TY - JOUR
T1 - System design canvas for identifying leverage points in complex systems
T2 - 23rd International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2021
AU - Komaki, Akinori
AU - Kodaka, Akira
AU - Nakamura, Eri
AU - Ohno, Yu
AU - Kohtake, Naohiko
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP19H04100. We would also like to acknowledge Agribuddy Ltd. Agribuddy members played an essential role in the fieldwork and analysing the design of the Cambodian agricultural system. Many conversations with the Agribuddy members also influenced the creation of System Design Canvas.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - There has been a growing recognition that a systems thinking approach, which pays attention to the entire dynamic system, its constituent parts and the interactions among those parts, is an effective approach for tackling complex issues that exhibit nonlinear behaviour and involve multiple stakeholders. To understand a complex system, a systems thinking approach must identify the leverage points, which are non-intuitive and difficult to identify. This paper proposes a design tool called System Design Canvas, which supports the identification of system variables and leverage points from technological sensing data and human data while understanding stakeholders' mental model. The present case study confirms that System Design Canvas can identify system variables and leverage points that are required for the current agricultural system in Cambodia.
AB - There has been a growing recognition that a systems thinking approach, which pays attention to the entire dynamic system, its constituent parts and the interactions among those parts, is an effective approach for tackling complex issues that exhibit nonlinear behaviour and involve multiple stakeholders. To understand a complex system, a systems thinking approach must identify the leverage points, which are non-intuitive and difficult to identify. This paper proposes a design tool called System Design Canvas, which supports the identification of system variables and leverage points from technological sensing data and human data while understanding stakeholders' mental model. The present case study confirms that System Design Canvas can identify system variables and leverage points that are required for the current agricultural system in Cambodia.
KW - Design Canvas
KW - Design methodology
KW - Design methods
KW - Design process
KW - Systems Design
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U2 - 10.1017/pds.2021.551
DO - 10.1017/pds.2021.551
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85117857717
SN - 2732-527X
VL - 1
SP - 2901
EP - 2910
JO - Proceedings of the Design Society
JF - Proceedings of the Design Society
Y2 - 16 August 2021 through 20 August 2021
ER -