Case Lessons involving knowledge management

Has related case	Lesson	Has working group theme
Austria-Improving forestry extension services for small-scale private landowners	Enlarged decision space	Dss development process Knowledge management
Austria-Improving forestry extension services for small-scale private landowners	Projection of stand development increases knowledge base	Models & techniques Knowledge management
Austria-Improving forestry extension services for small-scale private landowners	Provide missing help-documentation service	Dss development process Knowledge management
Belgium-BoLa a specific sDSS to support land use planning in Flanders	Results are always strongly dependent on the quality of the underlying data	Models & techniques Knowledge management
Germany-Actor Network Theory to Understand Collaborative Decision Support Systems Development in Forest Management Practice	Interpretative case studies can help reduce the gap between research and practice	Knowledge management Participation
Germany-Actor Network Theory to Understand Collaborative Decision Support Systems Development in Forest Management Practice	Visualization of the preliminary actor network made the people explicity include the DSS in a planning process	Knowledge management Participation
Italy-A comprehensive system for forest management planning in Trentino Province	SIPAFIT can act sometimes as a referee to settle arguments among experts, users and stakeholders	Dss development process Participation Knowledge management
Italy-A comprehensive system for forest management planning in Trentino Province	SIPAFIT sub-systems have been useful in training activities, and can be very useful to explain and	Participation Knowledge management
Italy-A comprehensive system for forest management planning in Trentino Province	To meet the needs of customer - the Forest Service - and to obtain satisfying results the	Dss development process Participation Knowledge management
Italy-Analysis of logging residues chain for a sustainable bioenergy production in Alta Val di Non	Requirement of specialized skills can discourage some potential users	Knowledge management
Italy-Analysis of logging residues chain for a sustainable bioenergy production in Alta Val di Non	The use of structured output (maps, tables and charts) makes the methodology and the results more	Dss development process Knowledge management
Italy-Assessing forest functions at stand scale in a sub-regional forest plan in the Dolomites	DSS allowed to explain better some technical concepts to non-professional stakeholders	Participation Knowledge management
Italy-Assessing forest functions at stand scale in a sub-regional forest plan in the Dolomites	Stakeholders contribution in ranking forest functions	Participation Knowledge management
New Zealand-Modular Forest Management DSS in NZ	End user engagement throughout the development and deployment cycle is very important	Participation Knowledge management
New Zealand-Modular Forest Management DSS in NZ	Regular ongoing engagement helped maintain interest of users	Knowledge management
New Zealand-Modular Forest Management DSS in NZ	Users preferred enhanced functionality rather than useability	Dss development process Knowledge management
United States-Boise-Payette-Sawtooth National Forest Plan	The scope of the modeling project can change significantly during the project	Dss development process Knowledge management
United States-The forest plan revision process in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest	Despite the widely use and acceptance of the DSS there was still a lack of expertise to	Models & techniques Knowledge management
United States-The forest plan revision process in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest	It is necessary to know which data will be use as variables in the models before designing the DSS	Dss development process Knowledge management
United States-The forest plan revision process in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest	Running the DSS required special skills, therefore the local planning team required considerable	Participation Knowledge management
United States-The forest plan revision process in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest	The DSS models built must match the knowledge of the local forest managers, so the ability for local	Dss development process Participation Knowledge management
United States-The restoration strategy of the dry and mesic landscape in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest	Analysis at the landscape level allowed the integration of concerns about multiple resources as well	Models & techniques Knowledge management
United States-The restoration strategy of the dry and mesic landscape in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest	Forest managers have to analyze how their forest management interventions effect the landscape	Models & techniques Knowledge management
United States-The restoration strategy of the dry and mesic landscape in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest	The DSS gave the forest manager the opportunity to experiment how their emphasis towards certain	Participation Knowledge management
United States-The restoration strategy of the dry and mesic landscape in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest	The DSS usage enabled the planning team to measure the achievement of the restoration goals	Knowledge management
United States-The restoration strategy of the dry and mesic landscape in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest	The use of EMDS allowed the planning team to identify priority area for restoration treatments that	Knowledge management
United States-The restoration strategy of the dry and mesic landscape in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest	The use of the DSS improved communication among the planning team by providing a framework of the	Participation Knowledge management
United States-Watershed Condition Assessment for the Northwest Forest Plan	An iterative process of presenting results to subject matter experts enabled them to better	Participation Knowledge management
United States-Watershed Condition Assessment for the Northwest Forest Plan	DSS helped document and apply decision criteria consistently, and therefore produced a more	Participation Knowledge management
United States-Watershed Condition Assessment for the Northwest Forest Plan	Model building was rapid, it was assembling the data that took by far the most time	Knowledge management
United States-Watershed Condition Assessment for the Northwest Forest Plan	Spatial variation between regions led to the development of different regional models, which led to	Participation Knowledge management
United States-Watershed Condition Assessment for the Northwest Forest Plan	The analysis team used internal prototyping, which helped train the staff and identify possible	Participation Knowledge management
United States-Watershed Condition Assessment for the Northwest Forest Plan	The software did not provide much support for formatting of the outputs in a format that could be	Participation Knowledge management
United States-Watershed Condition Assessment for the Northwest Forest Plan	Use of the DSS has been considered successful by the participating organizations, even though it has	Participation Knowledge management