Van der Merwe, AltaGerber, Aurona JacobaSmuts, Hanlie2018-03-202017-11Van der Merwe A., Gerber A., Smuts H. (2017) Mapping a Design Science Research Cycle to the Postgraduate Research Report. In: Liebenberg J., Gruner S. (eds) ICT Education. SACLA 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 730. Springer, Cham.1865-093010.1007/978-3-319-69670-6_21http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64315Design science research (DSR) is well-known in different domains, including information systems (IS), for the construction of artefacts. One of the most challenging aspects of IS postgraduate studies (with DSR) is determining the structure of the study and its report, which should reflect all the components necessary to build a convincing argument in support of such a study’s claims or assertions. Analysing several postgraduate IS-DSR reports as examples, this paper presents a mapping between recommendable structures for research reports and the DSR process model of Vaishnavi and Kuechler, which several of our current postgraduate students have found helpful.en© Springer International Publishing AG 2017. The original publication is available at : http://www.springer.comseries/7899.Design science research (DSR)Information systems (IS)Students’ report writingDesign science reportPostgraduate educationResearch reportsPostprint Article