Actor Network Theory provides a suitable lens for exploring both technical and human aspects of DSS institutionalization in the forestry domain

Lesson

ID	5
Has statement	Actor Network Theory provides a suitable lens for exploring both technical and human aspects of DSS institutionalization in the forestry domain
Has evidence	Based on the account that we have developed, we are now able to explain how DSS are institutionalized in the forestry domain and why things have happened.
Has consequences	Other existing approaches do not look behind the actors and why they do the things they do, contrary to Actor Network Theory they do not "trace" and thus they miss important connections.
Has recommendation for action	Consider both human and technology actors at the same level and follow their associations. Describe traces left by group formation.
Has domain	Ongoing development
Has DSS development stage
Has decision stage
Has temporal scale	Long term (strategic)
Has spatial context	Spatial with neighbourhood interrelations
Has spatial scale	Forest level, Regional/national level
Has objectives dimension	Multiple objectives
Has goods and services dimension	Market services, Non-market services
Has decision making dimension	More than one decision maker/stakeholder
Has country	Germany
Has reference	See case
Has related DSS
Has related case	Germany-Actor Network Theory to Understand Collaborative Decision Support Systems Development in Forest Management Practice
Has related lesson	Using Actor Network Theory in the design stage can help in understanding the dynamism of the network
Has other relevant information	See case
Has working group theme
Has DSS development
Has decision support techniques
Has knowledge management processes
Has support for social participation
Has actor perspective	Developer/Architect, Researcher
Has researcher role
Has user role
Has developer role