Method and system for understanding social organization in a design and development process

A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for constructing a socio-technical network representing design and development processes, comprising:

• establishing a network of inter-personal interactions comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing actors in design and development process;
• establishing an artifacts network comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing a plurality of heterogeneous artifact types;
• determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the network of inter-personal interactions;
• determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the artifacts network;
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• determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the network of inter-personal interactions and the nodes of the artifacts network.