The
Appropriate Response model is used as a filtering tool in the Engineering
stage of the Creative Process
to test various designs for fitness before one, several, or a composite
of them is chosen for implementation.
The
model has six elements grouped into two sets of three. The first
set includes functional qualities and the second set embraces living
system capabilities.
Functional
qualities
Efficacious:
The power or capacity to produce the desired effect.”
An efficacious design exudes power and this power is efficiently
directed to yield predictable results.
Proper
Scope: An excellent design should properly fill its niche and
not strive for too much, nor suffer from a timid presence. The boundaries
of the design must be clearly defined.
True
to Nature: A design that is true to nature is composed of elements
that support one another, that do not conflict, and whose capabilities
are mutually requisite. A design should be elegant, all of its parts
fitting together in a pleasing fashion that makes people want to
employ it.
Living
system capabilities
Anticipatory:
Designs, or solutions to problems are living systems.
As such, they must include the apparatus and processes necessary
to use models based on past experience, along with current data
gathering to make predictions concerning the future behavior of
other systems in the environment.
Self-correcting:
Once a system can make predictions about the future, it must compare
these predictions with its current behavior and implement changes
to adjust its behavior to bring it into harmony with its future
models. In this sense it’s bringing its vision of the future back
to the present.
Sustainable:
Finally, a system must be able to survive birth, grow to maturity,
and reproduce itself. It must do this without depleting
the systems that support its growth, otherwise it will cause its
own demise.
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