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Use Cases:
DSR Buddy

  • DSR Activity Logging: Use the DSR Buddy to conversationally document DSR activities as they happen, reducing the burden of retrospective documentation that often leads to incomplete records
  • DSR Process Tracking: Guide researchers through DSR phases (problem identification, solution design, demonstration, evaluation) with automated prompts and reminders
  • Design Knowledge Formulation: Supports researchers in formulating design knowledge such as design requirements or design principles.

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MyDesignProcess

Gau, M., & Gnewuch, U. (2025). Facilitating Design Knowledge Access With a Generative AI-Based Conversational Assistant. Paper presented at the Thirty-Third European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2025), Amman, Jordan.

Gau, M., Kretzer, F., Maedche, A., & vom Brocke, J. (2025). AI-Based Design Science Research: An Exploratory Framework for Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Design Science Research. , Local Solutions for Global Challenges. DESRIST 2025.

Gau, M., Maedche, A., & vom Brocke, J. (2023). Accessing the Design Science Knowledge Base - A Search Engine for the Accumulation of Knowledge Across Decentrally Organized Publications, pp.266-278. Paper presented at the 18th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, South Africa.

Gau, M., Maedche, A., & vom Brocke, J. (2023). Towards an Open Repository for Design Science Research: A Meta-Model and Its Instantiation for the Representation of Design Science Research Processes. EMISAJ

Gau, M., Mädche, A., & vom Brocke, J. (2022). DSR Buddy: A Conversational Agent Supporting Design Science Research Activities. Presented at the Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, Nürnberg.

vom Brocke, J., Gau, M., & Mädche, A. (2021). Journaling the Design Science Research Process. Transparency About the Making of Design Knowledge. Paper presented at the Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST), Kristiansand, Norway.

vom Brocke, J., Fettke, P., Gau, M., Houy, C., Maedche, A., Morana, S., & Seidel, S. (2017). Tool-Support for Design Science Research: Design Principles and Instantiation (SSRN Scholarly Paper No. ID 2972803). Social Science Research Network