Q2. What future works have the authors mentioned in the paper "Integrating the rational unified process and participatory design for development of socio-technical systems : a user participative approach" ?
This is, for instance, reflected in the division of work inside and external to the project group reaching heterogeneous user groups and different organisational layers in the data collection, and by acknowledging the possibility of forming several project groups, either from the beginning of or after some time in the development process. Future research should test the MOPT-Systems Development Process in its entirety in a concrete systems development project. Important issues to be considered in the further development of the process include how to balance user participation and the need for software engineering skills in the subsequent workflows, how to further develop the project management aspects, how to really achieve iteration in and between work flows, and how to coordinate the work of several project groups and the development of sub-systems in very large projects. The process described should instead be seen as a suggested overall approach and a process that is coherent and still flexible enough to be practically feasible.
Q3. What are the main issues to be considered in the further development of the MOPT-Systems?
Important issues to be considered in the further development of the process include how to balance user participation and the need for software engineering skills in the subsequent workflows, how to further develop the project management aspects, how to really achieve iteration in and between work flows, and how to coordinate the work of several project groups and the development of sub-systems in very large projects.
Q4. Who are needed when prioritising contradicting sub-system issues?
The project group and user representatives are also needed when prioritisation of contradicting sub-system issues must take place.
Q5. What is the motivation for including scenarios in the toolbox?
The motivation for including scenarios in the toolbox is that they are useful triggers for needs and requirements and further support working with the somewhat abstract context model in a more concretised manner, more graspable for the users.
Q6. What is the role of the project group and user representatives in the development of the sub-system?
The project group and user representatives play an important part in the M, O, and P sub-systems while development of pure technology is more of an issue for system developers and technicians.
Q7. What are the main methods of social research used in the MOPT-Systems Development Process?
The social research methods included in the toolbox are a number of traditional qualitative data collection methods, for instance questionnaires and interviews.
Q8. What are examples of social research methods used in MOPT-Systems?
Examples of social research methods applied include, for instance, Critical incident technique questionnaires (CIT) and the Critical decision method (CDM).
Q9. What is the role of user representatives in the MOPT-Systems Development Process?
Work of the user dominated project group includes, e.g., analyzing the context, identifying system stakeholders, identifying and prioritising needs and system requirements, performing design practices and evaluation of prototypes, and providing general feedback on all results produced in the systems development process.
Q10. How many user representatives are there in the MOPT-Systems Development Process?
But the process also adds the explicit role of user representative, where a project group should involve of at least two to three user representatives for each system developer.
Q11. What is the role of users in the development of a system?
The development of organisations and personnel are seen as equally important to development of technology and users are to be given direct influence on all aspects of the systems development process, through their participation in design groups.
Q12. What is the purpose of future workshops?
N C O R R E C T E D P R O O FIn the MOPT-Systems Development Process, Future workshops (FW) are applied in the project group, sometimes in combination with the previously established contextual model (which then serves as a trigger for the critique phase).