Measuring E-government Adoption by Governments: The Greek Case

Abstract

Enterprise Architecture (EA) has been evolved to a significant tool that guides e-government implementation in all major strategic plans. In this chapter we approach e-government adoption from the perspective of government. We associate adoption by governments with EA since its existence and type confirms governments’ willing and maturity in implementing their strategies. EA supports both projects’ design and tendering procedures with the determination of common standards for all procured projects. For the purposes of our positions, we investigate e-government implementation in Greece in order to examine its adoption by Greek Government. We study Greek implementation methodology, we analyze the tendering procedures of four projects and we present our findings, showing that the absence of a national EA leads to deliverables’ replication, to different solutions for similar needs, and to failures in project design. These findings can measure willing and maturity of e-government implementation.