The Dynamics of Software Project Staffing: A System Dynamics Based Simulation Approach
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
The role and value of information technology infrastructure: some empirical observations
Strategic information technology management
Enablers and inhibitors of business-IT alignment
Communications of the AIS
Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems: An Introductory Analysis with Applications to Biology, Control and Artificial Intelligence
Business Dynamics
Business Planning for Network Services: A Systems Thinking Approach
Information Systems Research
Service -Oriented Computing: Concepts, Characteristics and Directions
WISE '03 Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering
Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services
Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services
Service-Oriented Architecture Compass: Business Value, Planning, and Enterprise Roadmap
Service-Oriented Architecture Compass: Business Value, Planning, and Enterprise Roadmap
The Tacit Liaison between Networkability and Supply Chain Performance
HICSS '06 Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 08
A research manifesto for services science
Communications of the ACM - Services science
Business agility and diffusion of information technology
European Journal of Information Systems - Including a special section on business agility and diffusion of information technology
Change factors requiring agility and implications for IT
European Journal of Information Systems - Including a special section on business agility and diffusion of information technology
Simulation Modeling and Analysis (McGraw-Hill Series in Industrial Engineering and Management)
Simulation Modeling and Analysis (McGraw-Hill Series in Industrial Engineering and Management)
Offshore Outsourcing: A Dynamic Causal Model of Counteracting Forces
Journal of Management Information Systems
The Mechanics of Internet Growth: A Developing-Country Perspective
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
A Design Science Research Methodology for Information Systems Research
Journal of Management Information Systems
IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
Modeling dynamics in agile software development
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
Design science in information systems research
MIS Quarterly
Implementing Service-Oriented Architecture in Organizations
Journal of Management Information Systems
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
Design science and the accumulation of knowledge in the information systems discipline
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
Ant system: optimization by a colony of cooperating agents
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics
Process Mining: Overview and Opportunities
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
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With firms facing intense rivalry, globalization, and time-to-market pressures, the need for organizational agility assumes greater importance. One of the primary vehicles for achieving organizational agility is the use of agile information systems [IS] and the close alignment of information technologies [IT] with business. However, IS is often viewed as an impediment to organization agility. Recently, service-oriented architecture [SOA] has emerged as a prominent IS agility-enhancing technology. The fundamental question of how SOA can enhance organization agility and foster closer alignment between IT and business has not been adequately addressed. The dynamic interaction among external business environmental factors, organizational agility, and IS architecture makes the process of keeping IT and business aligned more complex. This study uses a design science approach to build a system dynamics model to examine the effect of employing alternative SOA implementation strategies in various organizational and external business environments on the IT business alignment and IS cost. The results provide insights into the shaping of IT-business alignment. Additionally, the system dynamics model serves as a tool for supporting managerial decisions related to SOA implementation.