Tool Support for Design Science Research—Towards a Software Ecosystem: A Report from a DESRIST 2017 Workshop

This Paper Is an Artefact: On Open Science Practices in Design Science Research Using Registered Reports

“…The projects are often complex in nature, where researchers have to keep track of decisions made, while documenting their activities [2] including their design cycles. Thus, during the 2017 DESRIST conference, Morana et al [12] held an open workshop with DSR researchers to help determine what they need from a tool to effectively and Our study posits that registered reports, and the Open Science Framework, can help to address a number of the aforementioned requirements. For example, in the pre-design stage, Morana et al [9, pp.242] state that DSR researchers "need guidance in formulating research problems and in highlighting their relevance in terms of scholarly and practical utility".…”

“…While the DSR field has matured over the last twenty years, it has been slow to develop, or adopt, computer-based tools to help researchers structure, document, manage, and present their projects [2,12]. The projects are often complex in nature, where researchers have to keep track of decisions made, while documenting their activities [2] including their design cycles.…”

“…RR also highlight a requirement that was not identified in the pre-design stage by Morana et al [12], namely the opportunity for open peer review of the study design, including how the artefact(s) will be evaluated. Since it is important that DSR researchers ensure the application of rigorous methods to construct and evaluate their artefacts [7], DSR researchers can make their research design available and have their peers critically evaluate the design and method, before it is executed.…”

This paper is an artefact: On open science practices in design science research using registered reports

“…RR also highlight a requirement that was not identified in the pre-design stage by Morana et al [12], namely the opportunity for open peer review of the study design, including how the artefact(s) will be evaluated. Since it is important that DSR researchers ensure the application of rigorous methods to construct and evaluate their artefacts [7], DSR researchers can make their research design available and have their peers critically evaluate the design and method, before it is executed.…”

Roles of Digital Innovation in Design Science Research

“…For example, the ideation activity in a DSR project can be supported with novel visualization tools (e.g., mind mapping tools) as digital innovations. Furthermore, specialized tools such as MyDesignProcess have been suggested recently to support entire DSR processes executed by (distributed) design teams (Morana et al 2018). This DI role is termed an operant innovation resource by Nambisan (2013).…”