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Table 1

Definitions of co-evolutionary alignment competencies

Competency	Definition
Strategic alignment competency	An organizations' ability to formulate strategic goal, and articulate strategic plans and structures to implement these goals in relation to IS, while monitoring relevance and topicality of these plans, goals and structures, in line with frequencies of internal and external changes. (Baker et al., 2011; Liang et al., 2017; Sabherwal and Chan, 2001; Tanriverdi et al., 2010; Walraven et al., 2021; Yeow et al., 2018)
Orchestrational alignment competency	An organization's ability to maintain the coherence between their information systems, goals, processes, data, infrastructure, roles and functions, through architectural practices such as the definition and application of architectural principles or standards, while monitoring relevance and topicality of these architectural practices, in line with frequencies of strategic and operational changes (Rolland et al., 2015; Schilling et al., 2017; Vessey and Ward, 2013; Walraven et al., 2021; Weeger and Ulrich, 2016)
Operational alignment competency	An organization's ability to collaboratively use IT solutions effectively in daily operations and implement and optimize IT solutions in operational settings in line with end-users' needs, while monitoring and leveraging improvement possibilities during IT usage, implementations and operations. (Allen et al., 2013; Amarilli et al., 2017; Burton-Jones and Gallivan, 2007; Goh et al., 2011; Lyytinen and Newman, 2008; Vidgen and Wang, 2009; Walraven et al., 2021)

Competency	Definition
Strategic alignment competency	An organizations' ability to formulate strategic goal, and articulate strategic plans and structures to implement these goals in relation to IS, while monitoring relevance and topicality of these plans, goals and structures, in line with frequencies of internal and external changes. (Baker et al., 2011; Liang et al., 2017; Sabherwal and Chan, 2001; Tanriverdi et al., 2010; Walraven et al., 2021; Yeow et al., 2018)
Orchestrational alignment competency	An organization's ability to maintain the coherence between their information systems, goals, processes, data, infrastructure, roles and functions, through architectural practices such as the definition and application of architectural principles or standards, while monitoring relevance and topicality of these architectural practices, in line with frequencies of strategic and operational changes (Rolland et al., 2015; Schilling et al., 2017; Vessey and Ward, 2013; Walraven et al., 2021; Weeger and Ulrich, 2016)
Operational alignment competency	An organization's ability to collaboratively use IT solutions effectively in daily operations and implement and optimize IT solutions in operational settings in line with end-users' needs, while monitoring and leveraging improvement possibilities during IT usage, implementations and operations. (Allen et al., 2013; Amarilli et al., 2017; Burton-Jones and Gallivan, 2007; Goh et al., 2011; Lyytinen and Newman, 2008; Vidgen and Wang, 2009; Walraven et al., 2021)