Title
An architecture framework for enterprise IT service availability analysis
Abstract
This paper presents an integrated enterprise architecture framework for qualitative and quantitative modeling and assessment of enterprise IT service availability. While most previous work has either focused on formal availability methods such as fault trees or qualitative methods such as maturity models, this framework offers a combination. First, a modeling and assessment framework is described. In addition to metamodel classes, relationships and attributes suitable for availability modeling, the framework also features a formal computational model written in a probabilistic version of the object constraint language. The model is based on 14 systemic factors impacting service availability and also accounts for the structural features of the service architecture. Second, the framework is empirically tested in nine enterprise information system case studies. Based on an initial availability baseline and the annual evolution of the 14 factors of the model, annual availability predictions are made and compared with the actual outcomes as reported in SLA reports and system logs. The practical usefulness of the method is discussed based on the outcomes of a workshop conducted with the participating enterprises, and some directions for future research are offered.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1007/s10270-012-0307-3
Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM)
Keywords
Field
DocType
metamodel,noisy-or,ocl,system quality analysis,systems availability,service availability,enterprise architecture,archimate,downtime,information systems
Enterprise architecture,Software engineering,Systems engineering,Computer science,RM-ODP,Architecture framework,Enterprise information system,Enterprise architecture framework,View model,Enterprise architecture management,Service-oriented modeling
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
13
4
1619-1374
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
0.60
30
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ulrik Franke130927.06
Pontus Johnson278855.88
Johan König3845.37