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Techniques used to model a situation to be changed
Problem structuring methods (PSMs) are a group of techniques used to model or to map the nature or structure of a situation or state of affairs that some people want to change. PSMs are usually used by a group of people in collaboration to create a consensus about, or at least to facilitate negotiations about, what needs to change. Some widely adopted PSMs includesoft systems methodology the strategic choice approach strategic options development and analysis (SODA) Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Problem structuring methodsA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Banking Digitalization: (Re)Thinking Strategies and Trends Using Problem Structuring MethodsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Esquisse de cours 12e annéeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Problem structuring methods in actionCited 604 times
- Go sideways: Soft systems methodologyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Critical systems thinkingA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Problem structuring methods in action
What's the Problem? An Introduction to Problem Structuring Methods
Problem structuring methods ‘in the Dock’: Arguing the case for Soft OR
Towards a new framework for evaluating systemic problem structuring methods
Past, present and future of problem structuring methods
The characteristics of problem structuring methods: A literature review
Where next for problem structuring methods
Understanding behaviour in problem structuring methods interventions with activity theory
🆕 Influential since 2022
Banking Digitalization: (Re)Thinking Strategies and Trends Using Problem Structuring Methods
Structured dialogical design as a problem structuring method illustrated in a Re-invent democracy project
A problem structuring method framework for value-focused thinking
Managing grand challenges: Extending the scope of problem structuring methods and behavioural operational research
Dealing with complexity – the contribution of problem structuring methods to management science
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Esquisse de cours 12e annéeOntario. · 2002
Guided explorations of the mechanics of solids and structuresDoyle, James F. · 2009- 📕Interacting ElectronsRichard M. Martin, Lucia Reining · 2016
Many-body problems and quantum field theoryP. A. Martin, Philippe A. Martin · 2001- 📕Finite element and boundary element techniques from mathematical and engineering point of viewW. L. Wendland, E. Stein · 1988
- 📕Geometric RelativityDan A. Lee · 2019
Statistical approach in wall turbulenceSedat Tardu · 2011
Zadachi kontaktnogo vzaimodeĭstvii︠a︡ ėlementov konstrukt︠s︡iĭVladimir Logvinovich Rvachev · 1989
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