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Applying Design Thinking in Systems Engineering Process as an Extended Version of DIKW Model
Author(s) -
Tomita Yoshikazu,
Watanabe Kyoko,
Shirasaka Seiko,
Maeno Takashi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2017.00398.x
Subject(s) - systems thinking , process (computing) , design thinking , engineering design process , computer science , system of systems engineering , critical systems thinking , method engineering , system of systems , systems design , systems engineering , management science , design process , engineering management , work in process , engineering , critical thinking , software engineering , artificial intelligence , human–computer interaction , operations management , sociology , mechanical engineering , pedagogy , operating system
Systems engineering methodology has expanded its application fields into creating innovations and designing societal systems. In the present age, where everything has increased in complexity, systems engineers are challenged to solve ill‐defined problems to create innovations and to design societal systems. Design thinking has attracted attention as a methodology for solving ill‐defined problems. However, design thinking cannot create innovations or design societal systems by itself. It is effective when it is applied to the systems engineering process, and embedded in its processes. This paper proposes using the advantages of both design thinking and systems engineering to build the Structured Design Thinking Framework as an extension to the DIKW model. The framework has integrated the non‐structured design thinking process and the structured systems engineering process. We used this framework to redesign a local community in Japan and to design a new concept of aquarium, and confirmed that this framework works.