Enterprise Identity Management Systems (EIdMS) are an IT-based infrastructure that needs to be integrated into various business
processes and related infrastructures. Assessment and preparation of decisions for the introduction need to take the costs,
benefits, and the organizational settings into consideration. A variety of methods for the evaluation and decision support
of new IT (e. g. EIdMS) are discussed in the literature – however, these are typically based on single dimensions (e. g. financial
or technology aspects). This paper proposes a multidimensional decision support framework, based on the Balanced Scorecard
concept. The presented approach introduces four perspectives and a related set of initial decision parameters to support decision
making. The perspectives are (a) financial/monetary, (b) business processes, (c) supporting processes and (ICT) infrastructure
and (d) information security, risks and compliance. Perspectives and adaptable sets of decision parameters also may serve
as foundation for software-based decision support instruments.
Keywords Balanced scorecard - Enterprise identity management - Decision support - IT security
Accepted after one revision by the editors of the special focus.
This article is also available in German in print and via http://www.wirtschaftsinformatik.de: Royer D, Meints M (2009) Betriebliches
Identitätsmanagement – Ein Rahmenwerk zur Entscheidungsunterstützung auf Basis des Balanced-Scorecard-Konzepts. doi: 10.1007s11576-009-0174-x.