Research Seminar
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You are cordially invited to the School of Information System's Research Seminar to be held in the Building 408:4000 on Thursday 27th May 2010 between 12:00 noon and 2:00 pm; it will be a talk followed by questions and discussions.
Presenter: Assoc. Prof. John Venable
Title: ”Design Science Research Post Hevner et al: Criteria, Standards, Guidelines, and Expectations”
Abstract
There is ongoing debate about how the quality (rigour and relevance) of Design Science Research (DSR) should be judged. This research investigates the state of the debate by surveying the opinions of IS scholars who write, review, edit, and publish DSR papers. The survey respondents rated the relative importance of the seven guidelines (often used as evaluation criteria) laid out in Hevner et al (2004), more specific criteria about the evaluation activity in DSR, criteria concerning IS Design Theories, and miscellaneous other criteria, and made general open-ended comments. The findings indicate a lack of consensus, with much variability in ratings. The Hevner et al (2004) guidelines are largely endorsed, but caution is also raised to apply them less mechanistically than at present. Some criteria/guidelines are seen to be less important at earlier stages of research. Caution is also urged not to expect single papers to fit all criteria/guidelines.
Please download attached document.
A light lunch will also be provided. Please RSVP by Tuesday 25th May for catering purposes.
All welcome to attend
Regards
Muriel
Muriel Bijoux
Research Admin. Assistant
School of Information Systems
Curtin Business School
Curtin University of Technology
Building 408, Room 3047C
GPO Box U 1987
Perth, Western Australia 6845
Phone: +61 8 9266 7056
Fax: +61 8 9266 3076
Email: M.Bijoux@curtin.edu.au
