Abstract Evaluation of design artefacts and design theories is a key activity in Design
Science Research (DSR), as it provides feedback for further development and (if done …

This paper presents a current, accessible, and overarching view of work system theory. WST
is the core of an integrated body of theory that emerged from a long-term research project to …

Inspired by Herbert Simon's notion of nearly decomposable systems, researchers have
examined modularity as a powerful approach to manage technological change in product …

S-Neat-Kers is a shoe-washing service firm with troubles. S-Neat-Kers is a freshly created
SME with problems. The issue at hand is how to acquire new potential clients while still …

The lack of an agreed upon definition of information system (IS) is one of many obstacles
troubling the academic IS discipline. After listing a number of definitions of IS, this paper …

Reports from a systems development research tradition in which emphasis is put on relating
research activities to practice and on establishing fruitful collaboration between groups of …

Many software organizations engage in software process improvement (SPI) initiatives to
increase their capability to develop quality solutions at a competitive level. Such efforts …

Cloud computing providers and their software-as-a-service offerings have become more
profuse and mature, making cloud technology an increasingly important platform for …

Systems development research shows that practitioners seldom follow methods and that the
competencies required for successful development of computer‐based systems go well …

In this article we theorize about the design of information infrastructures (II). We define an
information infrastructure as a shared, evolving, heterogeneous installed base of IT …