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In the effort to measure the business value and impact of Enterprise Architecture (EA), we need to adapt an adequate form of information systems research in order to cope with encountered challenges. For this purpose, we employed Design Science Research (DSR), a problem-driven approach to provide a solution represented as artifacts offering the projected utility to our stakeholders. The main contribution is the detailed focus on how artifacts are actually built in an organizational context. The DSR we conduct happens within a well-known information systems research framework and follows widely accepted principles and guidelines. We explain the business need that arose from the current business practices in the course of a case study and describe the methodology we pursue and how we intend to solve the problems we identified. Thereby, we outline the evolutionary state of the artifacts during our adapted research process.
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Meyer, M., Kenneally, J. (2012). Applying Design Science Research in Enterprise Architecture Business Value Assessments. In: Helfert, M., Donnellan, B. (eds) Practical Aspects of Design Science. EDSS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 286. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33681-2_13
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