The basic purpose of an Enterprise Architecture project is creating integrity among different enterprise components, including processes, systems, technologies, and etc. While CMMI focuses on improving the process of an organization and covers necessary elements relating to one organization distinguished by different maturity levels referenced as level 1 through level 5. In our previous paper [...

In order to enhance their global business performance, organizations must be careful with the quality of their information since it is one of their main assets. Analogies to quality management of classical products demonstrate that Information Quality is also preferably attainable through management by integrating some corresponding Information Quality management activities into the organizatio...

This article addresses a paradox surrounding psychosocial maturity and self-actualizing in relation to 10 well-being: Several stage theories of maturity (notably ego development; Loevinger, 1976) culminate in self-actualizing, which Maslow (1968) characterizes as the pinnacle of psychological health and well-being. However, empirical measures of maturity and well-being do not correlate. In a re...

Maturity level modeling has been a well-established and important stream of IS research. Maturity models have played a significant role in guiding organizational process improvements in many areas. It is therefore surprising that maturity model design and development methodologies have not yet been scrutinized from cross-cultural and international perspectives. In this research, we have prescri...

This report describes the methodology used to create a simulation of a high-maturity software organization and the results of this simulation. The goal of this research was to find the quantitative value of improving from Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Level 3 to Level 5. The method was to simulate a high-maturity organization using its actual empirical data and then “cut out” the high-maturit...