Use IBIS (Issue-Based Information System) to tackle wicked problems.

2026-03-11T22:09:21Z

Create an IBIS tool that is "permeable".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issue-based_information_system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_problem

IBIS issues are roughly semantically equivalent to Christopher Alexander's "fitness variables".

IBIS was specifically designed (in the late 1960s) to help with wicked problems.

People have been making IBIS tools for decades. Why make another one?

Post-industrial projects tend to be "wicked problems", characterized by pervasive ambiguity, diverse (and divergent) stakeholders, and trade-offs.

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Use IBIS (Issue-Based Information System) to tackle wicked problems.