Walls in Space and Time, System vs. Parameter Design
Seed idea: Can we distill common elements from Shape Up, Taguchi Methods, and Christopher Alexander's work by defining constraints in space and time? With examples from designing Basecamp 4 and cooking an omelette.
Part 1: 00:46
Displaying data adjacent in space vs. adjacent in time, Stuart Kauffman's work-constraint cycles, time boundaries, eureka moments, an example of defining a system boundary from Basecamp 4
Mentioned:
Displaying data adjacent in space vs. adjacent in time, Stuart Kauffman's work-constraint cycles, time boundaries, eureka moments, an example of defining a system boundary from Basecamp 4
Mentioned:
- Edward Tufte's The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
- Stuart Kauffman describes the "Constraint Work Cycle" in Chapter 3 of A World Beyond Physics
Part 2: 20:44
System vs. parameter design in Taguchi's work, time constraints for R&D vs. production work, explaining parameter design and cost of quality improvements with an omelette
Mentioned:
System vs. parameter design in Taguchi's work, time constraints for R&D vs. production work, explaining parameter design and cost of quality improvements with an omelette
Mentioned:
- Taguchi explains parameter design in Introduction to Quality Engineering: Designing Quality into Products and Processes
- The form/context boundary in Christopher Alexander's Notes on the Synthesis of Form
- Tweet on R&D vs. Production Mode
- System design is another term for shaping. On shaping, see Shape Up, Chapter 2
- Tweet on open vs. closed unknowns and knowing where an unknown "stops"