Abstract
Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a mechanism to support IT investment decisions. What is lacking, is a practical tool like a checklist that can be used by enterprise architects to support IT investment decisions, and more specifically, the business case. The business case is a common practice to justify IT investment decisions. The objective of this research is to investigate how the use of a checklist can support enterprise architects to improve the quality of a business case. To answer this question, we conducted design science and developed and evaluated a checklist that can be used by enterprise architects in the assessment of a business case. The evaluation of the checklist was conducted by means of an experiment. The results of the experiment with 32 architects demonstrate that using a checklist as such does not lead to higher quality improvement suggestions in the assessment of a business case as compared to not using a checklist. In other words, a checklist alone does not make the difference. Discussion of the results of the experiment with focus groups reveals several preconditions for the use of a checklist. In any case, the use of the checklist reduces the risk of overlooking valuable insights to improve the quality of the business case.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2019 IEEE 21st Conference on Business Informatics (CBI) 15-17 July 2019 |
Subtitle of host publication | [Proceedings] Volume 01 |
Editors | Jorg Becker, Dmitriy Novikov |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 114-123 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Volume | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728106502 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781728106519 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | 21st IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2019 - Moscow, Russian Federation Duration: 15 Jul 2019 → 17 Jul 2019 |
Conference
Conference | 21st IEEE Conference on Business Informatics, CBI 2019 |
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Country/Territory | Russian Federation |
City | Moscow |
Period | 15/07/19 → 17/07/19 |
Keywords
- Business case
- Checklist
- Design science
- Enterprise architecture
- IT investment decision