Design and natural science research on information technology
S. March, und G. Smith. Decision Support Systems, 15 (4):
251-266(1995)
Zusammenfassung
Research in IT must address the design tasks faced by practitioners. Real problems must be properly conceptualized
and represented, appropriate techniques for their solution must be constructed, and solutions must be
implemented and evaluated using appropriate criteria. If significant progress is to be made, IT research must also
develop an understanding of how and why IT systems work or do not work. Such an understanding must tie together
natural laws governing IT systems with natural laws governing the environments in which they operate. This paper
presents a two dimensional framework for research in information technology. The first dimension is based on broad
types of design and natural science research activities: build, evaluate, theorize, and justify. The second dimension is
based on broad types of outputs produced by design research: representational constructs, models, methods, and
instantiations. We argue that both design science and natural science activities are needed to insure that IT research
is both relevant and effective.
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%X Research in IT must address the design tasks faced by practitioners. Real problems must be properly conceptualized
and represented, appropriate techniques for their solution must be constructed, and solutions must be
implemented and evaluated using appropriate criteria. If significant progress is to be made, IT research must also
develop an understanding of how and why IT systems work or do not work. Such an understanding must tie together
natural laws governing IT systems with natural laws governing the environments in which they operate. This paper
presents a two dimensional framework for research in information technology. The first dimension is based on broad
types of design and natural science research activities: build, evaluate, theorize, and justify. The second dimension is
based on broad types of outputs produced by design research: representational constructs, models, methods, and
instantiations. We argue that both design science and natural science activities are needed to insure that IT research
is both relevant and effective.
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and represented, appropriate techniques for their solution must be constructed, and solutions must be
implemented and evaluated using appropriate criteria. If significant progress is to be made, IT research must also
develop an understanding of how and why IT systems work or do not work. Such an understanding must tie together
natural laws governing IT systems with natural laws governing the environments in which they operate. This paper
presents a two dimensional framework for research in information technology. The first dimension is based on broad
types of design and natural science research activities: build, evaluate, theorize, and justify. The second dimension is
based on broad types of outputs produced by design research: representational constructs, models, methods, and
instantiations. We argue that both design science and natural science activities are needed to insure that IT research
is both relevant and effective.},
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title = {{Design and natural science research on information technology}},
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