Strategic choices for the project were guided by articulating a collective vision for sustainable health, mapping the system of actors required to effect and sustain change, and defining different components of analysis.
This paper addresses this need by proposing methods to define a map of the actors involved in PSS, methods to define requirements and structure of a PSS and methods to represent and blueprint a PSS.
A role assignment (resp. coloring) is a mapping from the set of actors to a set of roles (resp. colors).
Tools such as the visual mapping of institutions and actor-networks, timelines and event histories have also been usefully incorporated into such processes [ 73].
This analysis helps to define the positions and strategies of actors, map stakeholders, identify milestones in the issue at hand, and enrich and corroborate the information previously sought through other sources.
In this supplement, Malik et al. map out the network of actors involved in physician's seeking advice in Pakistan [ 30].
Contrary to most qualitative techniques used to obtain the perspective of actors, this mapping technique (a mixed-method) offers no margin of manoeuvre in terms of questioning.
6. Develop or update a comprehensive mapping of potential emergencies, current actors, identify gaps/needs and possible interventions to be carried out.
A literature review and targeted interviews with key actors across the plastics value chain enabled the mapping of interactions between the major actors and identified hotspots that act as barriers to the flow of plastic materials.
