decision support for issues related to the IT organization. Furthermore, support for explicitly estimating and managing costs is lacking within the frameworks. Collapse

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Topics: Chief Information Officer Department of Defense Architecture Framework enterprise architecture enterprise architecture framework Zachman framework

Methods: survey

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Accomplishing the layered modular architecture in digital innovation: The case of the car’s driver information module

A survey on CIO concerns-do enterprise architecture frameworks support them?