Incomplete by design and designing for incompleteness

Raghu Garud; Sanjay Jain; Philipp Tuertscher

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-92966-6_7

Incomplete by design and designing for incompleteness

Raghu Garud, Sanjay Jain, Philipp Tuertscher

Management and Organization

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Abstract

The traditional scientific approach to design extols the virtues of completeness. However, in environments characterized by continual change, there are challenges in adopting such an approach. We examine Linux and Wikipedia as two exemplary cases to explore the nature of design in such a protean world. Our observations highlight a pragmatic approach to design in which incompleteness is harnessed in a generative manner. This suggests a change in the meaning of the word "design" itself - from one that separates the process of design from its outcome, to one that considers design as both the medium and outcome of action.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Design Requirements Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	A Ten-Year Perspective - Design Requirements Workshop, Revised and Invited Papers
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	137-156
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	3540929657, 9783540929659
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92966-6_7
State	Published - 2009
Event	Workshop on Design Requirements Engineering: A Ten-Year Perspective - Cleveland, OH, United States Duration: Jun 3 2007 → Jun 6 2007

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	14 LNBIP
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348

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Other	Workshop on Design Requirements Engineering: A Ten-Year Perspective
Country/Territory	United States
City	Cleveland, OH
Period	6/3/07 → 6/6/07

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Management Information Systems
Control and Systems Engineering
Business and International Management
Information Systems
Modeling and Simulation
Information Systems and Management

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Garud, R, Jain, S & Tuertscher, P 2009, Incomplete by design and designing for incompleteness. in Design Requirements Engineering: A Ten-Year Perspective - Design Requirements Workshop, Revised and Invited Papers. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 14 LNBIP, Springer Verlag, pp. 137-156, Workshop on Design Requirements Engineering: A Ten-Year Perspective, Cleveland, OH, United States, 6/3/07. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92966-6_7

Incomplete by design and designing for incompleteness. / Garud, Raghu; Jain, Sanjay; Tuertscher, Philipp.
Design Requirements Engineering: A Ten-Year Perspective - Design Requirements Workshop, Revised and Invited Papers. Springer Verlag, 2009. p. 137-156 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 14 LNBIP).

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