With an interest to develop my systems thinking skill set, I'm taking an archived four session Introduction to the Modeling Process course from isee systems.
As insight to Session 1, I learned that the principles to building effective models are:
First impressions? I like the practical and grounded approach of the teacher, Chris Soderquist of Pontifex Consulting. The white papers provided as additional resources are very helpful.
Will this be of value to me? No question. My previous experience in this area (as I now understand) was limited to exploring causal relationships of single elements within a system. From this first session, I think I already better understand the value and power of taking these separate elements and integrating them together.
If you are keen to see my notes, please look at the below PDF. (Generated through FreeMind.)
As insight to Session 1, I learned that the principles to building effective models are:
- Explicitly set boundaries, developing reference behaviour patterns (RBP). Eg, 'The purpose of this model is to…'
- Map out the initial stocks (ie nouns; think of bathtubs) and flow structures (ie verbs; think of words ending in 'ing').
- Generate one or more flows using the set of generic templates (five to choose from). Simulate.
- Develop the model, challenging and revisiting assumptions.
- Iterate until the model is credible and you are confident.
First impressions? I like the practical and grounded approach of the teacher, Chris Soderquist of Pontifex Consulting. The white papers provided as additional resources are very helpful.
Will this be of value to me? No question. My previous experience in this area (as I now understand) was limited to exploring causal relationships of single elements within a system. From this first session, I think I already better understand the value and power of taking these separate elements and integrating them together.
If you are keen to see my notes, please look at the below PDF. (Generated through FreeMind.)
| systemsthinking_introtobuildingmodels.pdf |
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