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Wicked problem

In planning and policy, a wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize. It refers to an idea or problem that cannot be fixed, where there is no single solution to the problem; "wicked" does not indicate evil, but rather resistance…

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Wicked problem

Nodes68
Edges67
Triples44
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029412
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Wicked problem

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related to Characteristics · 7
Wicked problem → Every, Rittel, Solutions, The, There, Webber's, Wicked
related to Strategies to tackle wicked problems · 7
Wicked problem → Broader, Governments, In, Nancy Roberts, The, Ultimately, Wicked
related to Super wicked problems · 7
Wicked problem → Benjamin Cashore, Graeme Auld, In, Kelly Levin, Policy Sciences, Steven Bernstein, There
related to External links · 6
Wicked problem → Institute, Media InstituteSwedish Morphological Society, Morphological Analysis, Structuring Social Messes, The Wicked7 Project, Wicked Problems
related to Wicked problems in software development · 6
Wicked problem → DeGrace, In, Rittel's, Stahl, The, Web
related to Examples · 5
Wicked problem → AIDS, Classic, In, Therefore, These
related to background · 4
Wicked problem → In, Rittel, Thus, Webber
is a · 2
Wicked problem → problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, time-consuming process

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Wicked problemis aproblem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete0.90text
Wicked problemis atime-consuming process0.90text
Wicked problemrelated to backgroundRittel0.60section
Wicked problemrelated to backgroundWebber0.60section
Wicked problemrelated to backgroundIn0.60section
Wicked problemrelated to backgroundThus0.60section
Wicked problemrelated to CharacteristicsRittel0.60section
Wicked problemrelated to CharacteristicsWebber's0.60section
Wicked problemrelated to CharacteristicsThere0.60section
Wicked problemrelated to CharacteristicsWicked0.60section
Wicked problemrelated to CharacteristicsSolutions0.60section
Wicked problemrelated to CharacteristicsEvery0.60section

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