Just as research innovates technology, this book innovates research activities by breaking new ground with applying patterns, reuse, and design science to research. Design Science Research Methods and Patterns relies on familiar patterns to provide the solid fundamentals of various research philosophies and techniques as well as to demonstrate how to innovate research methods. Filled with practical examples of applying patterns to IT research with an emphasis on reusing research activities to save time and money, this book describes design science research in relation to other information systems research paradigms such as positivist and interpretivist research.