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Soft systems methodology
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<p>Soft systems methodology (SSM) is an organised way of thinking applicable to problematic social situations and in the management of change by using action. It was developed in England by academics at the <a href="/facts/Lancaster_University/NTArvTko">Lancaster</a> Systems Department on the basis of a ten-year action research programme. </p>