Case Lessons involving participatory planning

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The user has to be aware of the possibly large impact that the chosen land indicators and thresholdModels & techniques
Participation
A more informative output should be generated with clear graphs and maps indicating long-termDss development process
Participation
Interpretative case studies can help reduce the gap between research and practiceKnowledge management
Participation
The analysis of the actor network interactions allowed to identify the criticalities to be solved in order to develop the collaborative processParticipation
The tracing of the actor network supported the identification of the key actors influencing the collaborative DSS implementation and institutionalizationParticipation
The tracing of the current actor network interactions made the group realize that they need a different kind of stakeholders from what they previously thoughtDss development process
Participation
Using Actor Network Theory in the design stage can help in understanding the dynamism of the networkDss development process
Participation
Visualization of the preliminary actor network made the people explicity include the DSS in a planning processKnowledge management
Participation
Need of a moderator functionParticipation
Students studying forest management planning procedures and processes were very useful product testersDss development process
Participation
It would have been better to involve some end users at earlier stages of the system developmentDss development process
Participation
SIPAFIT can act sometimes as a referee to settle arguments among experts, users and stakeholdersDss development process
Participation
Knowledge management
SIPAFIT sub-systems have been useful in training activities, and can be very useful to explain andParticipation
Knowledge management
To meet the needs of customer - the Forest Service - and to obtain satisfying results theDss development process
Participation
Knowledge management
DSS allowed to explain better some technical concepts to non-professional stakeholdersParticipation
Knowledge management
Stakeholders contribution in ranking forest functionsParticipation
Knowledge management
The ProgettoBosco working methodology, based on cooperation, successive approximations andDss development process
Participation
The activation of an iterative process through periodical meetings permitted to all the stakeholdersParticipation
The adoption of the collaborative learning method made possible to gradually select the conceptualDss development process
Participation
End user engagement throughout the development and deployment cycle is very importantParticipation
Knowledge management
Group participation with knowledgeable people is a good way to ensure that the decision hierarchy isParticipation
Getting joint funding from both the forest and environmental sectors can be a successfull forDss development process
Participation
Running the DSS required special skills, therefore the local planning team required considerableParticipation
Knowledge management
The DSS models built must match the knowledge of the local forest managers, so the ability for localDss development process
Participation
Knowledge management
The DSS gave the forest manager the opportunity to experiment how their emphasis towards certainParticipation
Knowledge management
The use of the DSS improved communication among the planning team by providing a framework of theParticipation
Knowledge management
An iterative process of presenting results to subject matter experts enabled them to betterParticipation
Knowledge management
DSS helped document and apply decision criteria consistently, and therefore produced a moreParticipation
Knowledge management
Spatial variation between regions led to the development of different regional models, which led toParticipation
Knowledge management
The analysis team used internal prototyping, which helped train the staff and identify possibleParticipation
Knowledge management
The software did not provide much support for formatting of the outputs in a format that could beParticipation
Knowledge management
Use of the DSS has been considered successful by the participating organizations, even though it hasParticipation
Knowledge management