DQ#1 - individual work.
1. After reading the required three articles about design science,concisely, and in your own words, how would you describe, explain or define design science to a novice researcher?
You must answer #1 then either 1a or 1b. A N D ---> Tell us which one you are responding to please.
1a) What value (if any) do you think design science adds to research in the IS and IT domain?
OR
1b) In reflecting about design science (DS) as an IT/IS research methodology, what resonates with you about the DS methodology?
DQ#2 - individual work
For discussion # 2, each of you are assigned another design science article to read and synthesize individually.
2a) You are to compare your findings with AT LEAST ONE other person(s) who read the SAME article as you did (someone from your group of 4) in its own post.
2b THEN --> compare your article with another person who read a DIFFERENT design science article from yours in its own post.
Address these questions in your comparisons --
Explain/describe the artifact that is the subject of this article. If there isn't an artifact, briefly explain why you think that is.
Drawing from the Hevner et al. (2004) article (Table 2), what evaluation methods do the authors use in your article?
Based on the evaluation and methodology, what did the authors accomplish with this research effort? Where any new insights presented?
Do the authors present recommendations for future research and studies that build on the topics addressed in this article?
If not, what do you think might be other areas for further research based on this article?
Think about alignment of the research problem, questions, and findings. How well do the research results, as determined by the evaluation, support the problem and/or research questions?
ASSIGNMENTS --- (people and articles)
Sean, Jamie, Binod & Heather --> you all read the Arnott & Pervan article
Randall, Narayan, Darzelle & Ayodele ---> you all read the Gregor & Hevner article
Bryan, Morganne, Ha & Chris ---> you all read the Ilvari article
Christian, Nghia, Jim & Alejandro ---> you all read the Peffers, K et al. 2006 article