Four facets of a process modeling facilitator

Business process modeling as a practice and research field has received great attention in recent years. However, while related artifacts such as models, tools or grammars have substantially matured, comparatively little is known about the activities that are conducted as part of the actual act of process modeling. Especially the key role of the modeling facilitator has not been researched to date. In this paper, we propose a new theory-grounded, conceptual framework describing four facets (the driving engineer, the driving artist, the catalyzing engineer, and the catalyzing artist) that can be used by a facilitator. These facets with behavioral styles have been empirically explored via in-depth interviews and additional questionnaires with experienced process analysts. We develop a proposal for an emerging theory for describing, investigating, and explaining different behaviors associated with Business Process Modeling Facilitation. This theory is an important sensitizing vehicle for examining processes and outcomes from process modeling endeavors

CHALLENGES IN ESTABLISHING SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION

Within the field of information systems an interest in environmental issues has driven the agenda for research from green IT improvement to sustainable innovation. A challenge yet to investigate is how sustainable innovation involving a cluster of actors from multiple settings should be 1) designed and 2) orchestrated so that the innovation performed enables sustainable change. Processes for launching sustainable innovation should consequently be analysed in order to further investigate this notion. In northern Europe there is today a strong drive towards enabling initiatives utilizing mobile information technology improving the everyday transportation of people. This paper analysis the launch of a research and innovation cluster with the aim to develop information infrastructures and processes that stimulate distributed development of digital services for everyday travel. Events performed during the two-year start-up have been analysed identifying essential actions for network design and innovation orchestration, creating hypotheses, which enables further research about the establishment of sustainable innovation

Transgendered in Alaska: Navigating the Changing Legal Landscape for Change in Gender Petitions

Background: Detecting intracellular bacterial symbionts can be challenging when they persist at very low densities. Wolbachia, a widespread bacterial endosymbiont of invertebrates, is particularly challenging. Although it persists at high titers in many species, in others its densities are far below the detection limit of classic end-point Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). These low-titer infections can be reliably detected by combining PCR with DNA hybridization, but less elaborate strategies based on end-point PCR alone have proven less sensitive or less general. Results: We introduce a multicopy PCR target that allows fast and reliable detection of A-supergroup Wolbachia -even at low infection titers -with standard end-point PCR. The target is a multicopy motif (designated ARM: A-supergroup repeat motif) discovered in the genome of wMel (the Wolbachia in Drosophila melanogaster). ARM is found in at least seven other Wolbachia A-supergroup strains infecting various Drosophila, the wasp Muscidifurax and the tsetse fly Glossina. We demonstrate that end-point PCR targeting ARM can reliably detect both high-and low-titer Wolbachia infections in Drosophila, Glossina and interspecific hybrids. Conclusions: Simple end-point PCR of ARM facilitates detection of low-titer Wolbachia A-supergroup infections. Detecting these infections previously required more elaborate procedures. Our ARM target seems to be a general feature of Wolbachia A-supergroup genomes, unlike other multicopy markers such as insertion sequences (IS)

Gränslandet mellan staden och den värdefulla naturen

I en tid av bostadsbrist byggs det i våra städer i en takt som vi inte sett på väldigt länge. Staden förtätas och den yttre stadsgränsen skjuts längre ut närmare landsbygden. I Örebro finns det flera naturområden som ligger i stadens randzon och som påverkas av stadens expansion. I denna uppsats undersöks hur gränslandet mellan staden och den värdefulla naturen kan hanteras och gestaltas i en ny park som ingår i en pågående detaljplan för ett nytt bostadsområde i sydöstra Örebro. Angränsande till den nya detaljplanen ligger Markaskogens naturreservat som innehåller höga naturvärden. I Markaskogen finns också ett stort friluftsområde som är väl använt av Örebroarna. Utöver de natur- och sociala värden som hittats finns också en del kulturvärden som också behöver tas hänsyn till vid gestaltandet av parken. Området innehållande detaljplanen och dess omgivning kan delas in i tre olika landkapskaraktärer. Barrskogen, Lövskogen och den öppna marken. Genom en inventering av området ses att marken där parken är planerad har stora likheter med marken för det öppna landskapet inom naturreservatet. I nuvarande utformning kommer den nya detaljplanen tillåta en bebyggelse på ca 900 bostäder. Det innebär att parken måste kunna fungera som en stadsdelspark för de boende samtidigt som den ska fungera som en naturlig övergång eller buffert till den värdefulla natur som finns i naturreservatet direkt väster om den planerade bebyggelsen. Genom att skapa sociala ytor för besökarna att vistas på samtidigt som utformningen och planteringar hämtar mycket information från naturreservatet och det gamla odlingslandskapet skapas en övergång där man kan känna tillhörighet till både staden och naturen. Att inte påverka naturreservatets landskapsbild och upplevelsevärde negativt har också kommit att spela en stor roll i hur övergången hanterats för att verka mjuk och naturlig. Parken gestaltas i syfte att stärka de höga naturvärden som finns i naturreservatet genom att tillskapa nya i parken. Genom öppna marker med mindre träddungar, fristående träd, varierad vegetation och våtmark skapas möjligheten till höga naturvärden samtidigt som det ges stor plats för sociala aktiviteter och mindre rum för avskildhet. Parken fungerar även som entré till Markaskogens naturreservat och dess strövområde vilket har påverkat gestaltningen med att skapa stråk igenom parken som syftar till att snabbt kunna passera parken ner till Markaskogen för de som har detta som mål.In a time of housing shortage, it is being built in our cities at a rate that we have not seen for a very long time. The city is densified and the outer city boundary is further extended closer to the countryside. In Örebro there are several natural areas located in the city's edge zone and affected by the city's expansion. This paper examines how the border between the city and the precious nature can be handled and formed in a new park that is part of an ongoing detailed plan for a new residential area in southeastern Örebro. Adjacent to the new detail development plan lies the Markaskogen Nature Reserve which contains high natural values. In Markaskogen there is also a large open-air area that is well used by the people in Örebro. In addition to the natural and social values found there are also a number of cultural values that also need to be taken into account in the creation of the park. The area containing the detailed development plan and its surroundings can be divided into three different landscape characteristics. Coniferous forest, deciduous forest and the open landscape. An inventory of the area shows that the land where the park is planned has great similarities with the land for the open landscape within the nature reserve. In the current design, the new detail development plan will allow buildings in a scale that allows about 900 homes to be built. This means that the park must be able to function as a district park for the residents while serving as a natural transition or buffer to the precious nature found in the nature reserve directly west of the planned settlement. By creating social areas combined with a nature character inspired by the nature reserve and the old farming landscape, creates a sense of belonging to both the city and nature. Not having a negative impact on the nature reserve's landscape image and experience value has also played a major role in how the transition was handled to work soft and natural. The park is formed in order to strengthen the high values found in the nature reserve by creating new ones in the park. Through the open fields with small trees, free-standing trees, varied vegetation and wetlands, the possibility of high natural values is created, while providing ample space for social activities and less space for seclusion. The park also serves as an entrance to Markaskogen Nature Reserve and its hiking area, which has influenced the design of paths through the park that creates the possibility to quickly passing the park down to Markaskogen

Challenges When Digital Services for Sustainable EverydayTravel is Innovated

This short paper introduce and investigates challenges when digital services for sustainable everyday travel is innovated. The notions of sustainable innovation, energy informatics persuasive technology and service ecosystem is used as a basis for a vision that facilitate the development and evaluation of persuasive solutions for sustainable travel. Based in this vision different challenges for innovation of digital services is discovered and research questions presented

Understanding the Behavior of Workshop Facilitators in Systems Analysis and Design Projects: Developing Theory from Process Modeling Projects

Organizational and technological systems analysis and design practices such as process modeling have received much attention in recent years. However, while knowledge about related artifacts such as models, tools, or grammars has substantially matured, little is known about the actual tasks and interaction activities that are conducted as part of analysis and design acts. In particular, key role of the facilitator has not been researched extensively to date. In this paper, we propose a new conceptual framework that can be used to examine facilitation behaviors in process modeling projects. The framework distinguishes four behavioral styles in facilitation (the driving engineer, the driving artist, the catalyzing engineer, and the catalyzing artist) that a facilitator can adopt. To distinguish between the four styles, we provide a set of ten behavioral anchors that underpin facilitation behaviors. We also report on a preliminary empirical exploration of our framework through interviews with experienced analysts in six modeling cases. Our research provides a conceptual foundation for an emerging theory for describing and explaining different behaviors associated with process modeling facilitation, provides first preliminary empirical results about facilitation in modeling projects, and provides a fertile basis for examining facilitation in other conceptual modeling activities

Sortland kommune – plan for forvaltningsrevisjon og eierskapskontroll 2024–2027 Beslutningsgrunnlag

Denne rapporten utgjør beslutningsgrunnlag for Sortland kommunes plan for forvaltningsrevisjon og eierskap for perioden 2024–2027. Rapporten er basert på en overordnet analyse av kommunens virksomhet og eierskap i selskaper. Analysen er gjennomført ved hjelp av en triangulering av ulike metoder og kilder, inkludert kvantitative registerdata (fra SSBs KOSTRA database), og kvalitativ dokumentanalyse. Beslutningsgrunnlaget munner ut i en prioritert liste over anbefalte forvaltningsrevisjoner og eierskapskontroller i kommende periode.Sortland kommune – plan for forvaltningsrevisjon og eierskapskontroll 2024–2027 BeslutningsgrunnlagpublishedVersionpublishedVersionpublishedVersio

Vågan kommune – plan for forvaltningsrevisjon og eierskapskontroll 2024–2027 Beslutningsgrunnlag

Denne rapporten utgjør beslutningsgrunnlag for Vågan kommunes plan for forvaltningsrevisjon og eierskap for perioden 2024–2027. Rapporten er basert på en overordnet analyse av kommunens virksomhet og eierskap i selskaper. Analysen er gjennomført ved hjelp av en triangulering av ulike metoder og kilder, inkludert kvantitative registerdata (fra SSBs KOSTRA database), og kvalitativ dokumentanalyse. Beslutningsgrunnlaget munner ut i en prioritert liste over anbefalte forvaltningsrevisjoner og eierskapskontroller i kommende periode.Vågan kommune – plan for forvaltningsrevisjon og eierskapskontroll 2024–2027 BeslutningsgrunnlagpublishedVersionpublishedVersio

Vestvågøy kommune – plan for forvaltningsrevisjon og eierskapskontroll 2024–2027 Beslutningsgrunnlag

Denne rapporten utgjør beslutningsgrunnlag for Vestvågøy kommunes plan for forvaltningsrevisjon og eierskap for perioden 2024–2027. Rapporten er basert på en overordnet analyse av kommunens virksomhet og eierskap i selskaper. Analysen er gjennomført ved hjelp av en triangulering av ulike metoder og kilder, inkludert kvantitative registerdata (fra SSBs KOSTRA database), og kvalitativ dokumentanalyse. Beslutningsgrunnlaget munner ut i en prioritert liste over anbefalte forvaltningsrevisjoner og eierskapskontroller i kommende periode.Vestvågøy kommune – plan for forvaltningsrevisjon og eierskapskontroll 2024–2027 BeslutningsgrunnlagpublishedVersio