Servio BenítezOscar González-Rojas2026-03-222026-03-22201310.18046/syt.v11i25.1559https://doi.org/10.18046/syt.v11i25.1559https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/61406When trying to calculate the business-value of an information technology (IT) investment in small businesses, it is hard to imagine how to apply frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman or IT Value Network (Read, 2009), in order to get that value. The following article shows the arising problems when the IT Value Network framework is being applied to a small business in order to determine the IT business-value of a specific IT project: sarLAB.enBusiness valueThe Open Group Architecture FrameworkValue (mathematics)Order (exchange)Investment (military)BusinessComputer scienceKnowledge managementProcess managementarticle