Advances in Government Enterprise Architecture (Premier Reference Source) [Hardcover]

Pallab Saha (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 2008 | ISBN-10: 160566068X | ISBN-13: 978-1605660684 | Edition: 1

Over the past two decades, the government sector has emerged as the area of largest implementation of enterprise architecture - a critical success factor for all types, scales, and intensities of e-government programs.

Advances in Government Enterprise Architecture is a seminal publication in the emerging and evolving discipline of enterprise architecture (EA). Presenting current developments, issues, and trends in EA, this critical resource provides IT managers, government CIOs, researchers, educators, and professionals with insights into the impact of effective EA on IT governance, IT portfolio management, and IT outsourcing, creating a must-have holding for academic libraries and organizational information centers.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Editor Saha has included articles on such EA topics as service-oriented reference architecture for e-government, orchestrating cooperation between private and government sectors and collaborative EA for municipal governments." ---Book News Inc. (February 2009)

About the Author

Pallab Saha is currently a member of the faculty at the National University of Singapore (NUS). His current research and consulting interests include IT governance, enterprise architecture, and business process management and he has published several research papers in these areas. Dr. Saha teaches courses in enterprise architecture, IT governance, and business process management at the post-graduate and senior executive levels (including CIOs). His current consulting engagements are in enterprise architecture for Singapore Government agencies. Dr. Saha is also a faculty member of the newly formed Center for E-Government Leadership (CeGL) in NUS and delivers executive programs to senior government officials from several countries. Dr. Saha is frequently invited to speak at international and local conferences on enterprise architecture and IT governance and is the primary author of the enterprise architecture methodology and toolkit for the Government of Singapore. He is also a contributing author of the enterprise architecture management guide being developed by the International Association of Enterprise Architects (a|EA).

Prior to academics, he was instrumental in managing Baxter's environmental health and safety offshore development center (Bangalore) as head of projects and development. He has worked on engagements in several Fortune 100 organizations in various capacities. Dr. Saha received his PhD in information systems management from the Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore, 1999). His PhD dissertation was awarded the best thesis in the department and also received a special research grant for the same. Earlier he completed an MBA in information systems and prior to that gained a BSc in electronic sciences from Bangalore University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 502 pages
• Publisher: Information Science Reference; 1 edition (October 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 160566068X
• ISBN-13: 978-1605660684
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,369,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)