Redesigning Work With a Lightweight Approach to Coordination Technology

Abstract

Coordination of information and resources is central to efficient ward management. Tools to aid coordination include standardized procedures and paper lists and, more recently, electronic tools such as whiteboards and mobile solutions. This study reports on the experiences and effects of designing and implementing collaboration technology, and how the use of light-weight technology has enabled redesign of traditional work processes. The process followed the principles for user-centered development and is evaluated through observations and informal interviews of users and stakeholders. In addition to the expected changes in work processes, we found that short redesign cycles with heavy user involvement afforded by this technology enabled implementation of new ways of structuring and combining information that were not foreseen. This turned the collaboration technology into a tool that also guided prioritization between tasks and contributed to the effects seen in use of resources, user satisfaction, and quality of treatment.

IT Outside of the IT Department: Reviewing Lightweight IT in Times of Shadow IT and IT Consumerization

“…The five publications Aanestad et al[37], Asatiani et al[38], Bygstad and Hanseth[39], Halvorsen et al[40], Klotz et al[4], and Urbach and Ahlemann[41] are not mentioned here as they do not detail the governance model, drivers, benefits, risks of lightweight IT. Please refer to the full table online.…”