Thinkie: Influence Diagram
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Causal loop diagram
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Influence diagrams are closely related to causal loop diagrams used in systems thinking - understanding this formal methodology would give readers deeper insight into how Kent Beck's pattern maps system effects and their relationships
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System dynamics
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Kent Beck's influence diagram approach draws from system dynamics, the field pioneered by Jay Forrester at MIT for understanding complex systems through feedback loops and stock-flow relationships
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Influence diagram
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The formal decision analysis tool that shares the name with Kent Beck's pattern - readers would benefit from understanding the mathematical foundation and how it differs from Beck's more intuitive software design application
Thinkie: Influence Diagram
Pattern: you have a big, complicated system that’s acting up & you’d like to regain influence over it
Transformation: diagram the effects you observe in the system & their influence on each other
Thinkie: Influence Diagram follows from Thinkie: Separate Observation From Judgement. We aren’t rushing to take action. More probably we have stepped back from t…
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