Digital Village Analysis and Design using Design Thinking Method: Case Study of Village Management Website

Some villages still have gaps in understanding aspect and implementing the Smart Village concept. The main problem face in building smart village in rural area is the concept goals of smart village itself, especially for the aspect of ‘Smart People’ and ‘Smart Government’ this affects the dissemination of information between communities which is less evenly distributed because the lack of space for information can be easily obtain and pass it on to the wider community. Hence, this research was intended to propose the possibilities of analyzing and design a village website as open space for distributing information as solution for smart village concept problem examined using the design thinking methodology and UML diagrams by collecting data through in-deph interview in village case study sample of Cibatu Village, Sukabumi Regency, Indonesia. As result, the proposed implementation of smart village concept through website is categorized to four type of users including (1) The Village Apparatus, (2) The MSME Villagers, (3) The General Villagers, and (4) The Society. This research can be expected to implement in other village by considering the characteristics of users in each specific villages and match the solution by prioritizing main problem and availability of human and environment resource.