Miroslaw Staron is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has published extensively on software metrics, model-driven software development and empirical software engineering, and has worked together with Ericsson, Volvo and other telecom companies and car manufacturers.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Action Research as Research Methodology in Software Engineering.- 3 Diagnosing.- 4 Action Planning.- 5 Action taking.- 6 Evaluation.- 7 Specifying learning.- 8 Action research vs. design research.- 9 Ensuring sustainability of knowledge.- 10 Validity evaluation.- 11 Reporting Action Research Studies.- 12 Conclusions.

Miroslaw Staron is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has published extensively on software metrics, model-driven software development and empirical software engineering, and has worked together with Ericsson, Volvo and other telecom companies and car manufacturers.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Action Research as Research Methodology in Software Engineering.- 3 Diagnosing.- 4 Action Planning.- 5 Action taking.- 6 Evaluation.- 7 Specifying learning.- 8 Action research vs. design research.- 9 Ensuring sustainability of knowledge.- 10 Validity evaluation.- 11 Reporting Action Research Studies.- 12 Conclusions.

Miroslaw Staron is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has published extensively on software metrics, model-driven software development and empirical software engineering, and has worked together with Ericsson, Volvo and other telecom companies and car manufacturers.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Action Research as Research Methodology in Software Engineering.- 3 Diagnosing.- 4 Action Planning.- 5 Action taking.- 6 Evaluation.- 7 Specifying learning.- 8 Action research vs. design research.- 9 Ensuring sustainability of knowledge.- 10 Validity evaluation.- 11 Reporting Action Research Studies.- 12 Conclusions.