An IT management assessment framework: Evaluating enterprise architecture scenarios

Information Systems and e-Business Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-435

  Gammelgåd, Magnus ^a   Simonsson, Mårten ^a   Lindström, Åsa ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business value; Enterprise architecture; IT management; IT organization; IT systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547955552     PISSN: 16179846     EISSN: 16179854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10257-007-0055-z     Document Type: Article

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