REPLY The Death of System Dynamics? (SD6216)

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Posted by  George A Simpson <gsimpso4 at csc.com>

My experience supports the points made by Wade Schuette.

I get tremendous buy-in from people who have participated in the 
development of models, but find difficulty explaining polished models even 
to key stakeholders.

What works for me is rapid small-group model development.  Last week, I 
created several useful business case models, in a live workshop with 
domain experts (I had little domain background).  The participants were 
astonished - one commented that they had been looking for a result like 
that we had achieved in less than an hour for 18 months.

I used myStrategy from StrategyDynamics.com, and I find it to be a superb 
medium for rapid interactive development.  Its ridiculously low price 
means that I can often get participants to purchase it on the spot.

This is not to deny the role or value of complex models, they just need to 
be packaged with an appropriate interface so the user is protected from 
the overwhelming complexity.

..george...

Dr. George Simpson, Principal Consultant, CSC
Posted by  George A Simpson <gsimpso4 at csc.com>
posting date  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:49:53 +0000