Experiments Compare

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Different ways to see the same broken crossing.

A footbridge has failed. Establish what is there, choose a way across, recover and rebuild it, then reopen the crossing. Try the shared project.

“Best for” names the strongest change of perspective demonstrated here, not a universal winner. Ordered by likely first-time insight; these judgements can change. .

An imagined broken footbridge on the Gimån, beside a railway crossing
Gimån, imagined. Place and picture.
Experiments compared through a fictional footbridge project
ExperimentBest for…
Local to Global

finding disagreement hidden by local agreement

Bridge trial
Changing project states

seeing why equal progress can leave different futures

Bridge trial
Project Co-design

seeing what it takes to reach a feasible design

Bridge trial
Processes to plans

seeing which alternative plans the work permits

Bridge trial
Programme Decision Sequences

seeing when learning can still change a commitment

Bridge trial
Composing open systems

seeing why agreement can still leave a resource clash

Bridge trial
Semantic project planning

finding work absent from the finished object

Bridge trial
Composing work packages

seeing what must pass between work packages

Bridge trial
Project models in use

seeing what a chosen plan conceals

Bridge trial
Integrated risks & tasks

Not yet compared here.

Higher-autonomy experiments

Not yet compared here.

Project Spines

Not yet compared here.

Functors for Projects

Not yet compared here.

Knowing enough to act together

Not yet compared here.

Meta Project Innovation

Not yet compared here.

Counterfactual programme steering

Not yet compared here.

Useful project interventions

Not yet compared here.

What the trials establish.