SYSTEMS-ORIENTED DESIGN

Systems Oriented Design (SOD) is informed by modern systems thinking and theories such as soft systems method, systems architecting and critical systems thinking. However, SOD contains a series of proprietary concepts, methods, and techniques. Amongst them are gigamapping, ZIP analyses and impact and threshold analyses. SOD is regarded as a genuinely creative tool in design... The main mission of systems oriented design (SOD) is to help designers become better at dealing with complex problems. Complex problems are described as problem fields, networks of problems, wicked problems and problematiques... Systemic Design Association is the central hub for everybody interested in the richness of approaches when it comes to relating systems thinking and design, and systems-oriented design is one of these approaches. The SDA supports the annual Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD) symposium.