Design As Science
There is growing pressure on architects, engineers, lawyers, managers and other design-oriented professionals to act and decide on the basis of a systematic body of evidence (cf. Van Aken and Romme 2009). Hevner and Chatterjee (2010) provide a reference on Design Science Research (DSR) in Information Systems, including a selection of papers from the DESRIST conferences, a look at key principles of DSR, and the integration of action research with design research. Robert Winter stated that the book shows an increased demand for more relevant design-oriented research on real-world business problems. In 2010 122 professors promoted design science in information system research by signing a memorandum (cf Österle et al. 2010).
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