Participatory modeling

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Participatory modeling is an approach which is a branch of the general field of conceptual modeling. It is aimed towards the involvement of a large number of people.

There are numerous benefits from this type of modeling, including a high degree of ownership and motivation towards change for the people involved in the modeling process. There are two approaches which provide highly different goals for the modeling; continuous modeling and conference modeling.

Continuous modeling

The focus here is on the end-user being the active modeler. It can be incorporated into a adaptable, context-sensitive, "intelligent" system, which is suited to the individual. This combination is often referred to as "model generated workplace" or "model generated user environment". The basic concept is that the end-user potentially has the greatest domain knowledge and thus the organization as a whole benefits by obtaining and externalize this knowledge.

Conference modeling

Conference modeling is an approach where the goal often is of a more social kind, such as motivation, and change management. The idea is to involve a group of diversified people from the domain in question. Then the modeling process is developed in group participation during a fixed period of time.

See also

References

Alexander Nossum (2008). Modeling 2.0? State-of-the-art in participatory modeling (PDF). Retrieved 2008-05-06. 

Natalie A Jones et al (2010). Evaluating Participatory Modeling: Developing a Framework for Cross-Case Analysis. 

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