Spring 2000 , TAM Course "Designing the Information Society of the Next Millennium" — Ernesto Arias and Gerhard Fischer
Assignment 4
due:
post on web by Feb. 7Assignment:
a. interesting about the article?
b. not interesting about the article?
Read the articles
H. Rittel and M. Weber "Planning Problems are Wicked Problems," in Cross Developments in Design Methodology, 135-144
B. Harris, "Planning Technologies and Planning Theories," in S. Mandelbaum et al., Explorations in Planning Theory, 483-496.
Additional suggested related readings for this topic if interested:
H. Simon: "The Science of Design: Creating the Artificial," in Sciences of the Artificial, 111-138 (handout).
H. Simon: "Social Planning : Designing the Evolving Artifact" in Sciences of the Artificial, 111-138 (handout)
For purchasing information and summary description of Simon’s book see: