Functional system maps as boundary objects in complex system development
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01/01/2015
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Resumo |
A trend towards the provision of product-service packaging and the proliferation of service businesses introduces both tangible and intangible elements into system design. In this paper, we consider the utility of hierarchical system models as a way of flexibly combining such elements by focusing on requisite functionality. Four cases illustrate how the same approach may be used to clarify the requirements of business or socio-technical systems during system development, operation or reengineering stages. It is suggested that a suitable loosely coupled model has significant utility as a 'boundary object' - a term first coined in the study of museum artefacts. Discussion of such objects requires the use of imagination, which may support innovative system design and development. It is suggested that a well-crafted model has multiple uses - as a foundation for system development, in combining traditional and agile project management strategies and in providing a framework to facilitate the capture and organisation of project knowledge. |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Inderscience Enterprises |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30074241/beckett-functionalsystems-evid-2015.pdf http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJASM.2015.068610 |
Direitos |
2015, Inderscience Enterprises |
Palavras-Chave | #Boundary objects #Function mapping #GERAM #IDEF1 #Project management |
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Journal Article |