Complexity Measurements of Systems Design, presented at First Annual Meeting of the International Society for Design and Process Science, University of Texas, IC2 Center, Austin, Texas, December, 1995.

A method is described in which the complexity of any situation or problem can be measured on a numerical scale for purposes of determining whether any given problem or situation merits simplistic seat-of-the-pants solution or, instead, deserves a structured, scientifically proven methodology to explore comprehensive options and solutions.

Data from ten design workshops conducted at Ford Motor Company is used to illustrate Warfield's Interactive Management process, and to compute numerically the complexity of the workshop projects.  Nineteen Ford Motor Company workshops are reviewed, showing in a tabular format their workshop topics, number of problems, number of selected problems, number of problems structured and the SCI (situational complexity index) for each workshop. A 3-page transparency titled Complexity Factors From Ford Motor Company IM Workshops was included with the manuscript but I can't find it now.  There are four figure pages with the titles as follows: Figure 1: General Design Process Table 1: General Design Process Activities Figure 2: Workshop No. 9 Problematique Table 2: Comparison of Problematique Structural Complexity in Ford Sponsored Workshops 

 See also PREPUBLICATION MANUSCRIPT  of this paper, titled "Complexity Measurement of Systems Design" is on page 57, Appendix 1 of IASIS report titled "Small Anthology of Problematiques" January 1999.

 See also  Enterprise Integration of Product Development Data: Systems Science in Action

 

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  • Size: 47 minutes
  • Type: Article
  • Description: Handwritten notes, and 1 typed page
  • Publication Year: 1996
  • Publication Month: 11
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