Despite the advances in mature engineering disciplines, some complex systems continue to fail, and sometimes catastrophically. The lack of understanding of a problem and all its constituting elements is a key determinant in project failure. This paper, which looks at systems containing people, argues that the use of transdisciplinary approaches will aid in the insight and comprehension of complex problems. It will also be shown that the inclusion of subjective and inter-subjective system aspects can contribute to a holistic systems approach, however, the appropriate tools to do that need to be selected.
Reference:
Baumbach, J., Marais, A., and Gonçalves, D.P. 2015. Losing the boxes: fragmentation as a source of system complexity. In: 11th INCOSE SA Conference 2015 "Systems Engineering - Shifting the barriers, CSIR Conference Centre, 16-18 September 2015, 13pp.
Baumbach, J., Marais, A. H., & Gonçalves, D. (2015). Losing the boxes: fragmentation as a source of system complexity. International Council on Systems Engineering South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8840
Baumbach, J, Andre H Marais, and DP Gonçalves. "Losing the boxes: fragmentation as a source of system complexity." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8840
Baumbach J, Marais AH, Gonçalves D, Losing the boxes: fragmentation as a source of system complexity; International Council on Systems Engineering South Africa; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8840 .
11th INCOSE SA Conference 2015 "Systems Engineering - Shifting the barriers, CSIR Conference Centre, 16-18 September 2015. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website
