Porject Design Thinking (PDT)

Donella MeadowsLeverage Points= Designed Interventions (places to intervene) in a systemCheck Diigo bookmark for annotationshttp://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/ Jay Forrester at MIT- *“state of the system” is whatever standing stock is of importance — amount of water behind the dam, amount of harvestable wood in the forest, number of people in the population, amount of money in the bank*negative feedback loops= correcting loopsA negative feedback loop is self-correcting; a positive feedback loop is self-reinforcing.e.g. The more people catch the flu, the more they infect other people.vsThe more money you have in the bank, the more interest you earn, the more money you have in the bank.The structure of information flows (who does and does not have access to information).There was this subdivision of identical houses, the story goes, except that for some reason the electric meter in some of the houses was installed in the basement and in others it was installed in the front hall, where the residents could see it constantly, going round faster or slower as they used more or less electricity. With no other change, with identical prices, electricity consumption was 30 percent lower in the houses where the meter was in the front hall.Paradigms are the sources of systems. From them, from shared social agreements about the nature of reality, come system goals and information flows, feedbacks, stocks, flows and everything else about systems.The power to transcend paradigms- to realize that NO paradigm is “true,” that every one, including the one that sweetly shapes your own worldview, is a tremendously limited understanding of an immense and amazing universe that is far beyond human comprehension. "Magical leverage points are not easily accessible, even if we know where they are and which direction to push on them. There are no cheap tickets to mastery. You have to work hard at it, whether that means rigorously analyzing a system or rigorously casting off your own paradigms and throwing yourself into the humility of Not Knowing. In the end, it seems that mastery has less to do with pushing leverage points than it does with strategically, profoundly, madly letting go."

Jay Forrester

2. GTD: Getting Things Done -David AllenProject = 2 or more actionsAction= anything that can be done in a short time observe system-make profound changes through small simple tweaks at strategic locationsobserve system, make small simple strategic tweaks "small quantitative changes make large qualitative differences" max effect for min effort aka "mini-max interventions"

Dragon DreamingProject= planned undertaking, to achieve specified goals in a specific timePopular Even though focus is on specific results, cause it adds a right brained element to this technique for developing projects of a collaborative & sustainable natureDD focus: personal growth, community building, service to the Earth

SAM (Successive Approximation Method)- for smaller projects a. Preparation Phase: gather info & savvy start b. Iterative Design Phase: Design- Prototype- Review c. Iterative Development Phase: Develop- Implement- Evaluate http://www.alleninteractions.com/sam-process

Outcomes Mapping - for larger projects a. Design Stage: consensus on desired macro level changes b. Monitoring Stage: Outcomes & Performance c. Evaluation Stage: id evaluation priorities evaluating the effects of a project after action has been taken https://www.xmind.net/m/RBtQ/

Lean Project Design template is a modified versionof the Lean Canvashttp://portfolios.gaiauniversity.org/view/view.php?t=2IyJKESx5QTRioebaMOq Get this template/collection for your own use - see this video on how to copy a template - use "Lean Project" as the search term. Click the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRzxAP76KcI&index=12&list=PL7B91CEEB24AC5CD6 Problem/solutions schematicNote: Other peoples' schematics can be helpful (or confusing) - see what you make of this one designed to be read in conjunction with the Lean Project Design Template.http://portfolios.gaiauniversity.org/view/view.php?id=6016and Xmind link:https://www.xmind.net/m/cqFd