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Information and Knowledge Management using ArcGIS ModelBuilder

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Panagiotis Manolitzas et al.<br />

Another disadvantage of action diagrams is that they do not inform how much efforts must be made<br />

for improvement to be achieved. This kind of problem is solved by improvement diagrams. More<br />

specifically, improvement diagrams take into account customers dem<strong>and</strong>ing level <strong>and</strong> are used in<br />

order to rank improvement priorities. Improvement diagrams are divided into quadrants according to<br />

dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> effectiveness. Thus, priority should be given to satisfaction criteria having large room for<br />

improvement <strong>and</strong> needing little effort. Finally, satisfaction dimensions should rank last in terms of<br />

priority with low dissatisfaction level needing substantial effort to improve.<br />

4. Users satisfaction survey<br />

4.1 Satisfaction criteria<br />

The most important stage of the survey is the development of the questionnaire. The set of<br />

satisfaction criteria in this survey is based on bibliographical research. Grigoroudis et al (2008)<br />

introduced a questionnaire in order to measure the web site quality. We used some questions of this<br />

survey but we added more according to the needs of this survey. The questionnaire developed for the<br />

purpose of this study consists of two major parts. The first part investigates the users’ profile: 1)<br />

Gender (Male-Female), 2) Age (18-25, 36-45, 46-55, over 56), 3) Educational level (secondary<br />

education, higher education, Postgraduate/ dictatorate), 4) Income level (

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