Case Lessons involving software development

Has related case	Lesson	Has working group theme	Wg1
Austria-Improving forestry extension services for small-scale private landowners	Enlarged decision space	Dss development process Knowledge management	Projmgt
Austria-Improving forestry extension services for small-scale private landowners	Provide missing help-documentation service	Dss development process Knowledge management	Documentation
Belgium-BoLa a specific sDSS to support land use planning in Flanders	Neighbourhood interrelations should be included in the generator	Dss development process Models & techniques	Capabilities
Belgium-Participative modelling of long-term wood production in the forest complex Bosland	Adapting the software to make it possible to easily include also the output of other mechanistic	Dss development process Models & techniques	Architecture
Belgium-Participative modelling of long-term wood production in the forest complex Bosland	Operational aspects of the system should be enhanced	Dss development process	Architecture
Belgium-Participative modelling of long-term wood production in the forest complex ‘Bosland’	A financial analysis is an important component in the discussion about the preferences of different	Dss development process Models & techniques	Capabilities
Belgium-Participative modelling of long-term wood production in the forest complex ‘Bosland’	A more informative output should be generated with clear graphs and maps indicating long-term	Dss development process Participation	Interface
Belgium-Participative modelling of long-term wood production in the forest complex ‘Bosland’	Afforestion and deforestation options should be included in the management options	Dss development process Models & techniques	Problem specification
Belgium-Participative modelling of long-term wood production in the forest complex ‘Bosland’	An optimisation module comparing alternative scenarios based on multi-criteria analysis should be	Dss development process Models & techniques	Capabilities
Belgium-Participative modelling of long-term wood production in the forest complex ‘Bosland’	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	Capabilities
Germany-Actor Network Theory to Understand Collaborative Decision Support Systems Development in Forest Management Practice	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
Germany-Actor Network Theory to Understand Collaborative Decision Support Systems Development in Forest Management Practice	Using Actor Network Theory in the design stage can help in understanding the dynamism of the network	Dss development process Participation	Participation
Germany-Using GISCAME to test alternative land-use scenarios under climate change in the Upper Elbe Valley	Need of flexibilization of analytical tools - no overdesigned tool that provides too much features for the use	Dss development process Models & techniques	Capabilities Interface
Ireland-PractiSFM multi-resource inventory and decision support for private forest owners	Plan the system architecture based on a broad view of future possibilities	Dss development process	Architecture
Ireland-PractiSFM multi-resource inventory and decision support for private forest owners	Provide a simple version of the DSS, which new users can try out and learn quickly	Dss development process Models & techniques	Interface
Ireland-PractiSFM multi-resource inventory and decision support for private forest owners	Students studying forest management planning procedures and processes were very useful product testers	Dss development process Participation	Projmgt Participation
Ireland-PractiSFM multi-resource inventory and decision support for private forest owners	The choice to develop the system in an Excel environment was based on the status of computer	Dss development process	Architecture
Italy-A comprehensive system for forest management planning in Trentino Province	It would have been better to involve some end users at earlier stages of the system development	Dss development process Participation	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	Participation
Italy-A comprehensive system for forest management planning in Trentino Province	To compare the current and the past quantitative-qualitative parameters of the forest, great effort	Dss development process Models & techniques	Problem specification
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	Participation Communication Transfer
Italy-Analysis of logging residues chain for a sustainable bioenergy production in Alta Val di Non	Embedding a DSS in a GIS software allows obtaining information at different spatial scales using the	Dss development process Models & techniques	Architecture Capabilities
Italy-Analysis of logging residues chain for a sustainable bioenergy production in Alta Val di Non	Lack of proper documentation and support services (manual, website, etc) can severely limit the	Dss development process	Documentation
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	Interface
Italy-Assessing forest functions at stand scale in a sub-regional forest plan in the Dolomites	DSS can help in varying the treatment according to more than one forest function	Dss development process Models & techniques	Capabilities
Italy-ProgettoBosco a data-driven DSS for forest planning: an application in Abruzzo Region	The ProgettoBosco working methodology, based on cooperation, successive approximations and	Dss development process Participation	Participation
Italy-ProgettoBosco a data-driven DSS for forest planning: an application in Abruzzo Region	The adoption of the collaborative learning method made possible to gradually select the conceptual	Dss development process Participation	Architecture
Italy-ProgettoBosco a data-driven DSS for forest planning: an application in Abruzzo Region	The definition of standardized and specific criteria for selecting and zoning forest compartment	Dss development process Models & techniques	Problem specification
Italy-ProgettoBosco a data-driven DSS for forest planning: an application in Abruzzo Region	The fact that ProgettoBosco is conceived according to the criteria and indicators of sustainable	Dss development process Models & techniques	Problem specification
Italy-ProgettoBosco a data-driven DSS for forest planning: an application in Abruzzo Region	The very easy user-friendly interface of the software and the clearness of method can be exploited	Dss development process	Interface
New Zealand-Modular Forest Management DSS in NZ	Modular approach helpful in assisting industry uptake	Dss development process	Architecture
New Zealand-Modular Forest Management DSS in NZ	The development of large and enduring systems requires a long term approach	Dss development process	Projmgt
New Zealand-Modular Forest Management DSS in NZ	Users preferred enhanced functionality rather than useability	Dss development process Knowledge management	Interface
Portugal-Supporting a multi stakeholders decision process in a Portuguese National Forest	Enlarge the decision space by generating a large set of potential management alternatives	Dss development process
Portugal-Supporting a multi stakeholders decision process in a Portuguese National Forest	Pareto Frontier Techniques are useful for multi-criteria forest management planning	Dss development process Models & techniques
Sweden-The development and introduction of versatile DSS in Sweden	Getting joint funding from both the forest and environmental sectors can be a successfull for	Dss development process Participation	Projmgt
United States-Boise-Payette-Sawtooth National Forest Plan	The kinds of DSS traditionally used to calculate timber harvest levels are now being used to model	Dss development process Models & techniques	Not prescriptive
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	Projmgt
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	Problem specification
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	Architecture

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