Thursday, July 28, 2011

Ill-Structured Problems

Key attributes of ill-structured problems:
  • The problem is not preformulated.
  • Boundaries of problems are fuzzy and part of the problem.
  • There are multiple formulations and multiple solutions, resolutions, dissolutions, and absolutions.
  • The definition(s) of the problem(s) change throughout the inquiry process.
  • The solution(s) to a problem is (are) a function of the mess as a whole, not any one of its parts.
  • The means and the ends are unknowns.
  • Stakeholders disagree on the definition of the problem and that the means will achieve the ends.
  • Problems are dynamic; they change in response to our working on them.
  • Problems are not the exclusive province of any single discipline or profession.

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