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A rationalistic approach to IT investments using Enterprise Architecture

Sibenius Trip, J.H.C (2014) A rationalistic approach to IT investments using Enterprise Architecture.

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Abstract:In this thesis I present a discussion on the theoretical and practical implications of the use of Enterprise Architecture as support in the decision-making process surrounding IT investments. Using interviews and a working prototype, I debate the desirability and feasibility of a more rationalistic approach to IT investments decisions. The complexity surrounding IT investments has left researchers and decision-makers looking for a method to attribute value to their IT and improve decision quality. I distinguish two ways of dealing with such complexity; reduction and enhancing one’s ability to process information. This research focusses on the latter, using Enterprise Architecture as a structure in which the value of business processes is traced back to the supporting IT applications and infrastructure. The valuation method involves a Multi – Criteria Decision Analysis, with the Enterprise Architecture serving as a framework that structures the criteria. A crucial part of the method is the accompanying tool in Excel, which automates the calculations, by which much of the complexity is transferred to a computer system (thus enhancing the decision-making capacity). This tool has proven to be capable of performing the calculations necessary for this method and can present the results so that they are easy to interpret.
Item Type:Essay (Master)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:50 technical science in general, 85 business administration, organizational science
Programme:Industrial Engineering and Management MSc (60029)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/66169
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