The model of delivering an IT product designed to activate and support senior citizens in Poland

Abstract

In the article the authors would like to find the most suitable model of delivering an IT product for elderly people designed to activate them and support their everyday activities. The article consists of a few parts. At the beginning the situation and forecasts for the population of elderly people in Poland are presented. Later the methodology of conducted research is described. In the next part the analysis of the factors influencing the activation and support of elderly people has been made. On the basis of the results of the PEST analysis key roles of stakeholders of the micro-and macroenvironment of the particular IT product are identified and their influence on the delivery model is explained. The core functions of each role are elicited and briefly described in the context of the IT product delivery model for the chosen target group.

Towards an Architecture of Electronic Service Market System - requirements analysis and evaluation

“…The research was started few years ago, and the partial results were tested in different contexts and projects in the last 10 years. The developed artefacts, including the discovered appointment coordination (AC) processes, ESM SA, software delivery concepts, social impact of ESM and related-platforms, UI-specific issues related with cross-platform applications, and other topics, were researched thanks to the long and deep engagement of different researchers and practitioners [12], [13], [14], [15], [1], [16], [17], [18], [19]. Right now, for more than 2 years, the team includes 3 universities from 3 different countries (Switzerland, Germany and Poland), 2 different companies (Switzerland), 3 social organisations (one from Switzerland and two from Germany) and more than 20 researchers and practitioners engaged.…”

Implementation Possibilities and Conditionalities of an Internet Platform Designed to Activate Elderly People in the Light of Research Conducted on the Polish Market

“…Within the framework of the international three-year research project the authors address the problem of occupational activation of senior citizens with the application of information and communication technologies (ICT). In order to do so, they have identified and described its economic, social and technological characteristics [8]- [11], and they have suggested a model of implementation of the service e-marketplace platform, which is designed to provide senior citizens with the possibility to offer and order services [12]. They have also presented the aspects of the implementation [13] in the context of the non-functional [14], [15] and functional [16], [17] requirements, which were defined on the basis of the analysis of the target group conducted in Switzerland and Germany during the pilot implementation.…”