5. The linear-graph notation is useful
because it provides an abstraction
which has the same form for the
two entities we are considering:
the design organization and
the system it designs.
This can be illustrated by replacing
the following words.
Replace "system" by "committee."
Replace "subsystem" by "subcommittee."
Replace "interface" by "coordinator."
Melvin E. Conway: How Do Committees Invent. Datamation, April, 1968.
10. Disruptive innovations are not breakthrough
technologies that make good products better;
rather they are innovations that transform
sectors to make products affordable and
convenient, thereby making them available to a
much larger population.
11. http://www.flickr.com/photos/thk1304/8230178443/
A
disrup4ve
innova4on
is
an
innova4on
that
helps
create
a
new
market
and
value
network,
and
eventually
disrupts
an
exis4ng
market
and
value
network
(over
a
few
years
or
decades),
displacing
an
earlier
technology.
Sustaining
innova4ons
are
typically
innova4ons
in
technology,
whereas
disrup4ve
innova4ons
change
en4re
markets.
Disrup4ve
Innova4on
