Workshop on Enterprise Architecture
for Service Enablement

Architecture is "the fundamental organization of a system, embodied in its components, their relationships to each other and the environment and the principles governing its design and evolution" (ANSI/IEEE Std 1471-2000). The popularity of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) approaches and infrastructure is accelerating the adoption of SOA strategies in diverse industry segments like insurance, finance, healthcare, hospitality, and government infrastructure. In this environment, the importance of enterprise architecture has increased due to the realization that collections of well-engineered siloed applications need a unifying vision to become a service-enabled and manageable product suite.

SOA has increased the importance of Enterprise Architecture (EA). As noted in the book, Enterprise Architecture as Strategy (Ross, Weill, Robertson). EA unites the core business processes and IT infrastructure to construct a foundation for business execution as well as the expansion of capabilities for supporting dynamic changes in the business. For these reasons, some communities are promoting the idea of using EA to help manage the transition to SOA with an enterprise-wide perspective. Although expected, best practices to help guide the enterprise architect in this journey have yet to be recognized and codified.

The EASE 09 workshop seeks to bring together practitioners and researchers who are currently involved in the development of medium to large enterprise-scale service oriented architectures that are intended to enhance business capabilities and expand reuse of enterprise architecture components and composition. Research and experience from smaller scale implementations that could potentially be useful in medium/large scale enterprises are also invited.

The workshop provides a forum for approaches to practical application of SOA, and to share lessons learned or novel ideas to addressing key issues unique to the larger scale implementation. Further, the workshop aims to provide a platform to share experiences in developing enterprise-wide SOA solutions and/or strategic plans for migrating enterprises toward SOA. The workshop will address questions about the nature and features of service-oriented architectures and related business process management systems, focusing on the challenges of adopting these technologies in an enterprise-wide program. The workshop will include presentation and discussion of selected short papers, and break-out sessions to investigate issues and alternative approaches. For more information see the CFP.