Systems-Thinkers’ Resources
Background
Many, many moons ago there was a books database. This contained a lot of information on books that might interest systems-thinkers - including an overview and document structure. It was useful as there wasn’t (and often still isn’t today) and sensible means of grouping content for systems folks. It was, however bespoke code and a bit of a pain to maintain. Eventually it all became too hard and got retired from public view.
It hadn’t gone away and there is still a need to try and find and present things of interest.
In the meantime technology and the Internet have moved on and the possibility of making it interactive in ways that didn’t then exist seems sensible.
What Types of Resource Are Listed?
Sticking to books seems to be too restrictive and the types of resource being collected are:
- book
- course
- software/ application (tool)
- website
How Can I Help?
- suggest new websites, books, courses or tools that would be of interest to systems-thinkers
- let us know what you thought to a book, course etc. - provide a review of a resource and help others judge
- help fill in some of the missing gaps in information on the resources
50 Authors
50 authors randomly chosen from all the resources listed are:
Jeffrey O Grady • James N. Martin • Michael Rothschild • John Morecroft • Charles S Wasson • Jamshid Gharajedaghi • Ian McDermott • Michael Balle • Bryan J. Smith • Brian Wilson • R Ian Faulconbridge • Ian Moir • Ken Jackson • Dennis Meadows • Charlotte Roberts • Ian F. Alexander • Andrew P. Sage • -- Uknown -- -- Uknown -- • Jon Holt • Michael J. Ryan • Dennis M. Buede • Richard Stevens • Derek K. Hitchins • Kambiz Maani • Benjamin S. Blanchard • Donella H Meadows • Alphonse Chapanis • Art Kleiner • Robert Cavana • Jim Scholes • Robert L. Flood • William B. Rouse • Pete Sawyer • Ian Somerville • George A. Hazelrigg • John D. Sterman • Merill Ivan Skolnik • Peter M. Senge • Richard B. Ross • James E. Armstrong • Maurice Yolles • Jay W Forrester • Peter B. Checkland • Linda Booth Sweeney • John Gall • H. Kerzner • Stuart Arnold • E.R. Rechtin • Daniel H. Kim • Steven Johnson
Chosen at random from all the resources listed:
- The Engineering Design of Systems: Models and Methods by Dennis M. Buede
- Systems Thinking Basics : From Concepts to Causal Loops by Virginia Anderson
- Systems Engineering for Commercial Aircraft by Scott Jackson
- UML for Systems Engineering by Jon Holt
- System Analysis, Design, and Development: Concepts, Principles, and Practices by Charles S Wasson