Action Design Research as a Method-in-Use: Problems and Opportunities

Amir Haj-Bolouri; Sandeep Purao; Matti Rossi; Lennarth Bernhardsson

Action Design Research as a Method-in-Use: Problems and Opportunities

Amir Haj-Bolouri, Sandeep Purao, Matti Rossi, Lennarth Bernhardsson

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This paper reports on the results of a study to investigate how scholars engage with and use the action design research (ADR) approach. ADR has been acknowledged as an important variant of the Design Science Research approach, and has been adopted by a number of scholars, as the methodological basis for doctoral dissertations as well as multidisciplinary research projects. With thisuse, the research community is learning about how to apply ADR's central tenets in different contexts. In this paper, we draw on primary data from researchers who have recently engaged in or finished an ADR project to identify recurring problems and opportunities related to working in different ADR stages, balancing demands from practice and research, and addressing problem instance vs. class of problems. Our work contributes a greater understanding of how ADR projects are carried out in practice, how researchers use ADR, and pointers to possibilities for extending ADR.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Designing the Digital Transformation: DESRIST 2017 Research in Progress Proceedings
Editors	Alexander Maedche, Jan vom Brocke, Alan Hevner
Publisher	KIT Publishers
Pages	110-118
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 2017
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	International Conference in Design Science Research in Information Technology and Systems - Karlsruhe, Germany Duration: 30 May 2017 → 1 Jun 2017 Conference number: 12

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Name	KIT Scientific Working Papers
Publisher	KIT Publishers
Volume	64
ISSN (Print)	2194-1629

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Conference	International Conference in Design Science Research in Information Technology and Systems
Abbreviated title	DESRIST
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Karlsruhe
Period	30/05/2017 → 01/06/2017

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Action design research
Use
Design science research and practice

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Haj-Bolouri, A, Purao, S, Rossi, M & Bernhardsson, L 2017, Action Design Research as a Method-in-Use: Problems and Opportunities. in A Maedche, JV Brocke & A Hevner (eds), Designing the Digital Transformation: DESRIST 2017 Research in Progress Proceedings. KIT Scientific Working Papers, vol. 64, KIT Publishers , pp. 110-118, International Conference in Design Science Research in Information Technology and Systems, Karlsruhe, Germany, 30/05/2017.

Action Design Research as a Method-in-Use: Problems and Opportunities. / Haj-Bolouri, Amir; Purao, Sandeep; Rossi, Matti et al.
Designing the Digital Transformation: DESRIST 2017 Research in Progress Proceedings. ed. / Alexander Maedche; Jan vom Brocke; Alan Hevner. KIT Publishers , 2017. p. 110-118 (KIT Scientific Working Papers; Vol. 64).

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