TY - GEN
T1 - Incomplete by design and designing for incompleteness
AU - Garud, Raghu
AU - Jain, Sanjay
AU - Tuertscher, Philipp
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-92966-6_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-92966-6_7
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84876516863
SN - 3540929657
SN - 9783540929659
T3 - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
SP - 137
EP - 156
BT - Design Requirements Engineering
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - Workshop on Design Requirements Engineering: A Ten-Year Perspective
Y2 - 3 June 2007 through 6 June 2007
ER -