Journal฀of฀Management฀Information฀Systems฀/฀Winter฀2007–8,฀Vol.฀24,฀No.฀3,฀pp.฀45–77.฀ ©฀2008฀M.E.฀Sharpe,฀Inc.฀ 0742–1222฀/฀2008฀$9.50฀+฀0.00.฀ DOI฀10.2753/MIS0742-1222240302 A฀Design฀Science฀Research฀Methodology฀ for฀Information฀Systems฀Research KEN฀PEFFERS,฀TUURE฀TUUNANEN,฀MARCUS฀A.฀ROTHENBERGER,฀ AND฀SAMIR฀CHATTERJEE KEN฀PEFFERS฀ is฀ an฀Associate฀ Professor฀ and฀ Chair฀ of฀ the฀ Management฀ Information฀ Systems฀Department฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Nevada,฀Las฀Vegas.฀He฀earned฀his฀Ph.D.฀ in฀Management฀Information฀Systems฀from฀Purdue฀University.฀His฀current฀research฀ focuses฀on฀making฀the฀right฀IS฀investments฀for฀the฀firm,฀on฀IS฀planning,฀and฀on฀require- ments฀determination฀for฀new฀information฀systems.฀His฀research฀articles฀have฀been฀ published฀in฀journals฀such฀as฀Communications฀of฀the฀ACM,฀Journal฀of฀Management฀ Information฀Systems,฀ Information฀Systems฀Research,฀ IEEE฀Transactions฀on฀Engineer- ing฀Management,฀ Organization฀Science,฀ Journal฀of฀Information฀Technology฀Theory฀ and฀Application,฀and฀Information฀&฀Management. TUURE฀TUUNANEN฀is฀a฀Senior฀Lecturer฀in฀the฀Department฀of฀Information฀Systems฀and฀ Operations฀Management฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Auckland.฀He฀holds฀a฀D.Sc.฀(Econ)฀from฀ the฀Helsinki฀School฀of฀Economics.฀His฀current฀research฀interests฀lie฀in฀the฀areas฀of฀ IS฀development฀methods฀and฀processes,฀requirements฀engineering,฀risk฀management,฀ and฀convergence฀of฀IS฀and฀marketing฀disciplines,฀specifically฀in฀design฀of฀interactive฀ consumer฀services฀and฀products.฀His฀research฀has฀been฀published฀in฀ Information฀&฀ Management,฀Journal฀of฀Database฀Management,฀Journal฀of฀Information฀Technology฀ Theory฀and฀Application,฀Journal฀of฀Management฀Information฀Systems,฀ and฀ Technology฀ Analysis฀and฀Strategic฀Management.฀In฀addition,฀his฀work฀has฀appeared฀in฀a฀number฀ of฀conference฀proceedings฀within฀his฀research฀interest฀areas฀such฀as฀European฀Con- ference฀on฀Information฀Systems,฀Design฀Science฀Research฀in฀Information฀Systems฀ and฀Technology,฀ Hawaii฀ International฀ Conference฀ on฀ System฀ Sciences,฀ Mobility฀ Roundtable฀and฀Requirements฀Engineering฀Conference.฀Dr.฀Tuunanen฀is฀a฀member฀ of฀the฀Association฀of฀Computing฀Machinery,฀the฀Association฀of฀Information฀Systems,฀ and฀the฀Institute฀of฀Electrical฀and฀Electronics฀Engineers. MARCUS฀A.฀ROTHENBERGER฀is฀an฀Associate฀Professor฀of฀Management฀Information฀Sys- tems฀at฀the฀University฀of฀Nevada,฀Las฀Vegas.฀He฀holds฀a฀Ph.D.฀in฀Information฀Systems฀ from฀Arizona฀State฀University.฀Dr.฀Rothenberger’s฀work฀includes฀theory฀testing,฀theory฀ development,฀and฀design฀science฀research฀in฀the฀areas฀of฀software฀process฀improve- ment,฀software฀reusability,฀performance฀measurement,฀and฀the฀adoption฀of฀enterprise฀ resource฀planning฀systems.฀His฀work฀has฀appeared฀in฀major฀academic฀journals,฀such฀as฀ Decision฀Sciences,฀IEEE฀Transactions฀on฀Software฀Engineering,฀ Communications฀of฀ the฀ACM,฀and฀ Information฀&฀Management.฀Dr.฀Rothenberger฀is฀regularly฀involved฀in฀ major฀academic฀conferences,฀including฀the฀International฀Conference฀on฀Information฀ Systems฀and฀the฀ Americas฀Conference฀on฀Information฀Systems.฀He฀is฀a฀member฀of฀the฀ Association฀for฀Information฀Systems฀and฀the฀Decision฀Sciences฀Institute.