Patterns of Change

Change is with us every day. Life would not be possible without it. Change may seem chaotic and unpredictable, but most change occurs in patterns that we can see and recognize.

Change can be linear (new brick is added to a wall every 30 seconds, then the wall will grow at a linear rate),

 or in cycles (our lives are full of cycles, we breathe in and out)

 

 Humans are very sensitive to cycles. The result from one cycle feeds into the next cycle. Today we explain such effects though principles such as the network effect or the first mover advantage.  In a network, such effect can result in cascade effects.

Concept of the paradigm shift. According to Thomas Kuhn, science does not progress in a linear fashion, but rather progresses through a series of jumps, called paradigms. Within a paradigm we have what is called ‘normal science’, but eventually, contradictions, unexplained experimental results, and other problems and questions force the science into a crisis point

 

Through this crisis, our view of the world is revised, and we adopt new scientific theories, terms and concepts.A framework for managing process improvement and dynamic process changes is required, in order to provide life cycle support of business process management   

 

if we want to maximize the flexibility while executing various process versions we need a mechanism for abstract process execution in dynamic business environment.