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Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
June 2016 | Vol. 88 No.1

Title:	A MODEL FOR MEASURING ARTICLES KNOWLEDGEABILITY LEVELS
Author:	AHMAD ABEDAL-HAYY AL-DALAIEN, MOAMIN A. MAHMOUD, MOHD SHARIFUDDIN AHMAD
Abstract:	Universities have traditionally provide teaching, research and consultancy supports in the development and advancement of various industries. Such supports are manifested in the tacit knowledge of academic staff with which they accomplish teaching, research, and consulting activities. Articles are the major explicit knowledge resources that improve the tacit knowledge levels of academic staff in order to enhance the performance of teaching, research, and consulting activities. The main challenge that faces academic staff is the difficulty of sharing accurate or valuable articles based on the working contexts due to the large number of articles published in various sources. Consequently, the main aim of this paper is to evaluate the knowledgeability level of articles based on several measurement variables. We identify and analyze the measurement methods and variables using two main data collection methods which are literature review and interview with experts in knowledge management field. We formulate the proposed model in this paper based on several components (i.e. variables, attributes, and formulas). The results show that the proposed model is useful in distinguishing the knowledgeability levels of articles.
Keywords:	Knowledge Accuracy, Knowledgeability, Knowledge Management, Explicit Knowledge, Knowledge Measurement
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Title:	CUCKOO SEARCH ALGORITHM FOR CAPACITATED VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM
Author:	MANSOUR ALSSAGER, ZULAIHA ALI OTHMAN
Abstract:	The cuckoo search algorithm is a novel metaheuristic based on the reproduction behavior of some cuckoo species in combination with the Lévy flight behavior of some birds and fruit flies. It has been applied to a wide range of optimization problems with good performance such as a TSP; nonetheless, it has yet to be applied to the vehicle routing problem, specifically the capacitated vehicle routing problem. In this study cuckoo search is proposed to solve the capacitated vehicle routing problem. The proposed algorithm uses a set of twelve neighborhood structures process based on λ-interchanges scheme and cross-exchange operators with the aim of gaining significant improvements in solution quality. The result shows that the performance of the proposed algorithm is comparable to that of the other algorithms and is able to find near-optimal solution in reasonable time, which indicates that cuckoo search has the potential to solve the capacitated vehicle routing problem.
Keywords:	Optimization, Cuckoo Search, Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem, Neighborhood Structures, Levy Flight.
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Title:	FAST HANDOVER FOR MICROCELL DISCOVERY IN WIRELESS NETWORKS
Author:	A. M. Miyim, Mahamod Ismail, Rosdiadee Nordin
Abstract:	Considered as low-powered cellular base stations, Microcells (Femtocells) are found to be deployed in homes and public places. They provide good coverage for very high user data throughputs and operate on licensed spectrum. This paper propose cell reselection transmit beacon (CRTB) transmitted by microcell on the cellular frequency to aid quick discovery of microcell. The performance of microcell discovery is achieved by setting a proximity threshold for the macrocell high enough to impact on mobile user equipment (UE) in the network. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the beacon in triggering cell reselection while impacting little on the macrocell UE throughput and facilitate the handover procedure at the microcell base station.
Keywords:	Microcell; Beacon; Cell-Edge; Macrocell; Throughput.
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Title:	DUAL BAND NOTCHED PLANAR PRINTED ANTENNA WITH SERRATED DEFECTED GROUND STRUCTURE
Author:	K V L BHAVANI, HABIBULLA KHAN, D SREENIVASA RAO, B T P MADHAV, V RASAGNA REDDY, M MONIKA, Y DHANUSH CHAND
Abstract:	A low profile printed antenna with defected ground structure (DGS) is presented in this work. Initially a square patch radiating element is constructed on one side of the substrate and the other end of the substrate is etched with serrated shape DGS. Three different iterations are examined in this work by changing the number of serrated edges on the ground plane. To improve the gain of the designed antenna models a frequency selective surface is placed beneath the antenna structure as a reflecting surface. The overall performance characteristics of the proposed antenna models are simulated using commercial electromagnetic tool HFSS. Optimized proposed antenna model is fabricated on FR4 substrate and measured results are compared with simulation results for validation.
Keywords:	Dual Band, Notched Antenna (NA), Defected Ground Structure (DGS), Serrated Shape, FR4, High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS).
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Title:	SECURING MANETS USING THE INTEGRATION OF CONCEPTS FROM DIVERSE IMMUNE THEORIES
Author:	ANASS KHANNOUS, ANASS RGHIOUI, FATIHA ELOUAAI, MOHAMMED BOUHORMA
Abstract:	Mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a dynamic and promising research domain that contributes to the development of wireless networks. MANET characteristics such as dynamic topology, open media access, wireless communication, and resource limitations introduce several security threats. The MANET security is then Vulnerable. The use of traditional security techniques cannot be directly applied for the case of MANET, hence the need to develop more suitable methods and security algorithms. Artificial immune systems have been widely used in the field of MANET security. Several immune algorithms were used and implemented as intrusion detection systems (IDS). This paper gives an overview of major immune algorithms like Negative Selection Algorithm, Clonal Selection, and the danger theory. It then describes our approach to implement an IDS based on the combination of these immune algorithms to better simulate the human defense mechanism. The proposed algorithm is named “Combined Immune Theories Algorithm” (CITA), and is implemented with the AODV routing protocol. CITA is designed to be an auto evolutionary algorithm with some learning capabilities in order to be able to recognize and exclude unknown intruders based on deviations from normal behaviors. Simulations are done using Network simulator 2 (NS2) with increasingly insertion of malicious nodes running Resource consumption attacks. Simulation results show improved performance of the proposed CITA algorithm compared to SAODV routing protocol in terms of better detection rates, low false positive detection rates, higher throughput and packet delivery ratio.
Keywords:	MANET Security, Artificial Immune System (AIS), Negative Selection Algorithm (NSA), Clonal Selection, Danger Theory, Dendritic Cell Algorithm (DCA), Intrusion Detection System (IDS).
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Title:	LEAST-MEAN DIFFERENCE ROUND ROBIN (LMDRR) CPU SCHEDULING ALGORITHM
Author:	D. ROHITH ROSHAN, DR. K. SUBBA RAO
Abstract:	This article presents a variant of Round Robin Algorithm called Least Mean-Difference Round Robin (LMDRR) Algorithm. First, it calculates the mean of all processes burst times. Then it obtains the difference of each process burst time with the calculated mean. From those differences, it selects the least difference and assigns it to the CPU for executing it for a time slice. When the time slice is expired it suspends the process and checks the remaining burst time of the process if it is less than time quantum then it immediately executes the process, if the remaining time is greater than time quantum then it selects the process with next least difference and execute it for another time slice. This entire process will be repeated until all the processes in the ready queue are finished. The experimental results are compared with Round Robin and Mean-Difference Round Robin algorithms and found that proposed algorithm succeeded in improving CPU efficiency.
Keywords:	Burst Time, Turnaround Time, Waiting Time, CPU Scheduling, Pre-emptive Scheduling, non Pre-emptive Scheduling, LMDRR.
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Title:	OPERATING AN APPLICATION FOR MODELING PERSONA BY USING ONTOLOGIES
Author:	GAOU SALMA , EL MABROUK MAROUANE
Abstract:	Personas are a model used to describe users, the objectives of the creation and use of characters are centered on the possible user and communicate what we have learned with great design team. The problem of persona Being user-centered is not natural, users are complex and varied, those who may be doing user and market research are generally not the people who actually design and build the product and especially make a dinamic application pesona. Semantic Web or any Web resources are described by metadata, which allows machines better use of these resources. Considering FOAF specification foundation (friend of a friend), we use semantic structures (RDFa) to create an ontology and technologies in which it operates. Using personas, we can develop an understanding of the goals of our users in specific contexts- an essential tool for the use of user research to inform and justify our designs. Create a conceptual model (ontology) for personas and their uses in the context of human-computer interaction, we present some screenshots of the application execution catches. In this article, we present the implementation we did, which was the first in the edition of our OWL ontology, followed by operations in an annotation application and creates a platform for working character who was developed in JSP, and the integration of the application developed in the persona platform, mak a dinamic site for persona.
Keywords:	Semantic Web, FOAF, Persona, Vocabulary, Ontology, Application.
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Title:	BUILDING FAULT TOLERANCE WITHIN CLOUDS FOR PROVIDING UNINTERRUPTED SOFTWARE AS SERVICE
Author:	S. L. SUSHMITHA, Dr. D. B. K. KAMESH, Dr. J.K. R. SASTRY, V. V. N. SRI RAVALI, Y. SAI KRISHNA REDDY
Abstract:	Use of clouds for availing various IT based services (Software, Platform, Infrastructure platform) has been in rampage. The way IT computing is done has been in radical change. However, many challenges are thrown when one needs to use the clouds for their IT computing. The challenges include security and privacy of the Information stored on the cloud and to provide continued services during the occurrence of the faults within the clouds. This paper addresses architectural framework for implementing fault tolerance at software as service.
Keywords:	Cloud Computing, Virtual Machine(VM), Fault-Tolerance, Check Point, Software-As-A-Service, Redundancy.
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Title:	METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF A SET OF SECURE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS
Author:	ALEXANDER VLADIMIROVICH BARABANOV, ALEXEY SERGEEVICH MARKOV, VALENTIN LEONIDOVICH TSIRLOV
Abstract:	This article discusses the issues of standardizing commercial production of secure software products. It studies administrative and technical controls for minimizing the number of vulnerabilities during development and operational support of secure automated systems software. We classified standards and guidelines on secure software development. We analysed applicability of the available methodological approaches to secure software development during evaluation of conformance to the information security requirements, including during certification of the software products. The article proves feasibility of harmonizing the developed regulatory requirements and practical measures with the methods stipulated in ISO 15408 and ISO 12207 international standards. We introduced the notion of secure software and developed a basic set of requirements that allows, among other things, evaluating the conformance of the software development processes to secure software requirements. We prove that the set of requirements shall rest, first of all, on the accepted security policies and up-to-date threats. Sample requirements under development are provided. We developed an original conceptual model for analysis and synthesis of a set of controls for secure software development that rests on a set of generated requirements. The article shows that the conceptual model gives the software developers an opportunity to make a science-based choice of software development controls. We developed general methods for selecting a set of secure software development controls. We provide indirect proof of efficiency of the suggested approach. It should be noted that the suggested approach was used as a basis for the national standard on development and production of secure software.
Keywords:	Software Security, Secure Software Development Lifecycle, Certification, Information Security, Vulnerabilities
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Title:	INFORMATION LOSS MINIMIZATION USING AUTOMATA BASED ASSOCIATIVE CLASSIFICATION
Author:	MOHAMMAD ABRAR, ALEX TZE HIANG SIM, HEE JEE MEI
Abstract:	Associative Classification (AC) is one of the most prominent classification techniques that attain the attention of many researchers in last decade. AC uses the strongest association rules from the dataset in classifiers that results in improved accuracy. The exponential set of rules makes it difficult to make an efficient classifier, therefore, the rule pruning is used to reduce the number of rules during classification. This pruning result, in the loss of meaningful that might contribute to improving the accuracy. In this article, we propose the ACA based approach that minimizes the loss of information in the Associative Classification by introducing the concept of merging Automata instead of rule pruning. The merging achieves double advantages. Firstly, it reduces the set of rules as a classifier and secondly, by avoiding pruning, the risk of information loss also reduces. The experimental results over 10 datasets from the UCI repository show that the resultant classifiers are comparatively more accurate than the Jrip, LAC, AODE and others mentioned in the results.
Keywords:	Associative Classification, Data Mining, Classification, Automata
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Title:	IDS IN CLOUD COMPUTING A NOVEL MULTI-AGENT SPECIFICATION METHOD
Author:	R.ROMADI, S.EDDAHMANI, B.BOUNABAT
Abstract:	Intrusion detection systems (IDS) are most efficient way of defending against network-based attacks aimed at computer systems. These systems are used in almost all large-scale IT infrastructures. As part of the migration to cloud services, the situation is even more complex because of the characteristics of cloud, everything is virtual. The number of virtual machines (VM) changes dynamically according to the resource requirement of the requested processing and can be of the order of thousands to tens of thousands. Each VM has an IDS adapted to its services (web server, mail server, ftp server, etc.) and to increase the performance we can use different types of IDS (signature-based IDS, anomaly-based IDS) in one machine. Due to their complex nature, IDS in a cloud environment are extremely difficult to specify and validate. In this paper, we propose a new formal model for the specification and the validation of such systems. This approach considers these Systems as a Multi-Agent System consisting of concurrent reactive agents that cooperate with each other to achieve the desired functionality. In addition, this approach uses formal synchronous specification and verification tools in order to specify and to verify the systems behaviors.
Keywords:	Cloud computing, IDS/IPS, Multi-Agents System
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Title:	DETERMINING THE ECG 1 CYCLE WAVE USING DISCRETE DATA
Author:	SABAR SETIAWIDAYAT, M. RASJAD INDRA, DJANGGAN SARGOWO, SETYAWAN SAKTI
Abstract:	The objective of this article is to present the recording results of the ECG examination intended to obtain the wave of each cycle. A method to represent each cycle duration of the wave from the discrete data ECG record has been made. The duration from R-peak to R-peak is used as a period of each cycle. The retreat time shift of the half HR is the last wave from the previous cycle. The discrete data from the MIT-BIH and the results of the measurement itself are used as the data to obtain the number of the cycle in the ECG record, the R position of each cycle, the duration of each cycle and the heart rate value.
Keywords:	Cycle Duration ,Count Of Cycle, Discrete Data, ECG
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Title:	FACE RECOGNITION AGAINST VARYING LIGHTING CONDITIONS USING ORIENTED PHASE CONGRUENCY IMAGE FEATURES
Author:	HENDRA KUSUMA, WIRAWAN, ADI SOEPRIJANTO
Abstract:	Although face recognition has become a topic of active research in recent decades, an accurate face recognition is still a tough job and still struggle with its performance especially if it is unconstrained lighting variations. The external conditions present during the facial image acquisition stage deeply influence the appearance of a face in the acquired image and hence affect the performance of the recognition system. This paper presents an efficient method for robust face recognition against varying lighting condition by using Oriented Phase Congruency features. The extracted features, derived from the Gabor Phase Congruency response are concatenated to construct a feature vector to be used for classification by Subspace LDA. We demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of our proposed method by conducting some experiments on Yale B face databases and our proposed method shows robust face recognition performance in the presence of severe lighting changes.
Keywords:	Face Representation, Varying Lighting Conditions, Oriented Gabor Phase Congruency Features, Gabor Phase High Energized Point, Subspace LDA.
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Title:	ANALYZING SHARING EXPERIENCES IN GOVERNMENT SECTOR BASED ON SHARED SERVICE PERSPECTIVES
Author:	RAVIKA HAFIZI, SURAYA MISKON, AZIZAH ABDUL RAHMAN, ALEX TZE HIANG SIM, NORRIS SYED ABDULLAH, NORASNITA AHMAD
Abstract:	Shared service exists both in private and in public sectors. The promising benefits of shared service make many governments try to implement it in different ways. This paper describes the experiences of using shared service in government sector from i) process; ii) technical; and iii) strategic perspectives. It is done by describing sharing as well as technology and organizational performance of those shared service perspectives in the government sectors. The relevant information was gathered by using conventional content analysis from three selected online databases. Overall, shared services in government have demonstrated significant effort toward successful implementation. Those shared services have aim to reduce cost and increase the effectiveness of services for many public users and business partners. It is done whether by focusing on implementation approach, technology, or step by step of implementation process. The researchers also found that there are some differences in treating shared service from different perspectives. Future research shall do identification the differences of success factors from those shared service perspectives. Future research also might identify the risks and values for each of those shared service perspectives.
Keywords:	Shared Service (SS), Perspectives, Government, Conventional, Content Analysis
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Title:	REFERENCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE (RMS) IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT: A SURVEY AT A RESEARCH UNIVERSITY IN MALAYSIA
Author:	MOHAMMAD OSMANI, ROZAN MZA, BAKHTYAR ALI AHMAD, ARI SABIR ARIF
Abstract:	Reference Management Software is used by researchers in academics to manage the bibliographic citations they encounter in their research. With these tools, scholars keep track of the scientific literature they read, and to facilitate the editing of the scientific papers they write. This study presents the results of a quantitative survey performed at a research university in Malaysia. The aims of the survey were to observe how much these softwares are used by the scientific community, to see which softwares are most known and used, and to find out the reasons and the approaches behind their usage. Manually questionnaire was distributed to the Master and PhD students at all faculties in Jun 2014. The data collected were analysed through a constant comparative analysis, and the following categories were drawn: a basic practical approach to the instrument, the heavy impact of the time factor, the force of habit in scholars, economic issues, the importance of training and literacy, and the role that the library can have in this stage. Describing the present situation, the study gives final directions to the libraries to better perform effective tasks about the matter. This study presented here is the first survey of the actual distribution and usage of Reference Management Software in a research university in Malaysia. This picture can give an important glance to Reference Management Software as one of the elements in the academic digital libraries.
Keywords:	Reference Management Softwares, Citation Managers, Academic Libraries, Virtual Collaboration, RMS.
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Title:	FACTORS INFLUENCING BEHAVIORAL INTENTION TO USE THE INTERACTIVE WHITE BOARD AMONG TEACHERS
Author:	LOH WAI LING, WAN FATIMAH WAN AHMAD, TERMIT KAUR RANJIT SINGH
Abstract:	The education system around the world has gone through diverse transformation with the introduction, innovation and adoption of the Interactive White Board (IWB). Using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model (UTAUT) model, countless research exploring the factors that determine the behavioral intentional to use the IWB among teachers have been carried out in western countries. This primary aim of this research is to review and test UTAUT’s applicability in Malaysia by exploring the factors that depict influence on the teachers’ behavioral intention to use the IWB in SMK St. Bernadette’s Convent Secondary School, Batu Gajah in the state of Perak Darul Ridzuan in Malaysia. A questionnaire was distributed to 55 teachers to investigate whether the UTAUT model 4 key constructs , namely Performance Expectancy (PE), Effort Expectancy (EE), Social Influence (SI) and Facilitating Conditions (FC) influence the teachers’ behavioral intention (BI) to use IWB. This paper also proposes a new construct for the modified conceptual model for UTAUT; ‘Motivators’(MOT). To determine the reliability, validity and applicability of the revised model, the Partial Least Squares analysis results showed that the independent variables PE and Motivators are positively associated and interrelated to teachers’ Behavioral Intention to use the IWB, the only dependent variable in this research.
Keywords:	Behavioral Intention To Use The IWB, Teachers, UTAUT, Motivators, Partial Least Squares
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Title:	EXPLORING THE NEEDS OF OLDER ADULT USERS FOR SPIRITUAL MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Author:	Nahdatul Akma Ahmad, Azaliza Zainal, Saliyah Kahar, Mohammad Ashri Abu Hassan, Roziyani Setik
Abstract:	The increasing number of aging populations worldwide versus the vast developments in mobile technology creates questions on how older adults adapt and apply mobile technology in their daily life. As older adults are said to be more spiritually inclined in the ageing process, thus, mobile spiritual applications can work as medium for serving the older adults spiritual needs. In this study, a series of workshop was conducted with fifteen volunteered older adults’ participants to give exposure and experiences of using mobile spiritual android application. After about a week, an interview session was then conducted with the participants to investigate the older adults’ design requirements for developing mobile spiritual application and also to investigate the older adults’ interests in using mobile spiritual applications. As a result, these older adults appreciated and agreed on the benefits of the application. However, several issues arise in the existing mobile spiritual applications such as improper design for older adults, lack of exposure and fear towards technology deter their interests. Participation in the workshop is seen as one of effective way to reduce technology anxiety among the participants hence increased enthusiasm in learning new mobile applications, particularly for spiritual applications. Feedbacks that were gathered from interview session with the interviewees were highlighted in this paper to be the input in developing mobile spiritual application for older adult users in future.
Keywords:	Older People, Elderly, Spirituality, Mobile Phones, Techno-Spiritual, Qualitative
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Title:	THE STATE OF VIRTUAL COMMUNITY COHESION: THE VERTICAL DIMENSION
Author:	NOR IADAH YUSOP, ZAHURIN MAT AJI, ZULKHAIRI MD. DAHALIN, MOHD KHAIRUDIN KASIRAN, HUDA IBRAHIM
Abstract:	This paper presents findings on a study on virtual community cohesion with the aim to determine the state of cohesion between the administrators and members of virtual community (i.e. vertical dimension). A vertical virtual community cohesion instrument from a previous study was adopted. It measures cohesion based on two constructs namely the Trust in administrators and Political participation. A survey was conducted involving 235 users of the social media. Descriptive data analysis was carried out on the respondents’ demography and perceptions with regards to the state of cohesion of the virtual community they were involved with. The overall mean scores of both constructs were found to fall into the low cohesion category, and this indicates that the state of vertical community cohesion is low. This reflects the non-political purpose of users of the social media in engaging in virtual community. However, more studies need to be carried out to confirm this. Nevertheless, both dimensions were found to be significantly influencing virtual community cohesion.
Keywords:	Virtual Community, Community Cohesion, Trust in Public Figures, Political Participation, Vertical Dimension.
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Title:	THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFOSTRUCTURE MATURITY MODEL FOR APPLICATION IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Author:	ALIZA ABDUL LATIF, NOOR HABIBAH ARSHAD, NORJANSALIKA JANOM
Abstract:	Disaster management aims to reduce the impact of disaster by having a good management of resources and responsibilities in providing better coordination and collaboration. Organizations involved in disaster need to be able to measure its competency and capabilities in ensuring the right response is given during disaster. Successful disaster management relies heavily on right information to be used at the right time by the right agencies. Based on the concept of continuous process improvement and the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), in this paper, an infostructure maturity model is constructed. This paper highlights the constructs of infostructure that will be applied to disaster management, and later to propose a suitable measurement using the concept of maturity model. It can be used to assess the infostructure components of information, systems and technologies. The research also aims to serves as a foundation to produce a complete infostructure maturity model for application in the disaster management area.
Keywords:	Information management, Information Sharing, Capability Maturity Model, Maturity Assessment.
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Title:	ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION IN PUBLIC SECTOR: THE MALAYSIAN PERSPECTIVE
Author:	NUR AZALIAH A.BAKAR, NAZRI KAMA, HARIHODIN S
Abstract:	Enterprise Architecture (EA) is gaining the attention from the public sector as a solution to improve the function of e-Government. However, public sector agencies are having difficulties with its development and implementation due to inflexibility and complexity of the agencies’ business function and information technology structures. The objective of this paper is to identify the challenges faced by the Malaysian public sector agencies that are in development and implementation phase of EA. In order to get the holistic perspective of EA development and implementation scenario in each organisation, a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) approach is applied. A multiple case study research approach is utilized to achieve this study objective. Data were collected through interviews with the agencies EA team, general observation during the EA workshops as well as review of EA related documents. The result shows there are twenty challenges identified which is consistent with other challenges stated in literature except for talent management issue. Thus, this provides a new insight on how the public sector should implement their EA as compared to any other organisation.
Keywords:	Enterprise Architecture, public sector, Balanced Scorecard, EA development, EA implementation
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