"Shifting the Burden - Whose Monkey Is It? [1]" is a new installment in the developer.* Systems and Software series [2], exploring the connections between general systems thinking, cybernetics, and software development. Author Don Gray applies systems thinking principles--including "balancing loops," symptomatic vs. systemic solutions, and "shifting the burden"--to a recurring situation with one of his clients. If you have not read the article yet, you can read it here [3], and then you can return to this page to add a comment or question.