Gall's Law: But First, Simplify
What’s more, since data flows that are implemented with pure functions are relatively easy to manage, they largely avoid the need for more complex architecture to manage them. This is the ultimate spirit of Post-Architecture: To use simple, straight-forward tools to solve our problems so that we can not only postpone potentially risky architectural... See more
Arend van Beelen jr. • Post-Architecture: Premature Abstraction Is the Root of All Evil
THE FUNCTION (OR PRODUCT) IS DEFINED BY THE SYSTEMS- OPERATIONS THAT OCCUR IN ITS PERFORMANCE OR MANUFACTURE The importance of Korzybski’s contribution to understanding Systems is now apparent. An Apple that has been processed through the supermarket System is not the same as an apple picked right off the tree, and we are in error to use the same w
... See moreJohn Gall • Systemantics. The Systems Bible
the very first principle of Systems-design is a negative one: DO IT WITHOUT A NEW SYSTEM IF YOU CAN The scholar will recognize this as Occam’s Razor in modern form: AVOID UNNECESSARY SYSTEMS (SYSTEMS SHOULD NOT BE MULTIPLIED UNNECESSARILY) Two immediate Corollaries, with significant implications for Management, are as follows: (I) DO IT WITH AN EXI
... See moreJohn Gall • Systemantics. The Systems Bible
We summarize these observations[e.] in the Non-additivity Theorem, alternatively known as the Climax Design Theorem: A LARGE SYSTEM, PRODUCED BY EXPANDING THE DIMENSIONS OF A SMALLER SYSTEM, DOES NOT BEHAVE LIKE THE SMALLER SYSTEm