As curious persons, we are passionate about new ideas and inventions that promise to transform our lives and create new opportunities. We like to rapidly replace old technologies with new ones. There are two philosophies to change our service architectures. First is based on the idea “build to last”. Another is the idea “built to be changed”.

These alternative philosophies lead us two alternative service architecture planning models. In the first one you plan such service architectures which ..

Digital evolution designer Mika Ilari Koskinen stated in his interview that design lies in the process, not in the product. Planning analysis, scenarios, roadmapping, and strategy setting take place in the beginning of a process. Design comes after that; as the process needs to be conceptualized and finalized. Applying and selecting solutions is about design. Thus the strategic level in the beginning of a process is more about planning than design whereas the tactical and operational levels, w..

Perhaps the one thing in common with all areas of design work is the need to realize and prototype, states service designer Esa Rauhala in his research interview.

Reima Rönnholm says that, in fact, the English word design is more descriptive than its Finnish translation ”muotoilu.” Whereas the English expression refers strongly to planning and the means of creating, the Finnish term is more open for a wide range of interpretations and its usage is therefore somewhat more difficult. The connotat..