How is it that one system is more effective, appealing, satisfying and/or more beautiful than another to its stakeholder community? This question drove Christopher Alexander’s fifty-year quest to explain great physical architecture and give birth to pattern-languages for building that underpin much of modern systems engineering. How is it that so many individual stakeholders consistently recognize the same quality, the same beauty in a system? This question led George Lakoff to research the role of conceptual metaphor in human understanding. What is essential to stakeholders’ satisfaction with systems? Fred Brooks addressed this question in No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering. This monograph fuses these diverse streams of thought in proposing Thriving Systems Theory by translating Alexander’s properties of physical design quality into the abstract domain of information systems and modeling. Integrates theories from three disciplines: physical architecture, cognitive linguistics and systems/software engineering Presents a unifying foundation explaining the interrelationships between systems and software engineering The 15 choice properties translated from Alexander’s center properties together represent the most comprehensive set of systems engineering INDICE: Introduction.- Part One - Thriving Systems Theory.- 1. ChristopherAlexander’s Nature Of Order.- 2. Wholeness And Center Properties Mapped To Modeling.- 3. Achieving Vs Observing Strength In Choice Properties.- 4. BuildingLife Into Information Systems.- 5. A Vision Of Thriving Systems.- Part Two - Thriving Systems Theory In Systems Development.- 6. Metaphorology.- 7. Metaphor-Driven Modeling.- 8. Protecting Life In System Life Cycles.- 9. Metaphor-Driven Systems Engineering.- 10. Thriving Systems And Beauty.- 11. Promoting LifeUsing The Object oriented Paradigm.- 12. Promoting Life Using The Relational Paradigm.- 13. Thriving Systems Through Metaphor-driven Modeling.- Epilogue.- Index Of Terms.
- ISBN: 978-1-84996-301-5
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 229
- Fecha Publicación: 29/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés