A
new model for systems thinking https://bit.ly/2yXGImr |
Epistemology |
“Exceptionally
useful” “Makes EA more powerful, coherent and usable.” “The most important
work on EA and applied System Theory today.” “Way beyond
any other EA/system engineering/human factors/systems theory resource.” |
Descriptions <create
and use> <represent> Describers <observe
& envisage> Phenomena |
A new model for systems thinking For enterprise, business and software architects and analysts, other business change agents and anybody who consider themselves a “systems thinker.” |
A new look at how we know what we know Mapping descriptions to realities. For anybody interested in the philosophy of science that underpins the description of systems. |
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systems thinking EA and systems thinking |
Draft book (no longer available) Draft book (no longer available) |
A philosophy for system sciences |
Implications – overview |
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More
on systems
thinking |
Applying cybernetics to business |
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a for
system architects – and ISO/IEC 42010 b for semioticians – notably
Peirce and Popper c for philosophy – the problem of
universals d for mathematicians – where did numbers come from? |
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Research and notes made while stumbling
to the above. |
Research and notes made while stumbling
to the above. |
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General |
Systems |
Systems thinkers |
General |
Information and description |
Research for evolution |
Thinkers before
systems thinking |
Mental
models and how brains work The evolution of types
and logic |
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System change |
System change |
Cybernetic ideas |
Description |
Research for description theory |
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More ideas |
On complexity science |
More
sociological thinking |
Types |
Research for type theory |
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General system ideas |
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Philosophy |
Research for philosophy |
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Hierarchical (v network)
organisation Chaos and
non-linear behaviour |
Relativity
v quantum mechanics |
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Enterprise architecture |
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TOGAF as applied system theory Quality
assurance systems (a rant) |
Entities and
identities Homeostasis
and control Hierarchies and lattices. |
Idealisation in system theory “the real machine” the eternal golden braid Abstraction varieties and typology |
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The
schism |
More musings |
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The
schism in systems thinking |
The practical terminology challenge Enterprise state data Modelling
madness. |
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ISO 42010 in a nutshell What ISO 42010 means ISO change proposal |
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Terminology |
References |
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System thinkers dictionary - draft System
thinking ontology – draft |
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