DESIGN AND NATURAL-SCIENCE RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN AND NATURAL-SCIENCE RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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DOI：
10.1016/0167-9236(94)00041-2
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发表时间：
1995-12-01
影响因子：
7.5
通讯作者：
SMITH, GF
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作者：
MARCH, ST;SMITH, GF
IT研究必须解决实践者所面临的设计任务。必须对实际问题进行适当的概念化和表示，必须为其解决方案构建适当的技术，并且必须使用适当的标准实现和评估解决方案。如果要取得重大进展，IT研究还必须发展对IT系统如何以及为什么工作或不工作的理解。这样的理解必须将控制IT系统的自然法则与控制IT系统运行环境的自然法则联系在一起。本文提出了一个信息技术研究的二维框架。第一个维度基于设计和自然科学研究活动的广泛类型：构建、评估、理论化和证明。第二个维度是基于设计研究产生的广泛类型的输出：代表性结构、模型、方法和实例。我们认为设计科学和自然科学活动都是必要的，以确保信息技术研究既相关又有效。
Research in IT must address the design tasks faced by practitioners. Real problems must be properly conceptualized and represented, appropriate techniques for their solution must be constructed, and solutions must be implemented and evaluated using appropriate criteria. If significant progress is to be made, IT research must also develop an understanding of how and why IT systems work or do not work. Such an understanding must tie together natural laws governing IT systems with natural laws governing the environments in which they operate. This paper presents a two dimensional framework for research in information technology. The first dimension is based on broad types of design and natural science research activities: build, evaluate, theorize, and justify. The second dimension is based on broad types of outputs produced by design research: representational constructs, models, methods, and instantiations. We argue that both design science and natural science activities are needed to insure that IT research is both relevant and effective.