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A participatory design for a billing system: A South African case study of a community based telephony system

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Rey-Moreno, Carlos Venter, Isabella M. Ufitamahoro, Marie Josée Tucker, William D.
Abstract	This paper describes the role participatory design can play in developing and implementing an information and communication technology for development project in a rural area. It shows how the process of co-designing an artifact can reflect and shape social development. A case study was conducted in the Mankosi Community in the Eastern Cape with the aim of designing and implementing a billing system for an existing community-owned telephony system, by accommodating the community's requirements. Relevant criteria had to be considered for this telephony system based on voice over Internet Protocol with the possibility of 'break-out' calls to external networks. Different payment modalities were explored that would allow for a transparent method of both collecting money and applying the collected funds to achieve the project's sustainability. A participative methodology with future users and operators of the network---using scenarios and prototypes to illustrate the implementation---informed the design of the billing system. Data was collected by means of unstructured interviews and focus group discussions. Qualitative data was analyzed using a qualitative content analysis tool. The community indicated that a billing system, based on both vouchers and prepaid service, would satisfy their needs.
Starting Page	270
Ending Page	275
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450332460
DOI	10.1145/2664591.2664618
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2014-09-29
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Participatory design Telephony Cost Community
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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