Blair Mary E, Noguera-Urbano Elkin A, Ochoa-Quintero Jose Manuel, Paz Andrea, Lopez-Gallego Cristina, Echeverry-Galvis María Ángela, Zuloaga Juan, Rodríguez Pilar, Lemus-Mejia Leonardo, Ersts Peter, López-Lozano Daniel F, Aiello-Lammens Matthew E, Arango Hector M, Buitrago Leonardo, Chang Triguero Samuel, Cruz-Rodríguez Cristian A, Díaz-Nieto Juan F, Escobar Dairo, Grisales-Betancur Valentina, Johnson Bethany A, Kass Jamie M, Londoño-Murcia María C, Merow Cory, Muñoz-Rodríguez Carlos J, Olaya-Rodríguez María Helena, Parra Juan L, Pinilla-Buitrago Gonzalo E, Roach Nicolette S, Rojas-Soto Octavio, Roncancio-Duque Néstor, Suárez-Valencia Erika, Urbina-Cardona J Nicolás, Velásquez-Tibatá Jorge, Zapata-Martinez Camilo A, Anderson Robert P
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States.
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia.
Bioscience. 2024 Oct 22;74(12):867-873. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biae097. eCollection 2024 Dec.
Creating software tools that address the needs of a wide range of decision-makers requires the inclusion of differing perspectives throughout the development process. Software tools for biodiversity conservation often fall short in this regard, partly because broad decision-maker needs may exceed the toolkits of single research groups or even institutions. We show that participatory, collaborative codesign enhances the utility of software tools for better decision-making in biodiversity conservation planning, as demonstrated by our experiences developing a set of integrated tools in Colombia. Specifically, we undertook an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional collaboration of ecological modelers, software engineers, and a diverse profile of potential end users, including decision-makers, conservation practitioners, and biodiversity experts. We leveraged and modified common paradigms of software production, including codesign and agile development, to facilitate collaboration through all stages (including conceptualization, development, testing, and feedback) to ensure the accessibility and applicability of the new tools to inform decision-making for biodiversity conservation planning.
创建满足广泛决策者需求的软件工具需要在整个开发过程中纳入不同的观点。生物多样性保护软件工具在这方面往往存在不足，部分原因是广泛的决策者需求可能超出单个研究小组甚至机构的工具包范围。我们表明，参与式协作式协同设计可提高软件工具在生物多样性保护规划中进行更好决策的效用，我们在哥伦比亚开发一套综合工具的经验证明了这一点。具体而言，我们开展了生态建模师、软件工程师以及包括决策者、保护从业者和生物多样性专家在内的各种潜在最终用户的跨学科、多机构合作。我们利用并修改了软件生产的常见范式，包括协同设计和敏捷开发，以促进所有阶段（包括概念化、开发、测试和反馈）的协作，确保新工具便于获取且适用于为生物多样性保护规划提供决策依据。
