| Lesson |
WG Themes
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| A financial analysis is an important component in the discussion about the preferences of different |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
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| A more informative output should be generated with clear graphs and maps indicating long-term |
Dss development process |
Participation
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| Actor Network Theory provides a suitable lens for exploring both technical and human aspects of DSS institutionalization in the forestry domain |
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| Adapting the software to make it possible to easily include also the output of other mechanistic |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
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| Afforestion and deforestation options should be included in the management options |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
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| An iterative process of presenting results to subject matter experts enabled them to better |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| An optimisation module comparing alternative scenarios based on multi-criteria analysis should be |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
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| Analysis at the landscape level allowed the integration of concerns about multiple resources as well |
Models & techniques |
Knowledge management
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| As the core of forest DSS are models describing the development of trees and stands (growth and |
Models & techniques
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| DSS allowed to explain better some technical concepts to non-professional stakeholders |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| DSS can help in varying the treatment according to more than one forest function |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
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| DSS helped document and apply decision criteria consistently, and therefore produced a more |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| Decision criteria beyond the state of the ecosystem (for example, social values fire risk, economic |
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| Despite the widely use and acceptance of the DSS there was still a lack of expertise to |
Models & techniques |
Knowledge management
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| Embedding a DSS in a GIS software allows obtaining information at different spatial scales using the |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
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| Enabling the analyses of several ecosystem services (timber and non-timber resources) in one and the |
Models & techniques
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| End user engagement throughout the development and deployment cycle is very important |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| Enlarge the decision space by generating a large set of potential management alternatives |
Dss development process
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| Enlarged decision space |
Dss development process |
Knowledge management
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| Forest managers have to analyze how their forest management interventions effect the landscape |
Models & techniques |
Knowledge management
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| From a management perspective, to avoid the complication of testing something new, the models used |
Models & techniques
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| Getting joint funding from both the forest and environmental sectors can be a successfull for |
Dss development process |
Participation
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| Group participation with knowledgeable people is a good way to ensure that the decision hierarchy is |
Participation
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| Interpretative case studies can help reduce the gap between research and practice |
Knowledge management |
Participation
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| It is necessary to know which data will be use as variables in the models before designing the DSS |
Dss development process |
Knowledge management
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| It should be possible to specify the rotation time of a species not only by age but also by target |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
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| It would have been better to involve some end users at earlier stages of the system development |
Dss development process |
Participation
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| Lack of proper documentation and support services (manual, website, etc) can severely limit the |
Dss development process
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| Model building was rapid, it was assembling the data that took by far the most time |
Knowledge management
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| Modular approach helpful in assisting industry uptake |
Dss development process
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| Multiple DSS are often needed to meet complex needs |
Models & techniques
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| Need for new models for the later use of a tool |
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| Need of a moderator function |
Participation
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| Need of flexibilization of analytical tools - no overdesigned tool that provides too much features for the use |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
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| Neighbourhood interrelations should be included in the generator |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
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| Operational aspects of the system should be enhanced |
Dss development process
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| Pareto Frontier Techniques are useful for multi-criteria forest management planning |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
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| Plan the system architecture based on a broad view of future possibilities |
Dss development process
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| Projection of stand development increases knowledge base |
Models & techniques |
Knowledge management
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| Provide a simple version of the DSS, which new users can try out and learn quickly |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
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| Provide missing help-documentation service |
Dss development process |
Knowledge management
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| Providing procedures and structure for data flow from selection of field sample, performing field |
Models & techniques
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| Regular ongoing engagement helped maintain interest of users |
Knowledge management
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| Requirement of specialized skills can discourage some potential users |
Knowledge management
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| Results are always strongly dependent on the quality of the underlying data |
Models & techniques |
Knowledge management
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| Running the DSS required special skills, therefore the local planning team required considerable |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| SIPAFIT can act sometimes as a referee to settle arguments among experts, users and stakeholders |
Dss development process |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| SIPAFIT sub-systems have been useful in training activities, and can be very useful to explain and |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| Spatial variation between regions led to the development of different regional models, which led to |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| Stakeholder involvement |
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| Stakeholder involvement in DSS design |
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| Stakeholders contribution in ranking forest functions |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| Students studying forest management planning procedures and processes were very useful product testers |
Dss development process |
Participation
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| The DSS gave the forest manager the opportunity to experiment how their emphasis towards certain |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| The DSS models built must match the knowledge of the local forest managers, so the ability for local |
Dss development process |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| The DSS usage enabled the planning team to measure the achievement of the restoration goals |
Knowledge management
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| The ProgettoBosco working methodology, based on cooperation, successive approximations and |
Dss development process |
Participation
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| The activation of an iterative process through periodical meetings permitted to all the stakeholders |
Participation
|
| The adoption of the collaborative learning method made possible to gradually select the conceptual |
Dss development process |
Participation
|
| The analysis of the actor network interactions allowed to identify the criticalities to be solved in order to develop the collaborative process |
Participation
|
| The analysis team used internal prototyping, which helped train the staff and identify possible |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| The choice to develop the system in an Excel environment was based on the status of computer |
Dss development process
|
| The definition of standardized and specific criteria for selecting and zoning forest compartment |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
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| The development of large and enduring systems requires a long term approach |
Dss development process
|
| The fact that ProgettoBosco is conceived according to the criteria and indicators of sustainable |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
|
| The kinds of DSS traditionally used to calculate timber harvest levels are now being used to model |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
|
| The scope of the modeling project can change significantly during the project |
Dss development process |
Knowledge management
|
| The software did not provide much support for formatting of the outputs in a format that could be |
Participation |
Knowledge management
|
| The tracing of the actor network supported the identification of the key actors influencing the collaborative DSS implementation and institutionalization |
Participation
|
| The tracing of the current actor network interactions made the group realize that they need a different kind of stakeholders from what they previously thought |
Dss development process |
Participation
|
| The use of EMDS allowed the planning team to identify priority area for restoration treatments that |
Knowledge management
|
| The use of structured output (maps, tables and charts) makes the methodology and the results more |
Dss development process |
Knowledge management
|
| The use of the DSS improved communication among the planning team by providing a framework of the |
Participation |
Knowledge management
|
| The user has to be aware of the possibly large impact that the chosen land indicators and threshold |
Models & techniques |
Participation
|
| The very easy user-friendly interface of the software and the clearness of method can be exploited |
Dss development process
|
| To compare the current and the past quantitative-qualitative parameters of the forest, great effort |
Dss development process |
Models & techniques
|
| To meet the needs of customer - the Forest Service - and to obtain satisfying results the |
Dss development process |
Participation |
Knowledge management
|
| Use of adequate DSS development methodology |
|
| Use of the DSS has been considered successful by the participating organizations, even though it has |
Participation |
Knowledge management
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| Users preferred enhanced functionality rather than useability |
Dss development process |
Knowledge management
|
| Using Actor Network Theory in the design stage can help in understanding the dynamism of the network |
Dss development process |
Participation
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| Visualization of the preliminary actor network made the people explicity include the DSS in a planning process |
Knowledge management |
Participation
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