Eliciting Decision-Makers’ Information Requirements: Application of the Rep Test Methodology
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Management Information Systems
- Vol. 1 (1) , 11-32
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07421222.1984.11517694
Abstract
Many information systems fail to achieve their promised potential because of the inability of the analyst to design a system attuned to the needs of the decision-maker. To remedy this situation, it is essential to develop new methodologies that facilitate the process of defining distinct decision parameters, understandable by the decision-maker, the analyst, and others in the organization. The primary purpose of this paper is to present and apply the Rep Test, a methodology for eliciting the information used, or desired to be used, by decision-makers. The information elicited and the salient characteristics decision-makers attach to this information are further analyzed and interpreted by examining the results of information sources scaled on information attributes.Keywords
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