(with no determination of winners and losers) .      

(with no determination of winners and losers) .      

10. Providing many variables to be manipulated by the end-user.      

11. Giving the end-user an opportunity to immerse

themselves in the complexity of the system.      

12. Design a user interface first then add real-life data.      

13. Start with the real-life data then design a

user interface which represents the data.      

Please include any other comments about the characteristics of design?

4) Contributing to the development of a simulation/game
I would contribute the following to the development of a simulation/game:
Strongly Slightly Slightly Strongly

Disagree Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Agree

1. Identifying end-user roles      

2. Identifying resources (within a simulation/game) to be allocated      

3. Identifying end-user constraints (i.e. how many actions per turn)      

4. Identifying sequences of actions to be available to the end-user      

5. Identifying consequences to be experienced by the end-user      

6. Identifying relationships between specific data      

7. Identifying a choice of multiple perspectives      

8. Identifying fundamental principles for each perspective      

9. Identifying assumptions for each perspective      

10. Identifying the imaginative associations      

11. Creating intentional distortions which abstract the real-life data      

12. Increasing the complexity of simulation/game      

13. Decreasing the complexity of simulation/game      

14. Creating the user-interface      

15. Providing feedback to the design team about the user-interface      

16. Creating visual feedback for end-user

(i.e. trend graphs, maps, dialogue responses,

transforming icons, reports)      

17. Creating artificial intelligence (programming instructions)

of the virtual competitors represented in the simulation/game      

Disagree Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Agree

of competing perspectives represented in the simulation/game      

19. Identify the debriefing protocol to be used after engagement

with the simulation/game      

20. Identify criteria for winning and losing      

21. Identify closure of open-ended exploration      

22. Identify the duration of engagement with the simulation/game      

Please include any other comments about contributions to the development process?

5) Expectations of the development process

Disagree Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Agree

1. 
   I would expect most of my contribution to be made
   

during the pre-planning stage      

2. 
   I would expect some of my contribution to be made
   

during the pre-planning stage      

3. 
   I would expect none of my contribution to be made
   

during the pre-planning stage      

4. 
   During the development process, I would expect to improvise
   

most of the time, with minimal look-ahead at each stage      

5. 
   During the development process, I would expect to improvise
   

some of the time      

6. 
   During the development process, I would expect to improvise
   

none of the time      

7. 
   The development of a simulation/game involves infinite options and
   

the design team must struggle to find even one design that works      

8. 
   The development of a simulation/game involves infinite options and
   

design until a final satisfactory design emerges      

9. 
   The final design should be dominated by the specifications
   

stated in the pre-planning stage      

10. The final design should be dominated by a personal aesthetic      

11. In the development process, it is necessary to experiment

with many options      

12. In the development process, it is necessary to discard much      

13. In the development process, it is sometimes necessary

to do a complete rewrite.      

Thank you for completing this survey. I hope to complete my analysis of the survey data by May 31^st. Please indicate below if you would like to receive a copy of the results. I look forward to exploring these issues further and talking with you.

Deborah Warren

E-mail: dwarren@brock.housing.ubc.ca
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