Design Researcher ’ s IS Artifact : a Representational Framework

Design research has gained much interest among the academicians of Information Systems. Unlike research in natural and social sciences, design research does not have a long established history and tradition. The methodological foundations for this type of research are emerging through contributions in various academic IS outlets. The argument underlying this work is that the attempts to define the methodology for the design science have to be complemented (perhaps, even preceded) by the advancement of the adequate representational framework. In other words, in addition to or before asking “how” question, a proper consideration needs to be given to “what” question. This work aims at introducing such a framework for structuring representation of a design researcher’s artifact.

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