Exploiting Emergence to Make Methods Simpler
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The document discusses the complexity and challenges in IT consulting methodologies, emphasizing the need for simpler methods that exploit emergent behaviors and rule association. It highlights the importance of social processes in methods and outlines implications for execution and communication rules for various roles within project teams. Additionally, it advocates for the use of automated communication and dynamic presentations to enhance method efficacy and supports ongoing research in this area.
Exploiting Emergence to Make Methods Simpler
- 1. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research EXPLOITING EMERGENT BEHAVIOUREXPLOITING EMERGENT BEHAVIOUR AND RULE ASSOCIATIONAND RULE ASSOCIATION TO MAKE METHODS SIMPLERTO MAKE METHODS SIMPLER Graham McLeod University of Cape Town
- 2. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research AGENDAAGENDA METHOD SIZE, COMPLEXITY PROBLEMS AND ISSUES METHOD MODELLING AND A PARTIAL SOLUTION SELECTED A-LIFE EXAMPLES METHODS IMPLICATIONS
- 3. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research METHODS BECOME COMPLEX, LARGEMETHODS BECOME COMPLEX, LARGE PHILOSOPHY METHOD TECHNIQUE TOOL STRATEGY REQ DESIGN IMPLEMENT MODIFY RETIREMENT EXTENDED HACKATHORN, KARIMI FRAMEWORK PROCESSPROCESS - STRUCTURED DATADATA - IE TIMETIME - SSADM SOCIALSOCIAL - SOFT SYSTEMS ETHICALETHICAL - MUMFORD PMPM QAQA
- 4. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research PROBLEMS GENERATEDPROBLEMS GENERATED Developers Overloaded Methods Not taught correctly Not understood Not used Benefits desired not achieved Other Issues Method Suitability CONTINGENT Behaviour of social system is EMERGENT
- 5. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research VOLUME OF INFORMATION NOT UNIFORMVOLUME OF INFORMATION NOT UNIFORM PHILOSOPHYPHILOSOPHY METHODMETHOD TECHNIQUETECHNIQUE TOOLSTOOLS
- 6. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research EARLIER WORK - PARTIAL SOLUTIONEARLIER WORK - PARTIAL SOLUTION PRODUCT TASK RESOURCE Organisational Method P T R "PROJECT METHOD"
- 7. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research ARTIFICIAL LIFE INFLUENCESARTIFICIAL LIFE INFLUENCES "BOIDS" & BATMAN RETURNS Craig Reynolds A. Don't descend at more than... B. Don't bump into things C. Stay within... of other boids... Small Rule Sets Complex Behaviour Loren Carpenter " Pong " And Flight Simulator SHARED VISIBLE GOALS INSTANT COMMUNICATION FEEDBACK
- 8. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research IMPLICATIONS FOR METHODSIMPLICATIONS FOR METHODS METHODS ARE A SOCIAL PROCESS RULES CAN BE CLUSTERED FOR A TYPE OF PARTICIPANT ( A ROLE PLAYER ) CORRECT APPLICATION OF RULES OF EXECUTION RULES OF COMMUNICATION PARTICIPANTS NEED ONLY KNOW RELEVENT SUBSET FOR THEIR ROLE SOME EXECUTION RULES AND MANY COMMUNICATION RULES CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY PERFORMED EFFECTIVE EMERGENT BEHAVIOUR OF THE COMMUNITY
- 9. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research SAMPLE RULESSAMPLE RULES EXECUTION COMMUNICATION ANALYST ALL OBJECTS AND ATTRIBUTES MENTIONED IN PROCESS MUST BE PRESENT IN THE DOMAIN MODEL IF A NEW OBJECT TYPE IS REQUIRED FOR AN EXISTING DATABASE, CONSENSUS OF DOMAIN OWNER AND ARCHITECT MUST BE OBTAINED PROJECT TEAM (PROJECT LEADER) PROJECT EFFOET IS CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS: E = P n1/3 WHERE E = EFFORT P = PERSON AND N = TEAM SIZE IF PROJECT MILESTONE AT LEVEL 1 WILL BE MISSED INFORM LEADERS OF RELATED PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER ORGANISATION (AN APPOINTED "RADAR") MONITOR LIFE OFFICE ASSOCIATION BULLETINS FOR LEGAL AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS COMMUNICATE NEW LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO AFFECTED SYSTEM MANAGERS
- 10. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research RULES AND DEPENDENCIESRULES AND DEPENDENCIES DEPENDENCIES EXPRESSED AS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRODUCTS REQUIRING OTHER IN A CERTAIN STATE EG. REQUIRES ATTRIBUTED MULTIPLE TASK POSSIBILITIES MAY EXIST TO ACHIEVE TRANSITION PRODUCTS PHYSICAL DB DESIGN ER MODEL PRODUCT PRODUCT TASK A TASK BState n State n + 1 CONTEXT VARIABLE AND RULE(S) MAY DETERMINE WHICH PATH TO CHOOSE VARIABLES MAY RELATE TO eg. SKILL LEVEL, TYPE OF PROJECT ( eg. IS / REALTIME ) PROJECT PRIORITIES ( T, C, Q ) TOOL AVAILABLE etc.
- 11. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research GENERIC METHOD META MODELGENERIC METHOD META MODEL o..no..n REPRESENTATION FACET MODEL RULE NODE TASK PRODUCT RESOURCE PRACTITIONER PARENT SUBSEQUENT PREREQUISITE PARENT TEXT GRAPHIC CLASS PRODUCT INSTANCE STATE EVENT o..n o..n o..n o..n o..no..n o..no..n o..no..n o..n o..n
- 12. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research OBSERVATIONSOBSERVATIONS PEOPLE ARE NOT AUTOMATONS SUPPORT RULE DISCOVERY AS DESIRED INTENT MUST BE COMMUNICATED FEEDBACK ESSENTIAL INTER/TRANET TECHNOLOGY, WORKFLOW ARE MAJOR ENABLERS DATA MUST RESIDE IN A REPOSITORY METHOD DEFINITION AND RULES PLUS ARTIFACTS AND INSTANCES GENERATE DYNAMIC PRESENTATION BASED ON NAVIGATION AND CONTEXT (INCLUDING USER) PROVIDE AUTOMATED COMMUNICATION PROVIDE INSTANT FEEDBACK MECHANISMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN DELIVERABLES AND METHOD DEFINITION VERSIONED AND CHANGE CONTROLLED
- 13. INSPIREDINSPIRED I.T. Consulting Training Research SUMMARYSUMMARY RULE BASE FOR PRACTITIONER A FRACTION OF FORMER SIZE MUCH CAN BE DONE AUTOMATICALLY esp. COMMUNICATION VIA STATE MONITORING AND WORKFLOW / GROUPWARE METHOD EFFICACY CAN BE TESTED VIA SIMULATION AND ANIMATION ALSO A LEARNING AID INTRANET SUPPORT ENABLES PRACTITIONERS PROTOTYPE TOOLS UNDER CONSTRUCTION MUCH MORE RESEARCH REQUIRED!