Questions for Review, Discussion, and Reflective Writing

Q1. How would you explain what systems thinking is?

Q2. Explain what the two perspectives on the enterprise as a system mean.

Q3. What is a "method (practice)"? And from the perspective of systems thinking, is it correct to say that practice is opposed to theory?

Q4. How are roles, methods, and work activities connected?

Q5. What is the difference between stages and phases of a project?

Q6. Who is a method manager, and how do they differ from an enterprise architect?

Q7. What work management methods did you learn about in this section? How do they differ?

Q8. Is it correct to say that stages are considered in logical time, while project phases are considered in physical time?

Q9. What organizational units do you know? Can we say that an organizational unit provides a service?

Q10. Can one organizational unit in an enterprise provide a service to another organizational unit or deliver a service to the system of interest? Give an example.