Abstract
The design of large and complex enterprise integration solutions is a difficult task. It can require solutions that are unique because of constraints from the current set of legacy applications. Design knowledge for enterprise integration solutions is, therefore, difficult to articulate and reuse. In particular, the nature and form of knowledge for conceptual design of integration solutions is difficult to pin down. In this paper, we investigate whether design knowledge for enterprise integration in the form of patterns can be reused to develop systems integration solutions, and whether such reuse leads to more effective design outcomes. The research follows design science guidelines in which we describe a research artifact, and evaluate it to assess whether it meets the intended goals. The results indicate that approaches to facilitate reuse of conceptual design knowledge are feasible in the domain of enterprise integration, and that such reuse does, in fact, lead to more effective design solutions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 518-527 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | European Journal of Information Systems |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2008 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Management Information Systems
- Information Systems
- Information Systems and Management
- Library and Information Sciences