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1、AligningSoftwareArchitectureandBusinessStrategywithContinuousBusinessEngineering(✉)KurtSandkuhlInstituteofComputerScience,RostockUniversity,Albert-Einstein-Str.22,18057Rostock,GermanyKurt.Sandkuhl@uni-rostock.deAbstract.ContinuousEngineering(CE)investigatesfundamentalsandbasicprinciplesofevolut

2、ioninIT-engineeringprocesses.ContinuousSoftwareEngi‐neering(CSE)appliestheseprinciplesinthecontextofsoftwareengineeringanddevelopsmethodologies,conceptsandtechniquesforevolvablesoftwaresystems.Continuousbusinessengineering(CBE)iscloselyrelatedtoprinciplesofCEandtheresearchfieldofCSE.Themainpurpo

3、seofthispositionpaperistoextendearlierworkonCBEbyintegratingtheconceptofcapabilities.ThepaperdescribesthescopeofCBEresearch,investigatesconnectionstootherresearchfieldsanddiscussesapproachesinthefieldofCBEforaligningsoftwarearchitecture,capabilitiesandbusinessstrategy.Keywords:Continuousengineeri

4、ng·Continuouscapabilityengineering·Businessstrategy1IntroductionMostenterprisesandpublicauthoritiesnowadaysarehighlydependantontheirIT-infrastructureandIT-applicationstopreservetheircompetitivenessinaglobalmarket.Inparticularinindustrydomainsandservicesectors,wherethewholevaluechainhastobesuppo

5、rtedbyIT,itiscrucialtohavesolutionswhichareflexibleincaseofchangesinbusinessmodelormarketenvironment.Examplesaretheutilitysectorandthebankingindustry.Intheseapplicationfieldsitisofeconomicandstrategicimportancetobeabletoquicklyadaptsoftwaresystemstochangesincustomers’requirements,businessgoalsorc

6、ompanyprocesses.Evolutionofsoftwaresystemsinalignmenttobusinessstrategyhasbecomeacoreissue.Thisissueisevenmoreemphasized,asmostdomain-specificinfrastructuresarelong-living.Theyincorporateprocessandproductknowledgeoftheindividualownersandoftenwereoptimizedoverseveraldecades.Infinancialindustries,f

7、orexample,therearestillsoftwarecomponentsinusedevelopedinthe1980s.Thesecomponentscannotsimplyberedesignedandreplacedbynewcomponentsinstate-of-the-arttechnology,asthiswouldrequirebiginvestments,bearhighrisksandquestionablebusinessb