Validation within design science research in Information Systems (DSRIS) is much debated.
The relationship of validation to artifact evaluation is still not clear. This chapter aims at …

E-health systems are often designed without considering user-centered design principles.
Past research on the topic of patient-centered e-health (PCEH) has lacked focus on the …

In the context of software cost estimation, system size is widely taken as a main driver of
system development effort, but other structural design properties, such as coupling …

The creation of an ontology for a particular business domain has advantages for application
development, interoperability, reusability, and integration. Agent systems with an underlying …

Employment has been shown to provide people with disabilities a sense of self satisfaction
and contribution to society. However, a significant challenge exists in that social constraints …

High-tech companies need to collect and analyze requirements and allocate them to
appropriate product releases in market-driven product development. Development activities …

There is relatively little research on software Project Estimation and Measurement Systems
(PEMS). Commercial PEMS vary in functionality and effectiveness. Their intended users thus …

UML models are widely used in software product line engineering for activities such as
modeling the software product line reference architecture, detailed design, and automation …

High‐tech companies conducting product development need to collect and analyze
requirements effectively, plan and implement releases, and allocate requirements to …

In design science research in information systems (DSRIS), validation is often neglected in
exchange for an emphasis on evaluation. However, rigorous scientific contributions most …