ARTX-C1013 - Thematic Studio II, Lecture, 9.1.2024-18.4.2024

Topic outline

• Materials
  Scenarios
  

  • What is a scenario?
  • John M. Carroll: Five Reasons for Scenario-Based Design

  Benchmarking

  • Robert Camp: A Bible for Benchmarking, from Xerox

  Systems thinking
  

  Donella H. Meadows: Thinking in Systems: A Primer (2008):

  • Introduction, and Ch. 1 The Basics

  Optional reading: 
  

  • Jamer Hunt - Not to Scale: How the Small Becomes Large, the Large Becomes Unthinkable, and the Unthinkable Becomes Possible

  Diffusion and domestication
  

  • Everett M. Rogers: Diffusion of Innovations
  • Petri Saarikoski & Markku Reunanen: Great Northern Machine Wars: Rivalry Between User Groups in Finland

  Group project work & communication
  

  Great teamwork guide from the Aalto Thesis team, applicable for all collaborative work:
  https://www.aalto.fi/en/aalto-thesis/teamwork-aalto-thesis-student-guide
  

  Similar project work guide from the Aalto Thesis team:
  https://www.aalto.fi/en/aalto-thesis/project-work-aalto-thesis-student-guide
  

  Guidebook: Communication in the Real World (University of Minnesota 2016), especially chapters:

  • Chapter 13: Small Group Communication (press right arrow to advance)
  • Chapter 14: Leadership, Roles, and Problem Solving in Groups.

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      • Eevert Partinen - Keys to good Sleep - Sleep ergonomics Aalto Uni 2024-01-17.pdf
      • Markku Partinen - References from the guest lecture 2024-01-10.docx
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