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Modularization and platform-based product development has been adopted in a variety of engineering disciplines. In the information system context modularity has been proposed as a means for increasing flexibility-to-change and process performance but no evidence has been provided and limited further analysis of this link could be observed. This Ph.D. project provides an empirical analysis of the relationship between the degree of modularity of an enterprise system and the performance of the supported business processes.
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Heckmann, C.S. (2013). Impact of Enterprise System Modularity on Process Performance. In: Herzwurm, G., Margaria, T. (eds) Software Business. From Physical Products to Software Services and Solutions. ICSOB 2013. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 150. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39336-5_26
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