ICT705 Assignment: Enterprise Resource Architecture and E-Governance

This report delves into the concepts of e-governance and enterprise resource architecture, emphasizing their significance in the context of the Australian Federal Government. It begins by introducing the idea of a connected government, which stems from the implementation of e-governance to provide online services, increasing the flexibility and accessibility of governmental processes. The report then examines information-centric design, highlighting its benefits for e-governance, and the implementation of the information maturity model. Further, it explores enterprise information architecture, detailing its components, advantages, and its application within e-governance systems, particularly through ERP. The report proposes an information-centric ERP implementation for the Australian Federal Government, outlining the project's processes, legal, social, and technological dimensions, and the use of business process modeling. Overall, the report assesses different aspects of e-governance and the benefits of enterprise architecture for the Australian Federal Government.

Running head: ENTERPRISE RESOURCE ARCHITECTURE AND E-GOVERNANCE
Enterprise resource architecture and e-governance
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Executive Summery
The concept of connected governance is apparently new in the context of the public service
provided by the government. The connected government raises from the concept that the
government will provide e-services to the people. Tis will increase the flexibility of the
government services. Apart from that citizens will easily get the desired service through the e-
governance. Apart from that they can appear with their problems to the government at any
time from anyplace through internet. The connect government defines that each of the
department by the government run through e-governance is connected with each other. The
main objective of this paper is to evaluate the different aspects of e-governance and benefits of
Enterprise Architecture for the functioning of the Australian Federal Government.

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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction..........................................................................................................................4
2.0 Information centric design...................................................................................................4
Benefits of information centric design for e-governance:..........................................................5
Information maturity model:.......................................................................................................5
3.0 Enterprise Information Architecture....................................................................................7
Benefits of enterprise information architecture:........................................................................8
Enterprise information architecture in e-governance system....................................................8
4.0 Conclusion and Recommendation......................................................................................11
References.....................................................................................................................................13

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Table of Figure
Figure 1: ERP system for the e-governance...................................................................................11

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1.0 Introduction
Connected government is the concept which is raised from the e-governance. It has
been seen that most of the cases, the government are providing necessary services to the
citizens and taking their applications and complain through the online portal (Dahiya and
Mathew 2015). This system is known as e-governance. The implementation of the e-
governance has made running of the government more flexible. Apart from that the citizens
can reach out to the government at any time of the day.
The connected government defines the synchronization of the e-governance between
the different governmental departments. UN has taken the initiatives through the connected
government to rate the e-governance services in 2010 (Pulkkinen and Kapraali 2015). However,
as it has been seen that the result of connected government is positive it can be implemented
for the Australian Federal Government. In order to implement the e-governance along with the
connected government, proper enterprise architecture plan is needed to be implemented.
2.0 Information centric design
Information centric design can be defined as the system that servers the citizen through
the technology driven processes. The quality of the service is dependent on the quality and the
correctness of the information (Alwadain et al. 2016). It can be said that for the proper
implementation of the information centric design, the processing of data is needed to be done
in a proper way. For the proper implrmnation of information centric design enterprise resource
management plan is needed to be done in a proper way. The information is the main driving
force of this type of designs. The proper processing of the information is needed for the
delivery of the right outcome in information centric designs.
Benefits of information centric design for e-governance:
E-governance systems are the systems those are initiated by the government to help the
citizens in different ways. The functions of the e-governance is operated through the use of
mobile phones, internet and online portals (Trivedi et al. 2018). In this case, there is a flow of
information through the internet for the functionalities of e-governance. In this situation, it is
essential to implement an information centric design for proper functioning of e-governance.
The main benefits of information centric e-governance is that the information are
generated at right time and in right way through the system (Dash and Pani 2016). The citizens
can receive the right information from the government through this information centric design.
Apart from that the security of the information can be managed in an accurate way.
Another benefit of information centric design is that the information and the data can
be available for all hours of the day. Citizens can access the data at any time of the and from
any places. This brings the flexibility in the e-governance system.
Information maturity model:
Information maturity model aims to improve the organizational aspects in the
information centric design. There are different levels of information maturity model that ranges
from zero to five. Here zero defines the lack of maturity and five defines the fully matured

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system (Dash and Pani 2016). Maturity level helps to define the gap between the current level
and desired level.
The use of maturity level is accepted in both the industry and academic field. There are
various maturity models like management maturity model. Two functions can be discussed
using the information maturity model.
2.1 Function 1: Management:
Level 1: Management is not predictable. There is no definition of the hierarchy in the e-
governance system.
Level 2: There is a concern about the existing system in the organization. Certain
measures are taken care in order to manage the system in a proper way (Diaz 2017).
Identification of the areas for the improvement is needed to be done in this step. However,
policies are not defined in this step.
Level 3: The documentation of the policies are done in this stage. The planning of the
implementation of new information system for e-governance is done in this stage.
Level 4: The organization, in this stage will monitor the right time for the execution of
the documented plan for the implementation of then information centric design for the e-
governance.
Level 5: Optimization is done in this phase. Best practices and the standard on the e-
governance system will be applied in this stage (Diaz 2017). The main aim of the organization in
this step is to make efforts for managing the certifications for the e-governance system. Apart
from that through the different managerial procedures, continuous improvements can be done
for the implemented system.
2.2 Function 2: Processes:
Level 1: Processes in the e-governance system are not defined in a proper way. All the
procedures in the system are in the ad-hoc state.
Level 2: The procedures those are essentials identified. Apart from that, the processes
those are supporting also identified in this stage.
Level 3: Dissemination of the processes is done in this stage. The content and sub
processes of the processes are identified in this course (Hussein, Mahrin and Maarop, 2017).
The planning for the execution of the processes are done at level 3. Description of the
information and the objects needed to implement the processes are defined in this stage (van
der Jagt et al. 2017). Planning procedures along with the data and information recovery plans
are also carried out for this stage.
Level 4: The managing and monitoring of the performance of the system helps to
measure the effectiveness of the system.

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Level 5: The process monitoring performance is done in a proactive way so that the
performance of the data can be done systematically and the optimization of the process can be
improved.
3.0 Enterprise Information Architecture
Enterprise information architecture is an effective way through which the changes in the
organization can be achieved. Enterprise Information Architecture defines the processes and
the methods those are needed to be applied during the implementation of the changes in the
organization (Diaz 2017). There are three components in the enterprise resource architecture
(Saiya and Arman 2018). These are- business architecture, technical architecture and
organizational architecture. The business architecture defines the processes needed to be
followed in order to maintain the change from the business perspective. On the other hand,
technical architecture defines the implementation or the adaptation of the technical
components needed to be developed for the adaptation of the required change (Nawaz et al.
2015). Organizational architecture defines the changes necessary for the organization in order
to adopt the necessary changes.
Benefits of enterprise information architecture:
 Supporting the organizational goals: One of the main advantage of the enterprise
information architecture is that it supports the processes those rare needed for the
organization to achieve the goals (Anderson 2017). These can be the organizational
goals or the departmental goals in the organization. Through the enterprise information
architecture, the systematic implementation of the disruption in the organization is
done. The implementation is done in different stages through the enterprise resource
architecture.
 Supports business process reengineering: Each of the organization follows certain
business processes. In order to make the changes in the organization, the changes in the
business processes are needed to be done in a proper way (Urbanczyk and Werewka
2018). The business process reengineering can be done properly with the help of
enterprise information architecture. Different ERP packages can be used for the
redesigning of the business process engineering.
 Maintaining the flow of proper communication in the organization. With the help of the
enterprise architecture management, maintenance of the proper flow of the
information can be achieved. Through the organizational architecture, which is a sub
process of the enterprise architecture, the hierarchy of the organization can be defined
in a proper way (Hussein, Mahrin and Maarop 2017). Apart from that maintaining the
proper hierarchy will help the employees in the organization to approach to the
management with their concerns and issues in a proper way.
Enterprise information architecture in e-governance system
The e-governance system can be implemented through ERP. While the implementation
of the e-governance system through the ERP system implementation of the certain things are
needed to be achieved (Setiawan and Yulianto 2018). The implemented system should support
collaborative services along the business operations. Apart from that it also includes the

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attributes like social inclusion (Shovon et al. 2018). Apart from that the services managed by the
implemented system and the data or information used in the system should be citizen centric.
For the implementation of the ERP system for Australian Federal Government, the proposed
project can be done through the five processes-
 Proper Documentation of the project
 Planning of the project
 Execution of the project
 Control and monitoring the performance of the implemented system
 Closing of the project
There are different types of r-governance services provided by Australian Federal
Government. These are – government to government service, government to citizen service,
citizen to government service and business to government services.
The proposed information centric ERP implementation for the organization will include the
intermediate system for the automation and management of the processes for providing the e-
governance system. The three main dimension of the proposed system are-
Legal Dimension:
The activities of the government is based on the legal rules and regulations. There is a
law associated with each of the processes conducted by the government. There is a law model
in the proposed system of enterprise resource management that would help the organization
to abide by law during each of the processes and functions.
Social dimension:
The main objective of e-governance is to provide the citizens with better service. This
indicates that the government is trying to win the trust and the confidence of the citizens in a
positive way (Dahiya and Mathew 2015). This can be done through providing services through
the electronic medium. Apart from that this deployment is needed to be improved in a
continuous way.
Technological dimension: In order to enhance the service accessibility and the process
management there must be an execution engine in the system (Dang and Pekkola 2017). Apart
from that this process engine should be integrated in the business system. In order to achieve
this the modular architecture of ERP can be implemented.
Proposed system
In the proposed system, the initialization of the approach starts from examine the set of
legal rules and regulations behind the process or the service maintained by e-governance. On
the basis of this analysis, further steps are needed to be taken (Nawaz et al. 2015). Processes
modeling used in this part is the business process modelling (Mohammed, Ibrahim and Ithnin
2016). This uses a graphical notation for the representations of the functionalities if enterprise
architecture management. Two metrics can be used in this context- legal metrics and
operational metrics. Both of them include qualitative and quantitative metrics.

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Figure 1: ERP system for the e-governance
(Source: Dash and Pani 2016)
After the generation and execution of different modules in the engine, it is needed to be
ensured that the integration of the system is done with the enterprise management system.
There are different advantages of implementation of ERP system Australian Federal
Government can get. Different departments of the Australian Government can be synchronized
through the use of the ERP system. The government of Australia can deliver productive services
through online to the citizens. Apart from that the business organizations can approach to the
government for the funding and the permission for doing business. In this case, the forms and
the tenders can be filled through the online portal of the website maintained by Australian
government.
4.0 Conclusion and Recommendation
The discussion is regarding the use of the enterprise resource architecture in the context
of e-governance. The e-governance is playing an important role for improving the government
services provided to the citizens and organization. The use of emerging technology and the
internet are the main features of the e-governance. The citizens can access the information and
can keep in touch with the government body at any time of the day through the e-governance
services. This system increase the communication between the government and citizens. Apart
from that the government departments can also manage data and information along with the
functionalities of the organization in a proper way. The concept of e-governance enhances the
acceptability of the government to the employees. Apart from that the use of technology helps
the government to synchronize the works from the different departments.
Some of the recommendations can be made regarding the implementation of the
enterprise resource management for the Australian Federal Government. In order to

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implement the ERP in this government organization, there is a need for the documentation of
the requirements in a proper way. Apart from that the involvement of the stakeholders are
important for the implementation of the ERP in the system. ERP system can be implemented
through proper software. The selection of the ERP software is needed to be done on the basis
of the requirements. Apart from that the employees working the different department of
Australian Federal Government may not be trained to handle the newly implemented ERP
system. In this context, the synchronization between the different departments in the
government organization may become a problem. In order to mitigate this problem, proper
training to the employees are needed to be given for handling of the system. Taking all these
initiatives can assure that the implementation of the ERP system in the Australian Government
can be successful.

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