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...thinking and acting systemically. For this course, a fuller definition of a systems model, and the one we are going to use is: A simplified representation of some person's or group's view of a situation, constructed to assist in working with that situation in a systemic manner. Although you may not immediately think of them as such, we regularly use models in everyday...

...thinking and mores is extremely risky and difficult. The use of systems engineering and an holistic approach can help reduce risk and difficulty in all these types of change and becomes more applicable and important with the degree of novelty being faced. Novelty is also linked to the degree of knowledge in a given situation and is something you will consider later in...

...system Think of Lego bricks and the much larger Duplo bricks and consider building one pyramid out of Lego and one out of Duplo. It will take considerably longer to make the pyramid out of Lego (lower build rate) but the feature precision will be considerably higher (Figure 24). [Described image] Figure 24 (a) Duplo pyramid with large bricks, (b) Lego pyramid with small...

...think of. But design is also the least noticeable (and often most important) services and systems. This course will introduce you to some characteristics and drivers for design, some of which you might not have come across before, and start to explore how data can be used to inform design decisions. This free course, An introduction to design engineering, looks at the way...