Design Science Research in Information Systems

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Design Science Research in Information Systems

Alan R. Hevner¹, Samir Chatterjee²•Institutions (2)

University of South Florida¹, Claremont Graduate University²

01 Jan 2010-pp 9-22

TL;DR: Information systems as composed of inherently mutable and adaptable hardware, software, and human interfaces provide many unique and challenging design problems that call for new and creative ideas.

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Abstract: Design activities are central to most applied disciplines. Research in design has a long history in many fields including architecture, engineering, education, psychology, and the fine arts (Cross 2001). The computing and information technology (CIT) field since its advent in the late 1940s has appropriated many of the ideas, concepts, and methods of design science that have originated in these other disciplines. However, information systems (IS) as composed of inherently mutable and adaptable hardware, software, and human interfaces provide many unique and challenging design problems that call for new and creative ideas.

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Business intelligence and analytics: from big data to big impact

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Hsinchun Chen¹, Roger H. L. Chiang², Veda C. Storey³•Institutions (3)

University of Arizona¹, University of Cincinnati², J. Mack Robinson College of Business³

01 Dec 2012-Management Information Systems Quarterly

TL;DR: This introduction to the MIS Quarterly Special Issue on Business Intelligence Research first provides a framework that identifies the evolution, applications, and emerging research areas of BI&A, and introduces and characterized the six articles that comprise this special issue in terms of the proposed BI &A research framework.

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Abstract: Business intelligence and analytics (BI&A) has emerged as an important area of study for both practitioners and researchers, reflecting the magnitude and impact of data-related problems to be solved in contemporary business organizations. This introduction to the MIS Quarterly Special Issue on Business Intelligence Research first provides a framework that identifies the evolution, applications, and emerging research areas of BI&A. BI&A 1.0, BI&A 2.0, and BI&A 3.0 are defined and described in terms of their key characteristics and capabilities. Current research in BI&A is analyzed and challenges and opportunities associated with BI&A research and education are identified. We also report a bibliometric study of critical BI&A publications, researchers, and research topics based on more than a decade of related academic and industry publications. Finally, the six articles that comprise this special issue are introduced and characterized in terms of the proposed BI&A research framework.

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4,610 citations

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A method for taxonomy development and its application in information systems

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Robert C. Nickerson¹, Upkar Varshney², Jan Muntermann³•Institutions (3)

San Francisco State University¹, J. Mack Robinson College of Business², University of Göttingen³

01 May 2013-European Journal of Information Systems

TL;DR: The purpose of this paper is to present a method for taxonomy development that can be used in IS and demonstrates the efficacy of the method by developing a taxonomy in a domain in IS.

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Abstract: A fundamental problem in many disciplines is the classification of objects in a domain of interest into a taxonomy. Developing a taxonomy, however, is a complex process that has not been adequately...

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697 citations

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FEDS: a Framework for Evaluation in Design Science Research

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John R. Venable¹, Jan Pries-Heje², Richard L. Baskerville¹, Richard L. Baskerville³•Institutions (3)

Curtin University¹, Roskilde University², Georgia State University³

01 Jan 2016-European Journal of Information Systems

TL;DR: This research paper develops, explicates, and provides evidence for the utility of a Framework for Evaluation in Design Science (FEDS) together with a process to guide design science researchers in developing a strategy for evaluating the artefacts they develop within a DSR project.

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Abstract: Evaluation of design artefacts and design theories is a key activity in Design Science Research (DSR), as it provides feedback for further development and (if done correctly) assures the rigour of the research. However, the extant DSR literature provides insufficient guidance on evaluation to enable Design Science Researchers to effectively design and incorporate evaluation activities into a DSR project that can achieve DSR goals and objectives. To address this research gap, this research paper develops, explicates, and provides evidence for the utility of a Framework for Evaluation in Design Science (FEDS) together with a process to guide design science researchers in developing a strategy for evaluating the artefacts they develop within a DSR project. A FEDS strategy considers why, when, how, and what to evaluate. FEDS includes a two-dimensional characterisation of DSR evaluation episodes (particular evaluations), with one dimension being the functional purpose of the evaluation (formative or summative) and the other dimension being the paradigm of the evaluation (artificial or naturalistic). The FEDS evaluation design process is comprised of four steps: (1) explicate the goals of the evaluation, (2) choose the evaluation strategy or strategies, (3) determine the properties to evaluate, and (4) design the individual evaluation episode(s). The paper illustrates the framework with two examples and provides evidence of its utility via a naturalistic, summative evaluation through its use on an actual DSR project.

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Journal Article•DOI•

Designing routines: On the folly of designing artifacts, while hoping for patterns of action

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Brian T. Pentland¹, Martha S. Feldman²•Institutions (2)

Michigan State University¹, University of California, Irvine²

01 Oct 2008-Information and Organization

TL;DR: It is argued that artifact-centered assumptions about design are not well suited to designing organizational routines, which are generative systems that produce recognizable, repetitive patterns of interdependent actions, carried out by multiple actors.

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493 citations

Journal Article•DOI•

Design science in the information systems discipline: an introduction to the special issue on design science research

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Salvatore T. March¹, Veda C. Storey²•Institutions (2)

Vanderbilt University¹, J. Mack Robinson College of Business²

01 Dec 2008-Management Information Systems Quarterly

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Cites background or methods from "Design Science Research in Informat..."

...Subsequent discussions of information systems research methods with Allen Lee resulted in his commissioning " Design Science in Information Systems Research " (Hevner et al. 2004) when he became the editor-inchief of MIS Quarterly....
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...Researchers addressing it build and evaluate IT artifacts that extend the boundaries of known applications of IT, addressing important problems heretofore not thought to be amenable to computational approaches (Hevner et al. 2004; Markus et al. 2002; Walls et al. 1992)....
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...…(constructs, models, methods, or instantiations) that further knowledge applicable to the productive application of IT for managerial and organizational purposes " and explicitly indicated that the criteria for evaluating design science research articulated by Hevner et al. (2004) would be applied....
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