Author:
Engström Emelie,Storey Margaret-Anne,Runeson Per,Höst Martin,Baldassarre Maria Teresa
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Assessing and communicating software engineering research can be challenging. Design science is recognized as an appropriate research paradigm for applied research, but is rarely explicitly used as a way to present planned or achieved research contributions in software engineering. Applying the design science lens to software engineering research may improve the assessment and communication of research contributions.
Aim
The aim of this study is 1) to understand whether the design science lens helps summarize and assess software engineering research contributions, and 2) to characterize different types of design science contributions in the software engineering literature.
Method
In previous research, we developed a visual abstract template, summarizing the core constructs of the design science paradigm. In this study, we use this template in a review of a set of 38 award winning software engineering publications to extract, analyze and characterize their design science contributions.
Results
We identified five clusters of papers, classifying them according to their different types of design science contributions.
Conclusions
The design science lens helps emphasize the theoretical contribution of research output—in terms of technological rules—and reflect on the practical relevance, novelty and rigor of the rules proposed by the research.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Cited by
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