Systems development in information systems research
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue on management support systems
Requirements engineering: frameworks for understanding
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Empirical research in information systems: the practice of relevance
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
Rigor vs. relevance revisited: response to Benbasat and Zmud
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
A requirements engineering framework for cross-organizational ERP systems
Requirements Engineering
Design science as nested problem solving
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology
Design and natural science research on information technology
Decision Support Systems
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MIS Quarterly
Design science in information systems research
MIS Quarterly
Agile requirements prioritization: what happens in practice and what is described in literature
REFSQ'11 Proceedings of the 17th international working conference on Requirements engineering: foundation for software quality
Technical action research as a validation method in information systems design science
DESRIST'12 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems: advances in theory and practice
Supporting navigation accessibility requirements in web engineering methods
Journal of Web Engineering
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The supposed opposition of rigor versus relevance is based on the mistaken idea that rigor consists of linear technology transfer combined with positivistic science, and ignores the context-dependence of relevance as well as the incorporation of conditions of practice necessary for applicability of knowledge Historical insights from the history of science and technology show that technology is not transferred linearly from research to practice, and that technical science has more in common with social science than a superficial comparison would reveal In both fields, (1) practical problems are often solved without input from research, and (2) researchers often investigate past innovations rather than prepare future ones And in both fields, (3) relevance is context-dependent, because it depends on changeable goals of stakeholders Applicability is a more important requirement than relevance to a goal, where applicability is the match between theory and the condition of practice of a concrete case. This paper summarizes insights from the history of science and technology to substantiate these points and provides an extended framework for design science to incorporate these insights Since relevance depends on problem choice, the paper also summarizes what is known about classes of relevant practical problems and research questions in technical design science and discusses the relevance of this for IS design science We finally discuss implications for research methods, research strategy, and knowledge transfer in IS design science.