Describes seven challenges for information system designers. Similar to earlier paper entitled "Seven Challenges." The challenges named by Warfield are Second-order Thought, Behavioral Pathologies, Discursivity, Quality-control Principles, Metrics of Complexity, Physical Infrastructure, and Synergy.
To view full copyrighted abstract written in Warfield's own words please use https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290317458_Seven_challenges_for_information_system_designers.
Although there are differences in the introduction, abstract and references, the main body of "Seven Challenges for Information System Designers" is identical to the earlier article titled "Seven Challenges." The "Seven Challenges" article began as a Festschrift paper in honor of Warfield's Argentine friend Charles Francois, which Warfield wrote in November 2002. But the Festschrift editors did not use the Seven Challenges paper, publishing instead a short 2-page memorial written earlier by Warfield. In 2006 Prof. Li Da Xu Xu wanted very much for Warfield to attend systems conferences in China and present a paper. Dr. Xu's conferences involved a new topic Enterprise Information Systems. Warfield decided against another China trip, but he did send Prof Xu a revised version of his Seven Challenges paper designed to appeal to a different audience. In 2008 the paper was published with other papers from the conference, in a volume edited by Prof. Xu. Titled Frontiers in Enterprise Integration: International Forum of Information Systems Frontiers-Xian International Symposium (IFISF), Xian, June 29-20, 2006, China, and IFIP TC 8.9 International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2007), Beijing, China, October 14-16.
On 3 Sept 2008, Warfield sent a digitized version of this paper on a CD with other documents, as a donation to George Mason University Special Collections & Archives.
Paper copy of the publisher’s offprint is in Box 99/14, C0016, SCRC, George Mason University Libraries. There is also a pre-publication version of the full text of this paper, available by download from the Warfield Catalog by clicking on VIEW PDF button above.
