The Eiderdown Project

Francesco Virili ()
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Francesco Virili: Universita’ di Cassino

A chapter in Emerging Themes in Information Systems and Organization Studies, 2011, pp 3-10 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter tells the story of the “Eiderdown project”, a graphical twodimensional map exploring the evolution of Organization and Information Systems, that Marco promoted and distributed with a group of friends, evolving it from a playful sensemaking tool to a smart interdisciplinary means of connecting people and generating ideas. The first release of Eiderdown appeared as a gigantic white-background table, and was therefore named “Lenzuolo” (= bedsheet). After several additions, the bedsheet grew in content and size, earning the name of “Eiderdown” (= duvet, continental quilt). The story is structured in four sections: 1) the reasons and background of the project, the founding group and its first objectives; 2) the underlying structure and principles; 3) the evolution and the contributions collected over time; 4) the final outcome, its use and some paths for further evolution.

Keywords: Organization Theory; Organizational School; Organizational Concept; Information System Development; Founding Group (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2739-2_1

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