Thinking

Functionally

How does it work?

How do we use it?

These questions form the heart of Thinking Functionally, a lightweight approach to thinking through hard problems. Form follows function. Understanding function teaches us how to form systems.

This approach came out of work in the user-centric identity community (IIW, RWOT) where we realized different people have different ways to think about identity. In fact, many people use the term “identity” to mean different things, often talking past each other.

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We believe that the differences in language cause apparent conflicts that can be resolved by focusing on the functionality of the topic at hand.

For identity, we asked “How does identity work?” and “How do we use identity?”, leading to defining Functional Identity as: how we recognize, remember, and respond to specific people and things, including ourselves.

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For privacy, we asked “How does privacy work?” and “How do we use privacy?”, leading to defining Functional Privacy as: alignment of expectations about how an individual is recognized, remembered, and responded to.

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This website is provided by Legendary Requirements, a boutique consulting firm focused on requirements engineering for decentralized systems.