- What technology is the focus of this analysis, what functionality does it have, and what problem does it address?
- What organizational setting and dynamic was the technology developed in, and who was involved in its development? What kind of expertise did participants bring to the project? What participants were notably absent in the design and development of the project?
- What motivated design and development of the technology, and how do project designers and developers articulate its "design logic"?
- How has the project been funded, and how has this shaped the project?
- What stakeholders have been enrolled in project development? What stakeholders have been ignored?
- How has involvement with development of the technology e/affected project participants?
- What was the technology originally designed to accomplish, and how has the design evolved over time?
- What is the development history of the technology? What previous technologies were used by those involved?
- What data is produced by or associated with the technology, and how has this implicated its development?
- Is the data produced available to the public? If so, what is the license attributed to it? Is there an API available for users and developers? If so, is it documented? What are the skills necessary to make use of the data?
- How has the organizational context and express purpose of the technology evolved over time?
- What significant setbacks have impacted development of the technology?
- How has the technology been used, and what do users say about the technology? Who has had access to and used the technology?
- What will create the most significant barriers to further development and dissemination of this technology?
- What broad social, political, economic and cultural trends have and will likely continue to affect the development, use and impact of the technology?
- Who is implicated or dependent on the use of the technology?
- What is the current reach of the technology, and is it scalable in the future? Is there a sustainability plan?
- How has the technology been received by various stakeholders?
- How are tasks defined and distributed within the project? Who gets to define and assign tasks? Are there distinct roles and attributions related to the tasks? If so, what are they?
- What, from your (the analyst's) perspective, are the "design logics" and implications of the project? In other words: what kind of knowledge, care and governance does the technology engender, and undercut?
- Has this technology produced data that contributed to environmental health knowledge and governance?
- What additional questions should be asked about this (and other) technologies implicated in environmental health knowledge and governance?
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