Berntzen, Lasse and Johannessen, Marius Rohde (2023) Report on adoption, customization and implementation D 5.1. Project Report. OptFor-EU.
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Abstract
This report discusses the adoption and customization strategy and its implementation, following a design thinking logic. The adoption and customization strategy aims to make the Decision Support System (DSS) ready to be adopted by the target groups. In the context of the OptFor-EU project, D.4.1 defines Decision Support Systems (DSS) as computer-based tools which provide support to solve ill-structured decision problems by integrating database management systems with analytical and operational research models, graphic display, tabular reporting capabilities, and the expert knowledge of scientists, managers, and decision makers to assist in specific decision-making activities. This task supports the customization of the DSS to cover different needs and regional differences identified by forest managers from the Case study area (CSA, see deliverable 3.1). Using a Lean Startup approach we address requirements from a variety of forests, including managed, unmanaged, forest types, climate, production, etc. These requirements will provide input for the design and development of the DSS (WP4), in the form of a set of scenario templates. The forest managers will co-create these templates in cooperation with WP4. Lean Startup relies on the early involvement of users, in this case, forest managers. This deliverable has two parts, one theoretical (sections 2 and 3), forming a background for the activities and contributing towards a common theoretical basis for adoption and user-involvement in OptFor-EU, and as theoretical input to academic papers from OptFor-EU related to user involvement, co-creation and adoption of the DSS. Part two (section 4) is more practical, with a set of activities that will contribute to development of the front-end of the DSS in T4.4 (the dashboard visual interface), and also provide input for T4.2 and T4.3. Part one (Sections 2 and 3) present the theoretical background for user involvement and adoption processes in systems development projects. Section 2 describes the lean startup methodology and design thinking, as the foundation for co-creation of the DSS. This section describes relevant concepts and steps of user-centered systems development projects. Section 3 focuses on adoption of technological systems and provides a theoretical overview and background for the user involvement plan. Section 4 presents the strategy for user involvement activities in the case studies. Here we outline user-involvement and adoption activities to be conducted at various stages of the DSS development process, activities which will provide input for WP4 when developing the DSS. This deliverable complements deliverable 3.1 (stakeholder engagement plan) by focusing on systems development and user engagement activities relevant for design and implementation of the decision-support system (DSS). These user involvement activities build on deliverable 4.1 (DSS system architecture) and provide input to DSS design activities. The output of the activities presented in section 4 will inform task 4.4 (dashboard visual interface).
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 570 Scienze della vita; Biologia > 577 Ecologia 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 580 Piante (Botanica) (Classificare qui la Storia naturale e la Biologia descrittiva delle piante) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate |
| Depositing User: | Maria Rosaria Orrico |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Feb 2025 14:43 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Mar 2025 14:40 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/23403 |
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