Design science research (DSR) aims to generate knowledge about innovative solutions to real-world problems. Consequently, DSR needs to deal with the complexity related to problem and solution spaces involving sociotechnical phenomena that people perceive differently and are subject to constant change. This complexity poses challenges to sequential, process-based approaches—specifically, the existing DSR methodology. We designed a DSR methodology that extends existing approaches by adding a complementary organizing logic to address complexity. Based on the theory of hierarchical, multilevel systems, we suggest organizing DSR based on the concept of “echelons”—meaning decomposing DSR projects into smaller logically coherent self-contained parts—and suggest a set of five design echelons that imply a hierarchical organizing logic for DSR projects. The echeloned DSR (eDSR) methodology was developed in five iterations, involving seven design and evaluation episodes.

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处理设计科学研究中的复杂性：使用设计梯队的方法论


设计科学研究（DSR）旨在产生有关现实世界问题的创新解决方案的知识。因此，DSR 需要处理与问题和解决方案空间相关的复杂性，涉及社会技术现象，人们对这些现象有不同的看法，并且会不断变化。这种复杂性对顺序的、基于流程的方法（特别是现有的 DSR 方法）提出了挑战。我们设计了一种 DSR 方法，通过添加补充的组织逻辑来解决复杂性，从而扩展现有方法。基于分层、多级系统的理论，我们建议基于“梯队”的概念来组织 DSR（即将 DSR 项目分解为较小的逻辑连贯的独立部分），并建议一组五个设计梯队，这意味着分层的组织逻辑用于 DSR 项目。梯队 DSR (eDSR) 方法经过五次迭代开发，涉及七个设计和评估阶段。