Design Science Research Methods and Patterns, 2nd Edition

14 ◾ Design Science Research Methods and Patterns

DSR versus Routine Design

A signicant and valid question posed frequently to design science researchers is:

How is your research dierent from a design eort; what makes your work research

and not simply state-of-practice design?

We propose that DSR is distinguished from routine design by the production

of interesting (to a community) new and true knowledge. In a typical industry design

eort a new product (artifact) is produced, but in most cases, the more successful

the project is considered to be, the less is learned. at is, it is generally desirable

to produce a new product using state-of-practice application of state-of-practice

techniques and readily available components. In fact, mos ...