What if? Using foresight in the assessment
The DESSI project seeks to construct a method for reflective evaluation of decisions on security investments. The What If-Scenario Engagement (WISE) is an additional component to the DESSI methodology, allowing decisions on security investments to possess an element of foresight. It provides a framework in which to test the decisions against future societal, economic and political change. Advantages of using the WISE module Combining the WISE scenarios with the multi-dimensional DESSI assessment process will establish a better and more rigid foundation for decision support. The objective of...
Read MoreTesting the DESSI method: Security in courthouses
What is the best investment for enhancing security in Austrian courthouses? In June 2012, international experts met in Vienna to participate in a workshop for the DESSI project. The workshop kicked off the first of three cases that will test the DESSI method. The first test case focus on security measures in Austrian courthouses, where The Austrian Ministry of Justice is using the DESSI method to plan a security investment for a regional courthouse. In the workshop on June 5th 2012, various experts from Norway, Germany and Austria discussed their experience in this field along the set...
Read MoreSystem of criteria
The DESSI project is designing a decision support system that will be released in 2013. The purpose is to provide decision-makers with versatile assessment criteria, taking the complex societal dimensions of security investments into account. Thinking in lines of certain dimensions – along with given evaluation criteria – enables users to make deliberate decisions as well as providing an open and transparent process. The various DESSI-dimensions are chosen so as to dismantle the established interpretations of a given problem by focusing on new perspectives. Concentrating on the...
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