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An Introductory Review of Methods for the Articulation of Strategy in Design

Part of: Design Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2019

Luca Simeone

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This paper presents an introductory review of methods to articulate strategy in design. Articulation is here seen as a process in which strategy is more or less strictly and explicitly identified and described, e.g. in relation to key ideas, directions to follow, goals and expected results. The paper surveys existing literature in design research and identifies two broad categories of methods for the articulation of strategy: (1) structured frameworks, and (2) vocabularies and principles.

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Design methodsDesign managementDesign methodologyStrategyStrategic Design

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Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 2019 , pp. 1065 - 1074
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