This paper illustrates one researcher's experience of applying design science research (DSR) to the nexus between systems thinking and project scheduling. Project management has become increasingly popular in the decades since its advent but has changed little in that time. This is especially true because of its signature technique, project scheduling. Scheduling research however is vibrant and modern and even includes dynamic concepts such as learning curves in schedule construction. However, justifications for acquiring this level of systems literacy have not yet convinced the practice community. A similar gap is identified in management science, and a literature review yields two potential solutions: dissolving the subjective‐objective divide by adopting Critical Realism and using DSR as a framework for producing artefacts. This paper outlines how these concepts were applied to project scheduling, resulting in a new method for schedule construction that allows an expanded range of concepts to be included.

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一种设计科学研究方法，缩小了项目进度研究与实践之间的差距

本文阐述了一位研究人员将设计科学研究（DSR）应用于系统思维与项目进度之间的联系的经验。自项目管理问世以来的几十年里，项目管理已变得越来越流行，但是在那段时间里变化不大。由于其签名技术，项目计划，尤其如此。但是，调度研究是充满活力和现代的，甚至包括动态概念，例如在调度构建中学习曲线。但是，获得这种级别的系统素养的理由尚未说服实践界。在管理科学中也发现了类似的缺口，文献综述提供了两种可能的解决方案：通过采用批判现实主义和使用DSR作为生产人工制品的框架来解决主观和客观的分歧。