Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Australasian Journal of Information Systems
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Abstract
Although an improvement of design knowledge is an essential goal of design research, current design research predominantly focuses on knowledge concerning the IT artifact (tool) design process, rather than a more holistic understanding encompassing the dynamic usage contexts of a technological artifact. Conceptualising a design in context as an "ensemble artifact" (Sein et al., 2011) provides the basis for a more rigorous treatment. This paper describes an IS artifact design framework that has been generated from the development of several practitioner-oriented decision support systems (DSS) in which contextual aspects relevant to practitioners' decision making are considered as integral design themes. We describe five key dimensions of an ensemble artifact design and show their value in designing practitioner-oriented DSS. The features are user centredness, knowledge sharing, situation-specific customisation, reduced model orientation, and practice based secondary design abilities. It is argued that this understanding can contribute to design research knowledge more effectively both to develop dynamic DSS, and by its extensibility to other artifact designs.
DOI Link
ISSN
Publisher
Deakin University, School of Information Systems
Volume
18
Issue
2
First Page
5
Last Page
20
Disciplines
Computer Sciences
Keywords
Design science research, DSS, Ensemble artifact, Ensemble view, IS artifact, User-centredness
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Recommended Citation
Miah, Shah Jahan and Gammack, John G., "Ensemble artifact design for context sensitive decision support" (2014). All Works. 1507.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/1507
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yes
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series