Design Principles

The Anatomy of a Design Principle

This essay derives a schema for specifying design principles for information technology-based artifacts in sociotechnical systems. Design principles are used to specify design knowledge in an accessible form, but there is wide variation and lack of …

Design Principles for a Hybrid Intelligence Decision Support System for Business Model Validation

One of the most critical tasks for startups is to validate their business model. Therefore, entrepreneurs try to collect information such as feedback from other actors to assess the validity of their assumptions and make decisions. However, previous …

Design Principles for Establishing a Multi-Sided Open Innovation Platform: Lessons Learned from an Action Research Study in the Medical Technology Industry

Innovation in the medical technology (med tech) industry has a major impact on well-being in society. Open innovation has the potential to accelerate the development of new or improved healthcare solutions. Building on work system theory (WST), this …

Towards Designing an Adaptive Argumentation Learning Tool

Digitalization triggers a shift in the compositions of skills and knowledge needed for students in their future work life. Hence, higher order thinking skills are becoming more important to solve future challenges. One subclass of these skills, which …

Design Principles for Sensemaking Support Systems in Environmental Sustainability Transformations

This paper reports on the results of a design science research (DSR) study that develops design principles for information systems (IS) that support organisational sensemaking in environmental sustainability transformations. We identify initial …