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Based on reviewing foremost literature, the paper discusses design science research methodology with strategies for design science evaluation. We have identified an interesting problem that, for certain artefacts, this methodology leads to a recursion effect. Therefore, we propose a conceptual framework for these artefacts, which, once developed, will detail facets of design science methodology for producing abstract design knowledge. The framework aims to fill out the lack of details in design science methodology for development of abstract design knowledge.
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Ostrowski, Ł., Helfert, M., Hossain, F. (2011). A Conceptual Framework for Design Science Research. In: Grabis, J., Kirikova, M. (eds) Perspectives in Business Informatics Research. BIR 2011. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 90. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24511-4_27
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