Santos, Vítor Manuel Pereira Duarte dosFonseca, José Miguel Brito da2022-03-162022-03-162022-02-08http://hdl.handle.net/10362/134639Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Information Management, specialization in Knowledge Management and Business IntelligenceIn a globalized business environment characterized by quickly developing technologies and intensifying competition, more creativity is demanded to foster and boost innovation. Despite Creativity being seen as one essential source of innovation, an effective and consistent way of using this core skill on the activity of Information Systems (IS) planning has yet to be achieved. Attempts have been made to establish a relationship to apply creativity principles to IS planning, but up to now, there aren’t clear suggestions made on how to use the Design Thinking methodology to leverage creativity during the IS planning. Thus, this study suggests the Design Thinking’s great potential to tackle more application of creativity in IS planning. In the light of this context, this study aims to investigate and define a method based on the Design Thinking methodology’s approach to enable creativity during the IS planning activity. The study will follow the Design Science Research methodology to create and develop a method based on Design Thinking principles to leverage creativity in IS planning. It’s expected that the method proposed shows its effectiveness and efficiency in enabling creativity for the activity IS planning and producing innovative results.engInformation System PlanningInnovationCreative ThinkingCreative CapabilitiesDesign ThinkingStrategic Information SystemDesign Sciencemaster thesis202966313