Systems development in information systems research
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue on management support systems
Design patterns: elements of reusable object-oriented software
Design patterns: elements of reusable object-oriented software
Pattern-oriented software architecture: a system of patterns
Pattern-oriented software architecture: a system of patterns
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
Classifying Relationships between Object-Oriented Design Patterns
ASWEC '98 Proceedings of the Australian Software Engineering Conference
The tyranny of methodologies in information systems research1
ACM SIGMIS Database
Strategic IT Management: A Toolkit for Enterprise Architecture Management
Strategic IT Management: A Toolkit for Enterprise Architecture Management
Design science in information systems research
MIS Quarterly
MIS Quarterly
MIS Quarterly
Editor's comments: does MIS have native theories?
MIS Quarterly
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Researchers in the area of Information Systems (IS) applying the design science paradigm are confronted with the challenge to make theoretical contributions which also help to solve current and anticipated problems in practice. This is often referred to as the rigor and relevance challenge of design science research. To ensure relevance of the research outcome, research projects in IS are often conducted in close cooperation with one or more industry partners. This typically leads to a need for early results and a binding to the specific organizational context of the participating industry partner(s). In this paper, we propose pattern-based design research (PDR), an iterative design research method consisting of four phases, to overcome this problem. We argue that patterns as early stage design artifacts enable researchers to build innovative artifacts that address current and anticipated problems of practitioners in an organizational context. Building on well-established concepts as patterns, design theories, and the design theory nexus, the proposed research method enables a researcher to theorize and learn from the intervention at the industry partner(s) while performing rigorous and relevant design science research. We illustrate the applicability of PDR by presenting a research project from the area of enterprise architecture management.