Information Systems Review (경영정보학연구)

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ITA-driven IT management

정보기술아키텍쳐 기반의 정보기술 관리

  • Shin, Dong-Ik (Department of MIS, College of Business Management, Hongik University)
  • 신동익 (홍익대학교 경영정보학과)
  • Published : 2002.12.31
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Abstract

Proliferation of IT applications and developments lead to many useful yet diverse information systems being used in an organization. Users of information system have been satisfied with useful functions and prompt outputs, however they have become realized the problem of incompatibility of diverse systems and asked for more compatible systems in which more data and software can be shared among users. Information technology architecture (ITA) is suggested as one way of avoiding such problem by many researchers. This paper ananlyzes and introduces the ITA approach used primarily in US governments and in many other organizations. In Korea, many researchers view ITA as a technical concept that deal with interperability and standards. However, ITA is more managerial oriented concept than technical, because it allows us to achieve managerial objective, for example alignment of IT to strategic objectives, with ease and more confidence. This paper proposes the necessity of ITA in IT management and clarifies the relationships of managerial focus with technical focus of ITA.

최근 정보시스템의 적극적인 개발과 사용으로 생산성을 향상하고 나아가서는 전략적 우위를 점하고자 하는 노력이 여러 분야에서 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그러나 이러한 노력이 상당수 현실화 되면서 많은 문제점들이 노출되고 있다. 특히 큰 문제점으로 대두되고 있는 것이 개발된 여러 시스템이 서로 잘 연결되어 서로 다른 시스템간에 정보나 소프트웨어를 원활하게 공유하기 어렵다는 점이다. 이 문제는 실질적인 정보화의 효과를 크게 저해한다는 점에서 중대한 문제점으로 지적되고 있다. 조직내에서 필요로 하는 정보시스템의 전반적인 청사진을 그려서 현재의 모습과 비교하여 부족한 부분을 개발하여 점진적으로 미래의 모습으로 진화토록 하는 방법에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이러한 체계에서는 정보시스템의 개발 정당성을 손쉽게 알 수 있을 뿐 아니라 개발된 시스템이 서로 잘 연결될 수 있도록 한다는 점에서 크게 각광을 받고 있다. 본 논문은 이러한 방법으로 제시된 정보기술 아키텍쳐를 자세히 분석하고 소개한다. 많은 국내 연구자들이 정보기슬 아키텍쳐를 기술적 관점에서 접근하고 있으나 본 논문은 정보기술 아키텍쳐의 필요성을 관리적 관점에서 분석하여 제시한다. 또한 이러한 관리적 관점이 어떻게 기술적 관점과 연결되어 하나의 연결된 프로세스로 운영될 수 있는지를 설명한다.

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