Benefits of integrating resource management into an enterprise architecture

Abstract

This paper extends previous research on the integration of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) with the Unified Architecture Framework (UAF). Building upon the author’s earlier work that established the value of the UAF's Personnel and Resource domains, this study expands the implementation to include the Projects and Operational domains, creating a more comprehensive enterprise architecture (EA) model. This research demonstrates how the UAF can be applied to a manufacturing company to improve collaboration across disciplines and enable informed decision-making throughout the organization. Key outcomes include integrated viewpoints across UAF domains and aspects, automatic verification of requirements through parametric modeling, and dependency matrices that illustrate cross-domain relationships of the organization. Results show that this methodology successfully maintains traceability between enterprise domains by considering aspects such as requirements, taxonomies, structure, and processes. This work establishes a foundation for EA modeling and demonstrates the UAF’s capability to bridge traditional systems engineering (SE) practices with human factors (HF) considerations. By integrating various stakeholder concerns of the enterprise, transparency across disciplines is accomplished within a model environment. Future research will explore the Services and Security domains to complete the UAF implementation.

Keywords: enterprise architecture, model-based systems engineering, Unified Architecture Framework, resource domain, operational domain

DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1006775