Design Strategy
Challenges in Wicked Problem Territory
Published on 14. November 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-262-54681-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Problems without apparent solutions plague the contemporary world. Roberts proposes a new "Design Strategy" to approach these wicked problems and lays out its history and evolution, its process, principles, mindsets, skillsets and toolkits that inform and guide design practice"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
32 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 255 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
828 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-54681-2 (9780262546812)
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11/2023
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Nancy C. Roberts is Professor Emerita of Defense Analysis in the School of Operational and Information Sciences at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. In her research, writing, teaching, and consulting, Roberts uses design strategy to assist business and government leaders in becoming more creative, open-minded, and innovative problem solvers.
Content
Series Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction 1
I Landing in Wicked Problem Territory
1 From Wicked Problems to Wicked Problem Territory 31
2 Traditional Strategies in Wicked Problem Territory 57
II Design Strategy
3 Introduction to Design Strategy 101
4 Design Strategist's Mindsets and Metadesigns 127
5 Design Strategy's Scaffolding: Skill Sets and Toolkits 147
III Designing in Wicked Problem Territory
6 Strategic Design 181
7 Systemic Design 207
8 Regenerative Design 235
IV Assessing the Design Strategy
9 Critiques of Design/Design Thinking 263
10 Design Strategy: Overall Assessment 287
Conclusion 311
Notes 325
Bibliography 405
Index 465
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction 1
I Landing in Wicked Problem Territory
1 From Wicked Problems to Wicked Problem Territory 31
2 Traditional Strategies in Wicked Problem Territory 57
II Design Strategy
3 Introduction to Design Strategy 101
4 Design Strategist's Mindsets and Metadesigns 127
5 Design Strategy's Scaffolding: Skill Sets and Toolkits 147
III Designing in Wicked Problem Territory
6 Strategic Design 181
7 Systemic Design 207
8 Regenerative Design 235
IV Assessing the Design Strategy
9 Critiques of Design/Design Thinking 263
10 Design Strategy: Overall Assessment 287
Conclusion 311
Notes 325
Bibliography 405
Index 465