Design Principles of Open Innovation Concept – Universal Design Viewpoint

Advancing the Impact of Design Science: Moving From Theory to Practice

2014

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Abstract. Although sustainability is a key concern in today's world, more efforts towards achieving sustainability are needed. User inclusion in the information system design process could enhance the outcome of a system's action towards sustainability. It is, however, important to understand the design procedure of a system to achieve such goals. A framework denominating as the inclusive innovation framework presented in this paper incorporated analyses from open innovation, universal design, and sustainability to motivate the initiation of internal and external driving factors towards sustainability goals. The derived framework could promote the information system's enabled sustainable goals by combining the use of universal design principles and the concept of open innovation. A requirement engineering model was also proposed that was interoperable within the three subjects of interest discussed in the paper and was necessary for understanding the application of an inclusive innovation framework. Two use cases were then presented as an illustration for arguing the validation of the proposed inclusive innovation framework. The findings from the use cases indicated that the use of universal design principles along with an open innovation concept could increase information systems' enabled sustainability goals. This could be done by enhancing a system's successfulness along with the increased user satisfaction.Keywords: Sustainability, Open Innovation, Universal Design, Inclusive Innovation Framework. IntroductionDuring the recent decades the impact of human activities on the Earth's eco-systems has become a growing concern. Research connected to sustainability issues in the information system field has increased due to larger awareness of environmental issues, climate change, and the risk of global warming [32], [45]. Information systems are ubiquitous in our society and they play an important role in confronting some of the adverse effects on the environment [46]. It is important to acknowledge that the increased use of the information system has constituted a growing environmental concern in itself, e.g. increased power consumption for running an IT system and the need of scarce resources to build IT artifacts [11]. The information system artifact is a tool that mediates activities and is different from a simple IT artifact. This is because the information system artifact is considered to be an intricate socio-technical system defined as an "integrated and cooperating set of people, processes, software, and information technologies to support individual, organizational, or societal goals" [45]. Also there seems to be a strong public belief in the information system as an enabler of sustainability [46]. All larger systems are influenced by a variety of stakeholders that determines its future [17] and this is also implied for the information system. While no definite definition of the open innovation concept exists and the newness of open innovation itself was argued [42], the concept has usually proclaimed tha...

Section: Open Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing Information Systems for Sustainability – The Role of Universal Design and Open Innovation

Advancing the Impact of Design Science: Moving From Theory to Practice

2014

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“…The OI framework consists of design principles that work in a logical sequence to achieve the overwhelming goal of increasing the stakeholder involvement that constitutes a prerequisite for OI and is therefore needed to accomplish a successful use of OI. The crucial components needed are: understanding of the importance of the business model, achieving extended user involvement, aiming for error reduction, and getting most users involved while eliminating restrictions [18]. OSI framework was constructed by using marketing theory that results in sustainable marketing and the basic buying decision that constitutes the purchase of a product.…”

Section: Open Innovation and Open Sustainability Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Sustainable HCI Research Dimensions Through the Inclusive Innovation Framework

This Changes Everything – ICT and Climate Change: What Can We Do?

2018

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When frameworks and design principles for open innovation and open sustainability innovation (OSI) were established in earlier research, their foundations were originated from the expanded concepts of universal design (UD) from human-computer interaction (HCI) in a prescriptive form. This also was the basis of an inclusive innovation framework (IIF) aiming for a sustainable information system design. In this paper the IIF originating from the concept of combining UD and open innovation (OI) in promoting information technology enabling sustainability goals was analyzed together with OI and OSI frameworks. The role of OI in formulating the IIF was thereby strengthened, which in parallel helped recognizing the extended conceptions of sustainable HCI (SHCI) and its future research path through the use of IIF.

“…While no strong method exists to evaluate UD itself, different assessment methods are being developed for UD (e.g. see Mustaquim and Nyström [22]). These approaches could be used to assess different factors of sustainability reflected in the context of UD.…”

Section: An Innovation Level Framework For Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Universal design as a cause of triggering innovation levels for sustainability-a deliberative concept

Proceedings of the 19th International Academic Mindtrek Conference

2015

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Sustainability achievement through design could be seen as a connective result of design and innovation. The role of universal design (UD) for sustainability is well known, although how any innovation through this could be produced by the practice of UD is not evident. Different innovation levels could be triggered positively towards sustainability by practicing UD in an advanced way. In this paper, different innovation levels associated with sustainability achievement were scrutinized within the scope of UD. It was presented how the advance perspective of UD could have a direct impact on incrementing innovation levels of organisations, thereby ensuing sustainability. The advance concept of UD was then revisited in a deliberative way to justify the argument of the extensiveness of UD beyond the traditional scope of the accessibility domain only. Finally, the concept of sustainable human-computer interaction (HCI) was also re-explored within the context of UD and its practice.