Enterprise architecture artifacts facilitating digital transformations' strategic planning process

Abstract

The exploitation of new value propositions enabled by disruptive digital technologies-also known as digital transformations-influences firms' configurations of people, processes, and technology and must be considered in the enterprise's strategy. Strategic planning, i.e., the process that determines strategy, is facilitated by enterprise architecture (EA). Hence, strategic plans are reflected in EA documents called artifacts. Our objective is to construct an overview of essential EA artifacts that are used to facilitate the strategic planning process for digital transformations. Therefore, we analyzed popular EA sources, performed a systematic literature review, and organized an expert session using the Metaplan method. Building on EA's current knowledge, we propose 15 EA artifacts that facilitate digital transformations' strategic planning process.