The use of focus groups in design science research

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 17-37

  Tremblay, Monica Chiarini ^a   Hevner, Alan R ^b   Berndt, Donald J ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN ARTIFACTS; DESIGN RESEARCH; DESIGN-SCIENCE RESEARCHES; FOCUS GROUP METHOD; FOCUS GROUPS; QUALITATIVE DATA; RESEARCH FIELDS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

DESIGN;

EID: 70350680703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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