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When people engage in everyday or professional activities, they often encounter problems that hinder these activities. One way to solve or alleviate these problems is to use artefacts. This chapter investigates the notion of an artefact and shows how it can be understood in terms of functions, behaviours, structures, and environments. A range of different kinds of artefacts are introduced, including technical artefacts and socio-technical systems. Design science is defined as the scientific study and creation of artefacts, and various kinds of design science contributions are identified, ranging from incremental improvement to radical invention.
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Johannesson, P., Perjons, E. (2021). Introduction. In: An Introduction to Design Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78132-3_1
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