Design Science Research Methods and Patterns: Innovating Information and Communication Technology, 2/e (Hardcover)

Presenting innovative research methods, this second edition of a bestseller describes a simple and practical methodology for conducting cutting-edge design science research (DSR). It provides comprehensive guidance on how to conduct such research and supplies in-depth treatment of design science theory and the different types of theory that can be generated in design science research.

Making novel use of the concept of patterns, it presents 84 research patterns for conducting effective DSR. It emphasizes design science theory throughout and is filled with practical examples of using patterns to conduct information and communication technology research (ICT).

With a focus on reusing research activities to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of conducting design science research, the book relies on familiar patterns to provide the fundamentals of various research philosophies and techniques required to innovate ICT. It describes design science research in relation to other information systems research paradigms such as positivist and interpretivist research. New to this edition are relevant design science research patterns adapted from TRIZ, the widely regarded European engineering design and creativity method.

This edition also provides greatly expanded treatment of theory building in design science research (DSR), a topic of rapidly growing interest in addition to a new chapter presenting a framework for theory development in DSR. The book provides an expanded examination of patterns in DSR presented using a new pattern classification mechanism to group patterns with like functionality.

This book will be of value to those interested in learning to conduct design science research, particularly in the ICT disciplines the book focuses on.

本書是一本暢銷書的第二版，介紹了創新的研究方法，描述了一種簡單實用的設計科學研究（DSR）方法論。它提供了全面的指導，教導如何進行這樣的研究，並深入探討了設計科學理論和在設計科學研究中可以生成的不同類型的理論。

本書創新地運用了模式的概念，提出了84種進行有效DSR的研究模式。它始終強調設計科學理論，並充滿了使用模式進行信息和通信技術研究（ICT）的實際例子。

本書著重於重複使用研究活動，以提高進行設計科學研究的效果和效率，並依賴熟悉的模式來提供創新ICT所需的各種研究哲學和技術的基礎。它描述了設計科學研究與其他信息系統研究範式（如實證主義和解釋主義研究）的關係。本版新增了從廣受歐洲工程設計和創造力方法TRIZ改編的相關設計科學研究模式。

本版還大幅擴展了設計科學研究中理論建構的內容，這是一個快速增長的研究領域，此外還新增了一章介紹DSR理論發展框架。本書通過使用新的模式分類機制將DSR中的模式進行了擴展。

本書對於那些有興趣學習進行設計科學研究，特別是在ICT學科中的讀者來說具有價值。