Marketing

Engineering

Microeconomics

Scarcity

Value network

Computer security

Economics

Computer science

Risk analysis (engineering)

Business model

Business

Mechanical engineering

Value (mathematics)

Work (physics)

Software engineering

Knowledge management

Software deployment

Machine learning

Key (lock)

In this paper we argue that there is a scarcity of methods which support critical, systemic, long-term thinking in current design practice, technology development and deployment. To address this need we introduce value scenarios, an extension of scenario-based design which can support envisioning the systemic effects of new technologies. We identify and describe five key elements of value scenarios; stakeholders, pervasiveness, time, systemic effects, and value implications. We provide two examples of value scenarios, which draw from our current work on urban simulation and human-robotic interaction . We conclude with suggestions for how value scenarios might be used by others.

Value scenarios