@inbook {IOPORT.05637801, author = {Aier, Stephan and Kurpjuweit, Stephan and Schmitz, Otto and Schulz, J\"org and Thomas, Andr\'e and Winter, Robert}, title = {An engineering approach to enterprise architecture design and its application at a financial service provider.}, year = {2008}, booktitle = {Modellierung betrieblicher Informationssysteme}, isbn = {978-3-88579-235-2}, pages = {115-130}, publisher = {Bonner K\"ollen Verlag}, abstract = {Summary: In analogy to classical engineering disciplines, this contribution discusses characteristics and requirements of an engineering approach to enterprise architecture design and proposes components and a top-level structure of an approach to address these requirements. The proposed components can partially be realized by existing work; partially they lay out the research path towards a mature engineering discipline of EA design. Core components of the proposed approach have been applied and evaluated at Deutsche Leasing AG, a globally operating financial service provider based in Germany.}, identifier = {05637801}, }