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Assigment 3

please read the article: Carroll, J. M. (2006) "Dimensions of Participation in Simon's Design," Design Issues, 22(2), pp. 3-18. at: http://xwiki.cs.colorado.edu/bin/download/DCNM2009/Relevant+Resources/Carroll%2DScoftheArtif.pdf
this article discusses"design" by referencing the book: Simon, H. A. (1996) "The Sciences of the Artificial", third ed., The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
work in groups (minimum: 2 students; maximum: 4 students) to share the work and discuss the different aspects of this assignment

try to explore the web to get an idea
- who Herbert Simon was
- what Simon's book is all about (one summary about this book can be found: http://www.cyberiapc.com/writings/almossawi_2005_2.pdf)
which was the most interesting idea/concept you learned from the article?
articulate what you did not understand in the article but it sounded interesting and you would like to know more about it
discuss what the following statement means to your group:
- Simon discussed social plans and policies as designs. He considered the Marshall Plan and the U.S. Constitution as specifications for organizational designs. These designs are not mere blueprints, as are some of the key examples elsewhere in the book (clocks and houses), but starting points for living systems that grow and evolve over time- systems whose structure and consequences cannot be anticipated at the time of their design.
discuss what the following statement means to your group in relationship to the problems which we explored in the last few class meetings (Number Scrabble versus Tic-Tac-Toe; Mutilated 8x8 Matrix; Mutilated Chessboard):
- Intelligibility of Design Representations - Meaningful user participation in design requires that the discourse constituting the design work be accessible to all stakeholders.

To create your response, you should first choose a name for it (it's a good idea to have your group-name in the name)

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Created by Holger Dick on 2009/01/28 17:12