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For decades already, the field of information systems development is facing challenges for which it is not equipped. Examples are business process management, service oriented design, and model-driven engineering. The only way out is to broaden the scope from information system to enterprise. Enterprise Engineering is an emerging discipline, originating from both the Information System Sciences and the Organizational Sciences. This means a major paradigm shift. On the paradigmatic basis that has been developed up to now, the notions of Enterprise Ontology, Enterprise Architecture, and Enterprise Governance are firmly founded. Next to broadening the scope towards enterprise engineering, there is an urgent need for scientific rigor. A first step in that direction is provided by the combination of three theories: the f -theory, the t -theory, and the y -theory. Together they are able to ban the bullshit from the discipline of information system engineering and to prevent it to creep into the discipline of enterprise engineering.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    By an enterprise is understood any collaboration of people for achieving a common goal. It ranges from the organization of a birthday party to a corporate company or a governmental ministry.

  2. 2.

    ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology.

  3. 3.

    See www.ciaonetwork.org.

  4. 4.

    See www.ciaonetwork.org.

  5. 5.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering.

  6. 6.

    For an extensive discussion of the f -theory the reader is referred to [5].

  7. 7.

    DEMO stands for Design and Engineering Methodology of Organizations (www.demo.nl).

  8. 8.

    For an extensive discussion of the f -theory the reader is referred to [7].

  9. 9.

    For a good overview of the work of the LAP community, the reader is referred to the May 2006 issue of Communications of the ACM [6].

  10. 10.

    For an extensive discussion of the f -theory the reader is referred to [5].

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    Jan L. G. Dietz

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  1. Fac. Mathematics & Physics, Dept. Software Engineering, Charles University Praha, Malostranske nam. 25, Praha 1, 118 00, Czech Republic

    Jaroslav Pokorny

  2. Dept. Information Technologies, Attn. Prof. Jiri Vorisek, Prague University of Economics, Nam. W. Churchilla 4, Praha, 130 67, Czech Republic

    Vaclav Repa

  3. Fac. Mathematics & Physics, Charles University, Praha, Malostranske nam. 25, Praha 1, 118 00, Czech Republic

    Karel Richta

  4. College of Business & Economics, Dept. Information Technology &, Boise State University, Univesity Dr. 1910, Boise, 83725-1615, Idaho, USA

    Wita Wojtkowski

  5. Fac. Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia

    Henry Linger

  6. Dept. Accountancy & Finance, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Ireland

    Chris Barry

  7. Dept. Accountancy & Finance, National University of Ireland, University Road, Galway, Ireland

    Michael Lang

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Dietz, J.L. (2011). From Information Systems Development to Enterprise Engineering. In: Pokorny, J., et al. Information Systems Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9790-6_1

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