Design Thinking: Project Portfolio Management and Simulation – A Creative Mix for Research

Shalbafan, S; Leigh, E

Design Thinking: Project Portfolio Management and Simulation – A Creative Mix for Research

Shalbafan, S Leigh, E

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Publisher:: Springer Verlag
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: ISAGA 2017: Simulation Gaming. Applications for Sustainable Cities and Smart Infrastructures (LNCS), 2018, 10825 pp. 3 - 14
Issue Date:: 2018

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dc.contributor.author	Shalbafan, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Leigh, E	en_US
dc.date	2017-07-10	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	ISAGA 2017: Simulation Gaming. Applications for Sustainable Cities and Smart Infrastructures (LNCS), 2018, 10825 pp. 3 - 14	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0302-9743	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/131677
dc.description.abstract	This paper takes de Bono’s explanation of ‘design thinking’ as the starting point for a report on a doctoral research project that began with a conventional ‘why?’ question, and then, instead of looking for an ‘explanation’, chose to look forward in time to establish an understanding of ‘how to’ think differently about a recurring problem. The catalyst for this work was observation of otherwise competent managers making desperately wrong decisions when good decision making was crucial to their company’s future. The initial choice to ‘look forward’ when designing the research strategy was made well before there was a clear understanding of what was being observed. Given that trajectory, this paper explores the process by which a simulation was created and then used in conjunction with a comparatively new approach to data collection (Explanation looks backwards and design looks forward [1].).	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer Verlag	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	ISAGA 2017: Simulation Gaming. Applications for Sustainable Cities and Smart Infrastructures (LNCS)	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/978-3-319-91902-7_1	en_US
dc.rights	This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in ISAGA 2017: Simulation Gaming. Applications for Sustainable Cities and Smart Infrastructures (LNCS). The final authenticated version is available online at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91902-7_1.	en_US
dc.rights	This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91902-7_1.	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	en_US
dc.title	Design Thinking: Project Portfolio Management and Simulation – A Creative Mix for Research	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	10825	en_US
utslib.location	Germany	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Delft, Netherlands	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Professional Practice and Leadership
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Abstract:

This paper takes de Bono’s explanation of ‘design thinking’ as the starting point for a report on a doctoral research project that began with a conventional ‘why?’ question, and then, instead of looking for an ‘explanation’, chose to look forward in time to establish an understanding of ‘how to’ think differently about a recurring problem. The catalyst for this work was observation of otherwise competent managers making desperately wrong decisions when good decision making was crucial to their company’s future. The initial choice to ‘look forward’ when designing the research strategy was made well before there was a clear understanding of what was being observed. Given that trajectory, this paper explores the process by which a simulation was created and then used in conjunction with a comparatively new approach to data collection (Explanation looks backwards and design looks forward [1].).

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