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This chapter presents the main concepts of design science research, which is a method that is conducted under the paradigm of design science to operationalize research. In addition to these concepts, the foundations for the application of design science research as a research method and the methods formalized by several authors for its operationalization are presented. A comparison of design science research with two alternate methods is performed. To prevent an exhaustive comparison in this book, we compare design science research with methods that are commonly used for qualitative research in Brazil: case study and action research.
The body of design knowledge is rather fragmented and dispersed (…). Design research should therefore be redirected to more rigorous research, to produce outcomes that are characterized by a high external validity but that are also teachable, learnable, and actionable by practitioners.
(Romme 2003, p. 569)
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Dresch, A., Lacerda, D.P., Antunes, J.A.V. (2015). Design Science Research. In: Design Science Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07374-3_4
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