TY - GEN
T1 - DSS success measures
T2 - 4th Biennial Meeting of International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008
AU - Herron, N. F.
AU - Cuddy, S. M.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The evaluation of a decision support system (DSS) should take account of the intended scope of the system, which has usually been defined as a result of consultation and planning between the developer and client. Project governance and decision-making roles need to be clearly assigned, performance targets and measures established, together with an analysis of external factors that could affect DSS adoption. We propose that different criteria should be used for evaluating environmental DSS, specific to its intrinsic and its extrinsic values. The intrinsic value relates to utility or how the DSS facilitates process, and includes elements such as design, content and process. It is relatively easy to plan for success, where success equates to adoption of the DSS. The extrinsic value of a DSS relates to its usefulness or impact, which for an environmental DSS means the extent to which environmental outcomes are achieved more efficiently than without the DSS. Evaluation against this measure is difficult for the project team. The authors use the approach to evaluate the SCaRPA DSS, an environmental DSS for catchment planning and on-ground investment assessment.
AB - The evaluation of a decision support system (DSS) should take account of the intended scope of the system, which has usually been defined as a result of consultation and planning between the developer and client. Project governance and decision-making roles need to be clearly assigned, performance targets and measures established, together with an analysis of external factors that could affect DSS adoption. We propose that different criteria should be used for evaluating environmental DSS, specific to its intrinsic and its extrinsic values. The intrinsic value relates to utility or how the DSS facilitates process, and includes elements such as design, content and process. It is relatively easy to plan for success, where success equates to adoption of the DSS. The extrinsic value of a DSS relates to its usefulness or impact, which for an environmental DSS means the extent to which environmental outcomes are achieved more efficiently than without the DSS. Evaluation against this measure is difficult for the project team. The authors use the approach to evaluate the SCaRPA DSS, an environmental DSS for catchment planning and on-ground investment assessment.
KW - Adaptive management
KW - Decision support system (DSS)
KW - Software evaluation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84858302216&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9788476530740
T3 - Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008
SP - 940
EP - 947
BT - Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software Integrating Science andInformation Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008
Y2 - 7 July 2008 through 10 July 2008
ER -