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Paper accepted at DESRIST 2009: 4th Intl Conference on Design Science Research in IS and Technology

I have a paper accepted at the 4th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST 09). The conference is a distinguished research venue with highly visible programme committee members, and has significant impact on IS-related research. The paper, Towards a Knowledge Needs-Technology Fit Model for Knowledge Management Systems, is co-authored with the chair of my dissertation committe, Prof Dr Kevin C Desouza (University of Washington, Seattle). This paper is based on my dissertation that is currently under evaluation of the other two members of the dissertation committee (Prof Dr Talib Damij of University of Ljubljana and Prof Dr Cene Bavec of University of Primorska).

Abstract
The goal of this paper is threefold. The first goal is to provide an illustrative example of design science research - from the crafting of a research question to the research’ execution and explanation of findings. As such it satisfies the academic reader and practitioner who will benefit from seeing how design science research guidelines as proposed by (Hevner et al., 2004) can be rigorously followed in a practically relevant study. The second goal is to provide an overview of the novel artifact constructed - knowledge management system design model. The third goal is to provide methodological contribution to the design science area by arguing for the need to add exploratory step in the build phase of a new design science artifact. By presenting the construction of the model in three stages (theory-based, exploratory-study-in-the-build-phase-amended, and during-evaluation-phase-amended), we provide evidence for that. This paper thus adds to the Hevner et al. guidelines by explicitly calling for a exploratory empirical study before actually going into the evaluation phase of design science study.