What describes activity and how it is managed?
In my opinion the list of components which was made before is very wide and messy. Some components are too detailed, of course they are a part of 'activity' as a whole, but if we include those we have to include hundreds of others as 'activity' is very flexible term and defined different in different studies.
Therefore, I broke down the list to basics and devided it into subtopics. ( To prove that all the components written in Public Pad can be put under main components in my updated list you can find them under main components marked in red)
Core components (e.g. what describes an activity and how to manage activity):
Subject ( who does activity, who controles it, actors, participants etc. )
Motive, aim/ goal ( the reason, motivated effort )
Task ( a quantified/defined assigment with adefinite purpose. role, plan)
tools/symbols ( language, software, methodology, resource)
collaboration ( relations)
restrictions ( schedule, budget, norms and rules)
timeframe ( beginning and end of the task, schedule, time management)
control ( a process/task/activity is always controlled at some level. project manager)
location
Object, process (happening of the activity, outcome under development)
outcome, result ( the objective realization of what has been acomplished. feedback, effect)
This is just my idea of list, obviously as activity theory is more as a framework as theory and shows complexity of real life action the list could be never ending and very complex, but in my opinion it is better to have a easy to see trough, flexible list and idea of components that everybody can use and widen depending on specific case.
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