Definition:
Concept Number: *047
English Master: Means
Synonyms, Variations & Acronyms:
Design-Idea (*047), see “Idea” (*086).
Design (noun) (*047) A design is a “specified, consciously selected, means” to reach defined “ends”.
Solution (*047)
Strategy. (*047)
Process-Improvement-Suggestion (*088)
Architecture (noun) (*192). The highest Level of design.
Means-Objectives (*215): Objectives , which if attained, serve to help us reach Strategic-Objectives.
Detailing
Rationale: very general and short word which captures the notion in a general way, without necessitating a more-detailed term (like Architecture or design). Well understood word by most people.
Illustrations
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Type
Stakeholder value, Goal specification Concept
Domain: problem solving. Including Engineering, Architecture, strategic Planning.
Examples
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Notes
1. Means can include any Means whatsoever, which arguably contribute to reaching defined end state objectives. In particular they can include “Means-Objectives” (*215), not just Strategies, Design-Ideas).
“Perfection of Means,
And
Confusion of ends,
Seems to characterize our age”
Albert Einstein
Http://albert.bu.edu
Keyed-Icons
[…] [Means-Tag]
(Keyed-Icon , square brackets symbolizing the rectangle, contains Means tag, underlined).
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Related-Concepts
Ends: {Goals Objectives, Aims, Targets, Values}: The purpose of using the “means”.
History-of-Concept
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