Questions and alternatives Evaluation result Ranking (A1) What kind of information sources are you generally using to prepare interdisciplinary planning decisions? • textbooks, journals, other written information sources (handbooks, guidelines) 2.3 (32) 1 • oral information (consultation of experts and colleagues) 2.3 (32) • institutional information systems 2.3 (32) • web-based information/online portals 2.4 (32) 2 • other (newsletters, newspapers) 3.0 (6) 3   (B1) Which tools are you using to visualize the planning process and to support your decision? • standardized Office applications (spreadsheets, calculator, etc.) 1.7 (32) 1 • Geographic Information Systems 2.0 (32) 2 • (interactive) database applications 2.1 (30) 3 • maps and monitoring data (either in ditigal or printed form) 2.3 (32) 4 • institution specific software solutions (calculation programmes, visualization, etc.) 2.6 (28) 5 • key figures, operating figures 2.7 (29) 6 • handbooks, written guidelines 4.0 (6) 7   (C1) What do you think an optimal support system should look like? (Delphi round I) • online portal including expert system and online consultation 2.0 (32) 1 • specialized/expert information system 2.2 (32) 2 • collection of spreadsheets and key figures 2.7 (32) 3 • management software for free download 2.8 (32) 4 • decision schemes usable under standardized Office applications 3.0 (32) 5 • (digital) handbooks including (digital) decision tree(s) 3.5 (32) 6   (C1´) What do you think an optimal support system should look like? (Delphi round II) • online portal including expert system and online consultation 2.0 (32) 1 • specialized/expert information system 2.2 (32) 2 • collection of spreadsheets and key figures 3.2 (32) 3   • decision schemes usable under standardized Office applications 3.2 (32) 3 • management software for free download 3.5 (32) 4 • (digital) handbooks including (digital) decision tree(s) 4.0 (32) 5