ABSTRACT

The recent pandemic has painfully reminded us of the need for IS design to be informed by possible futures and conscious of undesirable futures – Within months, many of the nice-to-have IS functionalities have become must-haves; Technology solutions in response to the pandemic have raised privacy and equality concerns. Although design science research fundamentally focuses on shaping artefacts and events to create a more desirable future, there has been limited guidance on how futures should be accounted for. This article addresses the gap by integrating insights from future-oriented IS research and futures research to develop guidelines for engaging with futures throughout the design science research process. The future-ready design research (FRDR) process prompts researchers to be more aware of futures, to foster the innovative foresight for actively pursuing the preferred future, and to espouse the responsible foresight for consciously avoiding undesirable futures. The guidelines are illustrated with a design science research project on outbreak analytics and the instantiated system’s subsequent adaptation and utilisation in COVID-19.

摘要

最近的大流行使我们痛苦地提醒我们，必须根据可能的未来来告知信息系统设计，并意识到不良的未来。应对大流行的技术解决方案引起了人们对隐私和平等的关注。尽管设计科学研究从根本上着眼于塑造手工艺品和事件以创造更理想的未来，但是关于如何解释未来的指导仍然有限。本文通过整合面向未来的IS研究和期货研究的见识，以制定在整个设计科学研究过程中与期货互动的准则，来解决这一差距。面向未来的设计研究（FRDR）流程促使研究人员更加了解未来，培养创新的远见卓识，积极追求理想的未来，拥护负责任的远见卓识，有意识地避免不良的未来。在有关爆发分析的设计科学研究项目以及实例化系统在COVID-19中的后续适应和利用的设计科学研究项目中对准则进行了说明。