WebbA ‘rich picture’ “...is a good way to show relationships; in fact it is a better medium for that purpose than linear prose” (Checkland 2006b). The third stage is to develop a root … WebbThese twin streams of enquiry, logic and culture, are incorporated into the rich picture. Checkland puts it this way. In addition to the logic of the situation, the rich picture also tries to...

SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY

WebbRich Pictures. Rich pictures were popularised in the soft systems methodology, put forward by Professor Peter Checkland and his associates in the 1980s (Checkland … WebbRICH PICTURES Rich Pictures are the starting point of the Soft Systems Method (q.v.) which was developed by Peter Checkland at the University of Lancaster and further … tea mushroom

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WebbUse of soft systems tools such as rich pictures helps map realities (Checkland and Scholes 1990). Prototyping helps both, particularly helping users to understand their real information needs. WebbRich pictures are ‘actual drawings that allow the various features of a problem situation, as it is perceived, to be set down pictorially for all to see.’ (Jackson 2003). The thinking then transfers ‘above the line’ in the diagram, where relevant human activity systems are selected and from these, ‘root definitions’ are formulated (step 3). WebbPeter Checkland developed soft Systems Methodology (SSM) in the late 60’s at the University of Lancaster in the UK. Originally it was seen as a modeling tool, ... Rich … team vadiana