Abstract
Action research is one of many research methodologies used in contemporary empirical software engineering. Its practical orientation and embedding in the context of a company are its main appeal. However, the embedding can be challenging as it requires active participation from industrial partners. Therefore, we can sometimes change the course of our studies and use a methodology that is closely related—design science research. In this chapter, we explore the basic principles of design science research and make the comparison between these two methodologies.
Every discourse, even a poetic or oracular sentence, carries with it a system of rules for producing analogous things and thus an outline of methodology.
—Jacques Derrida
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Staron, M. (2020). Action Research vs. Design Research. In: Action Research in Software Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32610-4_8
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