About the Selection of a Business Process Improvement Methodology

Organizations seek to change the design of their business processes in order to respond to a changing and challenging environment. A wide variety of business process improvement methodologies exist which aim to support practitioners in this effort. However, the selection of an appropriate approach is by no means trivial. Ideally, the characteristics of the methodology applied should fit the characteristics of the process improvement project in order to yield the best results. In this research proposal, we outline how the design science research methodology (DSRM) is adopted to develop, test, and evaluate a meta-methodology for the selection of an appropriate business process improvement methodology.

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