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Externalities of Design Science Research: Preparation for Project Success

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The Next Wave of Sociotechnical Design (DESRIST 2021)

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The success of design science research (DSR) projects depends upon substantial preparation and foresight. The externalities of DSR projects, however, are too often overlooked or given short shrift as the research team wants to ‘hit the ground running’ to design and build creative solutions to interesting, real-world problems. Frequently, this rush leads to an incomplete understanding of the opportunities and constraints in the project problem, solution, and evaluation spaces, resulting in significant changes and rework. In this research, we propose a model of four essential externalities for DSR projects. Attention to each externality is vital and requires important preparatory activities that entail attention to external impacts of the project’s results. The implications of the DSR Externalities Model are discussed and future research directions suggested.

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  1. School of Information Systems and Management, Muma College of Business, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Alan R. Hevner

  2. Computer Information Systems, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Veda C. Storey

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Hevner, A.R., Storey, V.C. (2021). Externalities of Design Science Research: Preparation for Project Success. In: Chandra Kruse, L., Seidel, S., Hausvik, G.I. (eds) The Next Wave of Sociotechnical Design. DESRIST 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12807. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82405-1_14

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