IT Architecture Evaluation of Telecommunication Company Using Analytical Hierarchy Process

Abstract:

Information systems had been built to meet the requirement of enterprise operations, But the ever-changing market environment leads to unceasing adjustment on enterprise goals, organization structure, business processes of telecommunication companies .The IT architecture should also be adjusted to meet the requirements of enterprise operations. This paper try to investigate on the method of build an evaluation model on IT architecture of a telecommunication company using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The evaluation of the IT architecture is based on a number of criteria (e.g. Completeness, effectiveness, compliance), Measurements need human judgments to estimate their importance and from that importance to develop order and measures priorities, but the pertinent data are difficult to be quantified. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is an effective approach in dealing with this kind of decision problems. Based on experiential knowledge and also by the views of several experts, we can construct a hierarchy model for the evaluation, and a well researched methodology has been adopted for the synthesis of priorities and the measurement of consistencies.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 816-817)
• Pages: 933-937
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.816-817.933
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Ru Xin Gou, Ting Jie Lu
• Keywords: Analysis Hierarchy Process (AHP), Evaluation, IT Architecture, Telecom

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