Design Principles for Improving the Process of Publishing Open data

· Purpose: Governments create large amounts of data. However, the publication of open data is often cumbersome and there are no standard procedures and processes for opening data. This blocks the easy publication of government data. The purpose of this paper is to derive design principles for improving the open data publishing process of public...

Developing a Health and Wellbeing Platform in a Living Lab Setting: An Action Design Research Study

The world’s population is rapidly aging, which affects healthcare budgets, resources, pensions and social security systems. Although most older adults prefer to live independently in their own home as long as possible, smart living solutions to support elderly people at home did not reach mass adoption, yet. To support people age-in-place a...

Applying Agile Design Sprint Methods in Action Design Research: Prototyping a Health and Wellbeing Platform

In Action Design Research projects, researchers often face severe constraints in terms of budget and time within the practical setting. Therefore, we argue that ADR researchers may adopt efficient methods to guide their design strategy. While agile and sprint oriented design approaches are becoming common in the practitioner domain, they have...

Developing a Service Platform for Health and Wellbeing in a Living Lab Setting: An Action Design Research Approach

The Participation Triangle: Involving Generation Y in energy strategy

The liberalization of the Dutch energy market has led to a change of relation between energy companies and their customers. At the same time, the Dutch energy policy expects energy companies to contribute to an energy supply that is cleaner, smarter and more varied, and available at any time at affordable prices. The situation since the...