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There's this book by Peter DeGrace and Leslie Hulet Stahl called Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions. It describes all of these problems and others. It present

There's this book by Peter DeGrace and Leslie Hulet Stahl called Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions. It describes all of these problems and others. It presents a number of very practical and proven solutions. The book was published 28 years ago, in 1990. We use words like science and engineering in conjunction with others like computer, programming, and software. And yet there's nothing scientific about how we don't learn from mistakes already made decades ago. And how we keep reinventing "engineering" best practice and call them new names.

tozeur 8y ago
Can I ask where you heard of that book? I was only made aware of the idea of wicked problems by my favorite business professor in university and have never heard anyone else mention it
- Spearchucker 8y ago
  Can't remember exactly, but suspect it was through a friend at Microsoft. I got my first copy in '91 or '92.
dredmorbius 8y ago
You've probably heard the line "complexity is the enemy", or perhaps even its full form: "complexity is the enemy of reliability". You may not know its provenance: The Economist, Volume 186, January, 1958, or 60 years ago: https://books.google.com/books?id=aDsiAQAAMAAJ&q="complexity+is+the+enemy+of+reliability"&dq="complexity+is+the+enemy+of+reliability"&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjVw5S5o4vdAhUCF6wKHV8bDckQ6AEIKDAB https://books.google.com/books?id=aDsiAQAAMAAJ&q="complexity... I've been trying unsuccessfully to secure a copy of this article for some years. PDF preferred, dredmorbius<at>protonmail<dot>com if anyone should have access.
- wilsonnb3 8y ago
  If you're willing to pay $100 to secure a copy, you can probably read it in the Economist Historical Archive. https://shop.economist.com/products/the-economist-historical-archive# https://shop.economist.com/products/the-economist-historical...
  - dredmorbius 8y ago
    Not. My research trove exceeds 10k items. I don't have a $100/item, or even source, budget.

tozeur 8y ago

Can I ask where you heard of that book? I was only made aware of the idea of wicked problems by my favorite business professor in university and have never heard anyone else mention it

Spearchucker 8y ago
Can't remember exactly, but suspect it was through a friend at Microsoft. I got my first copy in '91 or '92.

dredmorbius 8y ago

You've probably heard the line "complexity is the enemy", or perhaps even its full form: "complexity is the enemy of reliability". You may not know its provenance: The Economist, Volume 186, January, 1958, or 60 years ago: https://books.google.com/books?id=aDsiAQAAMAAJ&q="complexity+is+the+enemy+of+reliability"&dq="complexity+is+the+enemy+of+reliability"&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjVw5S5o4vdAhUCF6wKHV8bDckQ6AEIKDAB https://books.google.com/books?id=aDsiAQAAMAAJ&q="complexity... I've been trying unsuccessfully to secure a copy of this article for some years. PDF preferred, dredmorbius<at>protonmail<dot>com if anyone should have access.

wilsonnb3 8y ago
If you're willing to pay $100 to secure a copy, you can probably read it in the Economist Historical Archive. https://shop.economist.com/products/the-economist-historical-archive# https://shop.economist.com/products/the-economist-historical...
- dredmorbius 8y ago
  Not. My research trove exceeds 10k items. I don't have a $100/item, or even source, budget.