The Selection and Training Framework (STF) for Managers in Business Innovation Transformation Projects - Business Enterprise Architecture Integration

Abstract

An important factor in the business transformation process of a traditional business environment (BE) into an electronic lean and automated (ELBE) one [1] is the role of the profile and educational background of the business and (e-)business transformation managers (BTM) [32]. The profile of a BTM and its relation to business enterprise architecture integration skills that have an enormous impact on the concrete implementation phase of business transformation projects (BTP). The basic profile and managerial aspects of such a business transformation manager has not been sufficiently researched in a holistic manner in order to hammer the BTM's profile and to propose the related business enterprise architecture integration recommendations, as a conclusion to this research phase; and that is the main goal of the authors’ research topic [3], [4], [5]. In fact, currently there is no business enterprise architecture integration set of recommendations and educational curriculum for such BTM profiles [6]. This research paper deals with the business enterprise architecture integration for the BTM selection, training and evaluation; the BTM who has to manage the technical implementation phase of complex business transformation projects; knowing that the BTP's implementation phase is the major cause of very high failure rates [9], [10]. The implementation of such business transformation projects require a specific knowledge of enterprise business architecture. The authors have based their research on the main fact that only around 12% of business organizations successfully terminate innovation-related business transformations projects [7]. There is evidence that that those organizations that are consistently successful at managing innovation-related changes, outperform their peers in terms of growth and financial performance [8]. Therefore, there is an essential need for more research on the BTMs’ profiles and a necessity to propose the related concept of business enterprise architecture integration. Increasingly competitive business environments; like mechanistic organisations [11] are the main driving forces for investment in the transformation of flexible and efficient business environments. The success of such transformations, implementation and maintenance of business environments influences the way business-oriented processes are managed and integrated, that consequently forces business enterprise to continuously innovate. Many BTM selection factors directly or indirectly affect the business environments’ transformation, into a mechanistic organisations; they especially affect their implementation phase. These factors are based on the business transformation manager's skills. In this research project the authors introduce a complex methodology for selecting a business transformation manager in order to finalize the implementation phase which should fully support the company's strategic and business needs. The Selection and Training Framework (STF) uses different components of the business environment to promote an iterative process of selection and training. The framework promotes the needed BTM's skills to insure the high level of reusability of existing artefacts, components and enterprise architecture paradigms. Components of this methodology have been successfully applied in the authors’ consultant careers, and results are implemented in various mechanistic business environments. The optimum choice among suitable BTM profiles is the main goal of the authors’ selection and training framework (STF) research project.

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