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Evaluation Patterns for Design Science Research Artefacts

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Practical Aspects of Design Science (EDSS 2011)

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Artefact evaluation is regarded as being crucial for Design Science Research (DSR) in order to rigorously proof an artefact’s relevance for practice. The availability of guidelines for structuring DSR processes notwithstanding, the current body of knowledge provides only rudimentary means for a design researcher to select and justify appropriate artefact evaluation strategies in a given situation. This paper proposes patterns that could be used to articulate and justify artefact evaluation strategies within DSR projects. These patterns have been synthesised from prior DSR literature concerned with evaluation strategies. They distinguish both ex ante as well as ex post evaluations and reflect current DSR approaches and evaluation criteria.

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  1. University of Liechtenstein, Fuerst-Franz-Josef-Strasse 21, 9490, Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein

    Christian Sonnenberg & Jan vom Brocke

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  1. School of Computing, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

    Markus Helfert

  2. Maynooth Innovation Value Institute School of Business, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland

    Brian Donnellan

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Sonnenberg, C., vom Brocke, J. (2012). Evaluation Patterns for Design Science Research Artefacts. In: Helfert, M., Donnellan, B. (eds) Practical Aspects of Design Science. EDSS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 286. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33681-2_7

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