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This research addresses the lack of sufficient guidance to SMEs with regards to how BP-IT alignment can be achieved in an affordable and scalable manner. The design science approach focused on SME managers and consultants as potential users of the Aligner that incorporates game-based training for raising awareness and maturity building. The deliverables are the Aligner design manual, a game design document as well as a prototype of the user interface, all of which can be considered a blueprint for game production. All parts of the blueprint are based on theoretical grounding and/or support from the literature and were demonstrated to and evaluated with the relevant stakeholders. Evaluation by representatives of both user groups indicate that the concept and UI prototype of the Aligner are indeed suitable for addressing SME-specific circumstances of BP-IT alignment. Given also the affordance and scalability of a gamified solution in principle, the validated blueprints promise to be useful for the development and application of practical games and incorporate transferable know-how for BPM-related game design regarding BP-IT alignment in SMEs.
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The full interviews are available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JW8nZ7sMaHTPXDu9WRMypXvidBfCqaLZ/view?usp=sharing.
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The survey details are available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vgo9fm6XDKs8qzyY0OKVhd86duVyUuPL/view?usp=sharing.
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Full testing questionnaire with the SME manager’s before & after results is available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WdkNdSBQ7PvDbIVm2UFeHCcWOfI0Sca0/view?usp=sharing.
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The full Aligner Design Manual is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qmuteISwek1jXeBZzyArTGwTM0IiMA0H/view?usp=sharing.
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The UI design is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UuIJ1tbX45AMRTt8WMbnZDQ64nEDDWAa/view?usp=sharing.
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The full GDD is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-BR6teKO-3ZbWzv3aOakknTDUMKZPfV6/view?usp=sharing.
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Ismail, M.S., Klischewski, R. (2020). BP-IT Alignment in SMEs: A Game-Based Learning Approach to Increase Stakeholders’ Maturity. In: Fahland, D., Ghidini, C., Becker, J., Dumas, M. (eds) Business Process Management. BPM 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12168. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58666-9_23
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