Title: Towards the measurement of enterprise information systems agility to support EIS improving projects

Authors: Jannik Laval; Chantal Cherifi; Vincent Cheutet

Addresses: DISP lab EA4570 IUT Lumière Lyon 2, University Lumière Lyon 2, University of Lyon, 160 boulevard de l'Université 69500 Bron, France ' DISP lab EA4570 IUT Lumière Lyon 2, University Lumière Lyon 2, University of Lyon, 160 boulevard de l'Université 69500 Bron, France ' DISP lab EA4570 Bât Léonard de Vinci, INSA Lyon, University of Lyon, 21 avenue Jean Capelle 69100 Villeurbanne, France

Abstract: Enterprise information systems (EIS) are directly implied in the global performance of an organisation. Nevertheless, their potential rigidity in comparison with the required fast evolution of the supported organisation remains an important open research question. The proposed research work aims to define and evaluate the agility of an EIS, in order to assist both software engineers and business managers in EIS improvement projects. In particular, a framework is proposed to structure the different existing metrics on agility according to the improvements needs and the intrinsic characteristics of an information system.

Keywords: agility; enterprise information system; EIS; metrics; improvement project.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2018.094303

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management, 2018 Vol.11 No.3, pp.222 - 246

Received: 25 Apr 2017
Accepted: 05 Apr 2018
Published online: 28 Aug 2018 *

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