VirtualMV/Research in IT/Methodologies/Design Science

Overview
Design science concerns the systematic development of an artifact to meet a specified purpose and there is a wide body of literature on this. See Hevner and colleagues (Hevner, March, Park, & Ram, 2004) for a starting point.


 * Create an artifact and use it in an educational setting.


 * The combination of usage logs, survey data, and interview results can be used to evaluate a design model and related software implementation.


 * (March, & Smith, 1995)
 * “build and evaluate” cycle (Hevner, March, & Park, 2004)