Why Should the Q-method be Integrated Into the Design Science Research? A Systematic Mapping Study
This work addresses the need for better tools in Information Systems research by suggesting an incremental integration of an existing method into a standard research framework.
The study systematically mapped how the Q-method is used in Information Systems research and proposed integrating it into the Design Science Research process to support all main stages, particularly for system analysis and design.
The Q-method has been utilized over time in various areas, including information systems. In this study, we used a systematic mapping to illustrate how the Q-method was applied within Information Systems (IS) community and proposing towards the integration of Q-method into the Design Sciences Research (DSR) process as a tool for future research DSR-based IS studies. In this mapping study, we collected peer-reviewed journals from Basket-of-Eight journals and the digital library of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). Then we grouped the publications according to the process of DSR, and different variables for preparing Q-method from IS publications. We found that the potential of the Q-methodology can be used to support each main research stage of DSR processes and can serve as the useful tool to evaluate a system in the IS topic of system analysis and design