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and Archimate (Open Group, 2012) should also be
investigated as alternative mechanisms. Future work
for this project will include soliciting additional
feedback on those constructed artefacts and
assembly of the various stages into a fuller
presentation of the process, capabilities and
operational considerations for the application of this
lightweight methodology. Further investigation of
the generalizations regarding scalability of the
specific suite of techniques and the overall process
will be undertaken as a part of the overall project.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work was partially supported by Towson
University. The authors would like to thank the staff
and administration of Towson University’s Cook
Library for their help and ongoing support and the
reviewers for their comments and insights. This
research was conducted under Towson University’s
Institutional Review Board for the Protection of
Human Subjects exemption number 11-0X14.
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