Lessons learned from 20+ years of designing, building and
validating DSSs
Users typically are plagued with a
stovepipe type of decision
process
Integration of key streams of
decision information is key
Information, not data,  and only
that required for decision
Users don’t know what they don’t
know
Must interact iteratively with
users to match what is possible
in a technical & scientific sense
with their decision process
User group must be employed
from beginning of design phase