Circular Technology; Technological Management of Technology

The use of computers, systems, and software is prevalent in many industries. The reliance on such electronic infrastructures should not be underestimated by managers or computer scientists. In order to provide the variety of services sold to customers a company must ensure that their systems provide such functionality in a time that is considered acceptable for customer service, and in the context of business faster than their competitors can. With the advent of component (and possibly distributed) systems this functionality is often created out of various compositions of base components. The provision of services through these systems then has to be managed and marketed from a “user” perspective, as well as internally in the form that the products and processes are understood by those who work with them daily. The provision of a visual management aid is the focus of this research. It utilises company data that already exists and then aims to display it in various forms to enable both an overview and detail where required to be visible at any one time. This already captured information can be integrated with system and software visualisations to provide a more complete large picture, and also at a lower level to offer a richer picture.