Distinguishing and contrasting two strategies for design science research

Juhani Iivari

European Journal of Information Systems, 2015, vol. 24, issue 1, 107-115

Abstract: This paper distinguishes and contrasts two design science research strategies in information systems. In the first strategy, a researcher constructs or builds an IT meta-artefact as a general solution concept to address a class of problem. In the second strategy, a researcher attempts to solve a client’s specific problem by building a concrete IT artefact in that specific context and distils from that experience prescriptive knowledge to be packaged into a general solution concept to address a class of problem. The two strategies are contrasted along 16 dimensions representing the context, outcomes, process and resource requirements.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2013.35

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