Analysis method
The AtlantisBPnet Method for identifying and analysing Information Society Best Practices was developed to evaluate initiatives just from the point of view of the Information Society.
First of all, it must define what is “Information Society”. The AtlantisBPnet partners, according their experience and area of work, proposed four complementary definitions:
- Suggests new ways of working based on networking (collaborate teams operating together), easy to use and to transfer
- Incorporates in people’s life and organisations some new technologies based on electronic processing and information and communication technologies (ICTs);
- Enables or facilitates people to have access to information through ICT and takes part in areas such as education, health, commerce, industry, etc.
Thus, previous definitions are based on 3 axes:
- Networking across society and organizations (citizenship, business, governments...)
- Information & Communication (Services and contents)
- New technologies (tools)
Any project proposed to be evaluated according the AtlantiBPnet Method must correspond to those concepts.
The Method is composed by:
- A Data template, to collect general information about the project and its quality as “IS project”, needed to be analysed.
- A list of evaluation indicators, and a score system.
- A process of work , to search, propose, analyse and validate projects as Best Practices.
Parameters
In order to evaluate the quality of a project as Information Society Best Practice, six main parameters have been selected:
- Technology roll-out
- Strategic factors
- Partnership formation
- Training-learning
- Interaction
- Ability for transfer the project
Based on last parameters, AtlantisBPnet defined 8 questions to analyse an initiative just from the point of view of this quality as IS project
