IT-Business Alignment Challenge: Enterprise Architecture as an Enabler for Strategic Alignment

One of the most important organizational challenges is the strategic alignment between information technology (IT) and business objectives. Organizations have deployed different approaches to achieve strategic alignment and competitive advantage. Enterprise architecture (EA) has been viewed as an effective approach not only for optimum management of IT، but also for strategic alignment of IT applications and business needs. EA maturity indicates the degree of attaining EA project goals، out of which، is the IT-Business alignment. In this paper، the relationship between enterprise architecture maturity (EAM) and strategic alignment maturity model (SAMM) has been investigated to declare whether EAM can act as enabler for SAMM. Research population includes enterprises in which، the EA project is implemented. Pearson’s correlation and regression test have been used for analyzing the data gathered by questionnaire. The findings indicate that the success of EA significantly influences strategic alignment maturity.