Enterprise Architecture at Jurassic Park

By Allison Adolphson

Have you ever watched a disaster movie and thought to yourself “How did these people get into this situation? What were they thinking? Didn’t they plan ahead for these types of circumstances?”.

In this highly original and creative paper, Allison Adolphson uses the lens of Enterprise Architecture to look at the problems that beset the original Jurassic Park facility in the seminal 1993 movie of the same name. In understanding the circumstances that unfolded throughout that movie, Allison identifies key areas of change needed to ensure that future operations don’t fall prey (pun intended) to the same issues. This not only identifies areas of technological challenge, but business operations, strategic alignment and more.