scholarly journals Designing TRiDS: Treatments for Risks in Design Science

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R Venable ◽  
Jan Vom Brocke ◽  
Robert Winter
Keyword(s):  
Design Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Design Science Research ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Risk Management Framework ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Research Students

Design Science Research (DSR) has many risks. Researchers inexperienced in DSR, especially early career researchers (ECRs) and research students (e.g. PhD students) risk inefficient projects (with delays, rework, etc.) at best and research project failure at worst if they do not manage and treat DSR risks in a proactive manner. The DSR literature, such as the Risk Management Framework for Design Science Research (RMF4DSR), provides advice for identifying risks, but provides few suggestions for specific treatments for the kinds of risks that potentially plague DSR. This paper describes the development of a new purposeful artefact (TRiDS: Treatments for Risks in Design Science) to address this lack of suggestions for treatment of DSR risks. The paper describes how the purposeful artefact was developed (following a DSR methodology), what literature it draws upon to inspire its various components, the functional requirements identified for TRiDS, and how TRiDS is structured and why. The paper also documents the TRiDS purposeful artefact in detail, including four main components: (1) an extended set of risk checklists (extended from RMF4DSR), (2) a set of 47 specific suggestions for treating known risks in DSR, (3) a classification of the treatments identified into 14 different categories, and (4) a look-up table for identifying candidate treatments based on a risk in the extended risk checklists. The treatment suggestions and guidance in TRiDS serve as a supplement to RMF4DSR by helping DSR researchers to identify treatments appropriate for a particular DSR project (or program) and thereby to improve DSR project efficiency and the probability of DSR project success.

A project knowledge management framework grounded in design science research

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-210
Author(s):  
Rosana Sue Narazaki ◽  
Marcirio Silveira Chaves ◽  
Cristiane Drebes Pedron
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Design Science Research ◽  
Management Framework

scholarly journals Learnings from the design and acceptance of the German COVID-19 tracing app for IS-driven crisis management: a design science research

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Behne ◽  
Nicolai Krüger ◽  
Jan Heinrich Beinke ◽  
Frank Teuteberg
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Design Science Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Limited Effectiveness

Abstract Background This article investigates the research problem of digital solutions to overcome the pandemic, more closely examining the limited effectiveness and scope of the governmental COVID-19 tracing apps, using the German COVID-19 tracing app (Corona-Warn-App) as an example. A well-designed and effective instrument in the technological toolbox is of utmost importance to overcome the pandemic. Method A multi-methodological design science research approach was applied. In three development and evaluation cycles, we presented, prototyped, and tested user-centered ideas of functional and design improvement. The applied procedure contains (1) a survey featuring 1993 participants from Germany for evaluating the current app, (2) a gathering of recommendations from epidemiologists and from a focus group discussion with IT and health experts identifying relevant functional requirements, and (3) an online survey combined with testing our prototype with 53 participants to evaluate the enhanced tracing app. Results This contribution presents 14 identified issues of the German COVID-19 tracing app, six meta-requirements, and three design principles for COVID-19 tracing apps and future pandemic apps (e.g., more user involvement and transparency). Using an interactive prototype, this study presents an extended pandemic app, containing 13 potential front-end (i.e., information on the regional infection situation, education and health literacy, crowd and event notification) and six potential back-end functional requirements (i.e., ongoing modification of risk score calculation, indoor versus outdoor). In addition, a user story approach for the COVID-19 tracing app was derived from the findings, supporting a holistic development approach. Conclusion Throughout this study, practical relevant findings can be directly transferred to the German and other international COVID-19 tracing applications. Moreover, we apply our findings to crisis management theory—particularly pandemic-related apps—and derive interdisciplinary learnings. It might be recommendable for the involved decision-makers and stakeholders to forego classic application management and switch to using an agile setup, which allows for a more flexible reaction to upcoming changes. It is even more important for governments to have a well-established, flexible, design-oriented process for creating and adapting technology to handle a crisis, as this pandemic will not be the last one.

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