Revolutionary IT Change Management

prdgm shft s fndmntl chng n th bsc cncpts nd xprmntl prctcs f scntfc dscpln. t s cncpt n th phlsphy f scnc tht ws ntrdcd nd brght nt th cmmn lxcn by th mrcn physcst nd phlsphr Thms Khn. vn thgh Khn rstrctd th s f th trm t th ntrl scncs, th cncpt f prdgm shft hs ls bn sd n nmrs nn-scntfc cntxts t dscrb prfnd chng n fndmntl mdl r prcptn f vnts. Khn prsntd hs ntn f prdgm shft n hs nflntl bk Th Strctr f Scntfc Rvltns (1962). Khn cntrsts prdgm shfts, whch chrctrz Scntfc Rvltn, t th ctvty f nrml scnc, whch h dscrbs s scntfc wrk dn wthn prvlng frmwrk r prdgm. Prdgm shfts rs whn th dmnnt prdgm ndr whch nrml scnc prts s rndrd ncmptbl wth nw phnmn, fclttng th dptn f nw thry r prdgm. s n cmmnttr smmrzs: Khn cknwldgs hvng sd th trm "prdgm" n tw dffrnt mnngs. n th frst n, "prdgm" dsgnts wht th mmbrs f crtn scntfc cmmnty hv n cmmn, tht s t sy, th whl f tchnqs, ptnts nd vls shrd by th mmbrs f th cmmnty. n th scnd sns, th prdgm s sngl lmnt f whl, sy fr nstnc Nwtn's Prncp, whch, ctng s cmmn mdl r n xmpl... stnds fr th xplct rls nd ths dfns chrnt trdtn f nvstgtn. Ths th qstn s fr Khn t nvstgt by mns f th prdgm wht mks pssbl th cnstttn f wht h clls "nrml scnc". Tht s t sy, th scnc whch cn dcd f crtn prblm wll b cnsdrd scntfc r nt. Nrml scnc ds nt mn t ll scnc gdd by chrnt systm f rls, n th cntrry, th rls cn b drvd frm th prdgms, bt th prdgms cn gd th nvstgtn ls n th bsnc f rls. Ths s prcsly th scnd mnng f th trm "prdgm", whch Khn cnsdrd th mst nw nd prfnd, thgh t s n trth th ldst.