Case-Lessons by WG themes matrix
From forestDSS
ID | Lesson | Arrayprint | Dev | Mod | Kno | Par |
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1 | Need for new models for the later use of a tool | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
2 | Use of adequate DSS development methodology | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
3 | Stakeholder involvement in DSS design | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
4 | Stakeholder involvement | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
5 | Actor Network Theory provides a suitable lens for exploring both technical and human aspects of DSS institutionalization in the forestry domain | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
6 | Decision criteria beyond the state of the ecosystem (for example, social values fire risk, economic | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
7 | Operational aspects of the system should be enhanced | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
8 | Modular approach helpful in assisting industry uptake | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
9 | The very easy user-friendly interface of the software and the clearness of method can be exploited | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
10 | The development of large and enduring systems requires a long term approach | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
11 | Lack of proper documentation and support services (manual, website, etc) can severely limit the | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
12 | The choice to develop the system in an Excel environment was based on the status of computer | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
13 | Plan the system architecture based on a broad view of future possibilities | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
14 | The scope of the modeling project can change significantly during the project | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
15 | The use of structured output (maps, tables and charts) makes the methodology and the results more | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
16 | Users preferred enhanced functionality rather than useability | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
17 | Enlarged decision space | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
18 | It is necessary to know which data will be use as variables in the models before designing the DSS | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
19 | Provide missing help-documentation service | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
20 | The definition of standardized and specific criteria for selecting and zoning forest compartment | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
21 | An optimisation module comparing alternative scenarios based on multi-criteria analysis should be | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
22 | A financial analysis is an important component in the discussion about the preferences of different | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
23 | DSS can help in varying the treatment according to more than one forest function | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
24 | Embedding a DSS in a GIS software allows obtaining information at different spatial scales using the | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
25 | To compare the current and the past quantitative-qualitative parameters of the forest, great effort | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
26 | The fact that ProgettoBosco is conceived according to the criteria and indicators of sustainable | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
27 | Afforestion and deforestation options should be included in the management options | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
28 | It should be possible to specify the rotation time of a species not only by age but also by target | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
29 | Neighbourhood interrelations should be included in the generator | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
30 | Provide a simple version of the DSS, which new users can try out and learn quickly | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
31 | The kinds of DSS traditionally used to calculate timber harvest levels are now being used to model | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
32 | Need of flexibilization of analytical tools - no overdesigned tool that provides too much features for the use | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
33 | Adapting the software to make it possible to easily include also the output of other mechanistic | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
34 | It would have been better to involve some end users at earlier stages of the system development | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
35 | Students studying forest management planning procedures and processes were very useful product testers | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
36 | The adoption of the collaborative learning method made possible to gradually select the conceptual | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
37 | 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 | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
38 | Getting joint funding from both the forest and environmental sectors can be a successfull for | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
39 | Using Actor Network Theory in the design stage can help in understanding the dynamism of the network | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
40 | A more informative output should be generated with clear graphs and maps indicating long-term | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
41 | The ProgettoBosco working methodology, based on cooperation, successive approximations and | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
42 | To meet the needs of customer - the Forest Service - and to obtain satisfying results the | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
43 | The DSS models built must match the knowledge of the local forest managers, so the ability for local | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
44 | SIPAFIT can act sometimes as a referee to settle arguments among experts, users and stakeholders | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
45 | The use of EMDS allowed the planning team to identify priority area for restoration treatments that | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
46 | Requirement of specialized skills can discourage some potential users | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
47 | The DSS usage enabled the planning team to measure the achievement of the restoration goals | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
48 | Model building was rapid, it was assembling the data that took by far the most time | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
49 | Regular ongoing engagement helped maintain interest of users | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
50 | As the core of forest DSS are models describing the development of trees and stands (growth and | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
51 | Enabling the analyses of several ecosystem services (timber and non-timber resources) in one and the | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
52 | Providing procedures and structure for data flow from selection of field sample, performing field | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
53 | Multiple DSS are often needed to meet complex needs | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
54 | From a management perspective, to avoid the complication of testing something new, the models used | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
55 | Results are always strongly dependent on the quality of the underlying data | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
56 | Forest managers have to analyze how their forest management interventions effect the landscape | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
57 | Despite the widely use and acceptance of the DSS there was still a lack of expertise to | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
58 | Projection of stand development increases knowledge base | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
59 | Analysis at the landscape level allowed the integration of concerns about multiple resources as well | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
60 | The user has to be aware of the possibly large impact that the chosen land indicators and threshold | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
61 | The analysis of the actor network interactions allowed to identify the criticalities to be solved in order to develop the collaborative process | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
62 | The tracing of the actor network supported the identification of the key actors influencing the collaborative DSS implementation and institutionalization | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
63 | Group participation with knowledgeable people is a good way to ensure that the decision hierarchy is | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
64 | Need of a moderator function | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
65 | Stakeholders contribution in ranking forest functions | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
66 | The activation of an iterative process through periodical meetings permitted to all the stakeholders | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
67 | The software did not provide much support for formatting of the outputs in a format that could be | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
68 | The analysis team used internal prototyping, which helped train the staff and identify possible | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
69 | Spatial variation between regions led to the development of different regional models, which led to | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
70 | An iterative process of presenting results to subject matter experts enabled them to better | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
71 | DSS helped document and apply decision criteria consistently, and therefore produced a more | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
72 | The use of the DSS improved communication among the planning team by providing a framework of the | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
73 | The DSS gave the forest manager the opportunity to experiment how their emphasis towards certain | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
74 | DSS allowed to explain better some technical concepts to non-professional stakeholders | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
75 | End user engagement throughout the development and deployment cycle is very important | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
76 | Visualization of the preliminary actor network made the people explicity include the DSS in a planning process | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
77 | Use of the DSS has been considered successful by the participating organizations, even though it has | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
78 | Interpretative case studies can help reduce the gap between research and practice | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
79 | SIPAFIT sub-systems have been useful in training activities, and can be very useful to explain and | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |
80 | Running the DSS required special skills, therefore the local planning team required considerable | {{#arrayprint:x}} | Dss development process|0|X|}} | Models & techniques|0|X|}} | Knowledge management|0|X|}} | Participation |0|X|}} |