Leveraging the Zachman framework implementation using action - research methodology - a case study: Aligning the enterprise architecture and the business goals

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-132

  Nogueira, Juan Manuel ^a   Romero, David ^a   Espadas, Javier ^a   Molina, Arturo ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

action research; enterprise architecture; technology based enterprise; Zachman framework

Indexed keywords

ACTION-RESEARCH; BUSINESS GOALS; ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE; ENTERPRISE FRAMEWORK; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; MODELLING TOOLS; NEW ENTERPRISE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; START-UPS; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; TECHNOLOGY-BASED; ZACHMAN FRAMEWORK;

INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84871096097     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517575.2012.678387     Document Type: Article

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