Comparing ARIS with Other Concepts

Abstract

When the first edition of this book was published, only a few detailed architectural concepts for describing information systems were available, with which ARIS could be compared. In the mean time, theoretical discussion and real-world implementation of information system architecture has become more popular. Empirical information management studies show that the importance of IS architecture is acknowledged in real-world scenarios as well (see Krcmar, Informationsmanagement 1997, p. 9; Nüttgens, Koordiniert-dezentrales Informationsmanagement 1995, p. 69). Of the various methods for comparing architectures, the analysis of meta concepts now seems to be the most popular.