SDP (Session Description Protocol) is a broad description of the rules associated with the viewing of streaming video. and how the exchanges of data can or will be allowed. Additional information concerning SDP describes specific end points and how participants will be allowed to participate in the sessions
Criteria for formulating a concise SDP are as follows. (suggestions only)
* Each session will consists of communications end points that will also contain a suggested series of acceptable interactions.
* The sessions will be proctored and administrated when electronic connections are established by the moderator.
* Termination of the SDP will be when the end points have stopped participating.
Note: One example of a SDP is Videoconferencing. Typically these are part of a large corporation training department and will include multiple department participation and could encompass multiple plant locations.
The typical SDP presentation will include the following information:
* The session name:
* The purpose of the presentation:
* Applicable URL's and required passwords in order to access the data
* The date:
* Time that the presentation will begin:
Note: SDP's are primarily used on large WANs (wide-area networks) and include Internet platforms and is designed to function on multiple user platform environments. SDP was designed to promote evolutionary learning in terms of meaning and judgments of salience among the observations made by the participants, as indicate by the principle of evolutionary learning formula.
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Analysis of Case:
Case Chapter 15: "Anticipating Alternative Futures in Energy Efficiency"
Description of issue: Explore the potential energy savings that will result from the marketplace embarrassment of energy efficiency products and services in the hope of eventually lowering the long-term development costs and lessen the environmental impact of the region's electrical grid system.
Desired results of implementing these suggestions: Produce a healthier economy and a cleaner environment.
Project name: The project name was developed using the DELPHI process and was agreed to be called the "Consumer Trends in the Pacific Northwest and the US"
Date of meeting: March 14-16, 2001
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Discovery: The Discovery was was conducted using the SDP and the Delphi protocol which was a modified from a White Board production. The number of participants was maintained at 35 stakeholders which represented 30 organizations. The initial Alliance highlighted 168 trends and proposed more than 98 action steps to deal with these issues and seventy one regional trends. consensus was reached with a deliberated and boiler plated down to over fifty eight strong opinions and sub groups of collaboration was four.
Design Stage: Participants generated more than ninety proposed actions that affected all four groups in a desirable way. (Future energy efficiencies for the Pacific Northwest Group) Further collaborative work identified eight action options desirable regional alternative for the future implementation by the alliance or other participating bodies. In addition to selecting viable trends within the twenty four themes that affect this project at the national level, the group was successful in the interpretation of significant amounts of data and demonstrated the capacity to communicate to other stakeholders in order to facilitate effective collaboration to attain goals. In accordance with SDP protocol, a trigger question was posed:
"What national / regional trends / events would you consider as having the greatest impact on electric energy efficiency over the next fifteen years"
The trigger question allowed for the additional sixty-seven national trends to be generated of which thirty trends where intensified. As directed by the SDP protocol, all of the questions where clarified and disseminated to the entire group as well as the co-laboratory participants. Stakeholders where further directed to expound upon this data and identified sixty regional trends and eleven from the trigger questions. Salient information shows that eight of the regional trends where also included in the plausibility tree of influence that was mentioned in subsequent tables. (See original case study "How People Harness Their Collective Wisdom and Power, (Christakis, 2006))
Based upon input from the stakeholders and the judgements offered , three of the four dominate tracks are connected and interpretation of the significant linkages where minimized and defined as consumption issues and their awareness of the need to protect the environment as described in the "green" technologies. Additional ideas that became evident was the incorporation of the "energy web concept" trend. One important element that came out of this discussion was the sustainability issue.
The Author further states: "I find sustainable development as the most important context for handling any thought about energy matters in the whole world, and the "sustainability" (leaving our descendants a livable planet to develop themselves with no imposed restrictions) is my main interest and the reason to be here as a participant."
Participants agreed that the above trend was a deep diver. ( Item that present the most salient and opportunity for attainment). The idea of sustainability tended to support the inclusion on the Plausibility Tree. In affect, the interpretation of the stakeholders judgments in terms of plausibility influences among the trends an imperative cost savings by reducing the energy consumption per-capita among all countries.
Third Day Action Items:
Activities included the incorporation of the ideas presented during the design stage that where developed from the SDP dialogue. Incorporation onto the Plausibility Tree of National and regional trends. These suggestion where made in concert by the co-laboratory and conference participants. Participants generated and clarified ninety -one action items. Members of the facilitation team prepared a set of action options according to perceived similarities by responding to Delphi questions. Action items were provided to the participants and a options Field pattern was displayed on the Collaborative Facility in order to promote effective Cross group share of information. Using the categorical view of what a stakeholder is, and the inclusion of participants showed the options that they felt where salient. Out of a total of more than ninety action options proposed by the participants, fifty-seven received one or more votes and only fourteen received three or more votes, which indicated a significant convergence in terms of relative salience among the participants.
Four teams of stakeholders were then asked to consider how they would combine action options across all categories to impact in a desirable way the national and regional trends presented in the plausibility tree. Outcome shows that eight of the ninety-one action options were selected by 3 or more teams. These are include in the consensus regional report and therefore impacts the plausibility map in a desirable way. This phenomenon happens in SDP co-laboratories due to the design and the promotion of evolutionary learning. Results where presented using standard flip charts and the panel approach. Graphs presented included the Plausibility Tree, Options Tree and a Team Scenario.
Small Team Regional Futures
The consensus future report was developed as a composite of the four interdisciplinary teams. It consisted of eight action steps that where selected by three of more of the four team members. ( A tally of the results are present in the original case study) The overriding intent of the team action scenarios was directly targeted toward the team of Energy Efficiency aspect. The interpretation of these finding is that by implementing the Consensus Regional Future suggestions, the PNW is taking actions to have desirable impacts on the Energy Efficiency of two tracks of the plausibility tree. Energy conservation and life-style changes will come to pass int he region over time.
Conclusion: Implementation of these actions items will impact energy consumers directly in a desirable way. The trends identified by stakeholders identified as belonging in the Energy Efficiency and will consequently be supportive of the Alliance's mission. In addition, further incorporation of these suggestions will also have indirect desirable impacts in terms of social sustainability as manifested by the lifestyles adopted by the consumers of the region
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