Introduction
This chapter is the first of two chapters that delve into the recent developments in
design science research (DSR) while focusing on information systems. It presents
and discusses a framework for theory development in design science research in
information systems (IS), which is readily extendible to DSR and in particular
to DSR in ICT. This chapter stays close to the JAIS journal article source from
which it is adapted; for example, it uses the term information systems design theory
(ISDT) instead of Design Theory (DT), which is a formulation of design theories
for information systems provided by Walls et al. (1992, 2004).
