On Theory Development in Design Science Research: Anatomy of a Research Project

2015 ◽  
pp. 140-169
Keyword(s):  
Design Science ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Design Science Research ◽  
Research Project

Improving Enterprise Architecture Evaluation Based on Concepts from the Normalized Systems Theory

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-50
Author(s):  
Philip Huysmans ◽  
Jan Verelst
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Design Science Research ◽  
Problem Statement ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Architecture Evaluation

In this paper, the authors present the results of a design science research project to develop a method for the evaluation of enterprise architecture projects. The methodology is based on the SAAM methodology, and applies concepts from the Normalized Systems theory to provide a more systematic way of performing architectural evaluations. They first discuss the problem statement, the objectives of our solution and the design of the method. The authors then demonstrate how the method has been applied in a real-life organization. Finally, they evaluate the proposed method using the criteria formulated in our problem statement.

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