Using Intentional and System Dynamics Modeling to Address WHYs in Enterprise Architecture

Sagar Sunkle, Suman Roychoudhury , and Vinay Kulkarni Tata Consultancy Services, India

Analysis of Strategic Vulnerability Vulnerability in Depender dependee relation Assurance and Insurance scenarios played out with System Dynamics Models Together Intentional and System Dynamics Models provide better treatment of whys in Enterprise

Encoding and evaluating Whys ofenterprise over time- Steps-1. Derive an Intentional model from EA

Model and i* metamodel mapping2. Manually obtain system dynamics

model using guidelines3. Play out problem scenarios4. Transfer results of dynamic analyses

to intentional models5. Changes in intentional model are

transferred back to EA model

From Intentional models to Systems Dynamics Models and back again

Goals and soft-goals -> stocks Alternative tasks used to achieve goal

-> variables Satisfaction contribution links of soft

goals -> inflow and outflow of a stock Actor dependencies -> Module

connectors

System Dynamic Models

AS-IS Enterprise

TO-BE Enterprise

Contact me at-sagar.sunkle@tcs.com