Participatory maintenance-in-use: users' role in keeping systems alive

Authors:
Mario Marcolin;Vincenzo D'Andrea;David Hakken
Affiliations:
University of Trento, Trento, Italy;University of Trento Trento, Italy;Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Venue:
Proceedings of the 12th Participatory Design Conference: Exploratory Papers, Workshop Descriptions, Industry Cases - Volume 2
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Based on a case study of the implementation of an Italian Regional Welfare Information System, this paper introduces the concept of maintenance-in-use as a complement to that of design-in-use. Our observation of the co-ordination of diverse professionals in and out of multiple workplaces and acknowledgement of the importance that this has for keeping systems alive suggest a need to expand the analysis of post-implementation participation. The concept of 'maintenance-in-use' supports shifting attention from the issue of infrastructure enhancement to the social aspects of Information Systems at work, making it a central part of research to achieve Socially Robust and Enduring Computing.