1. A method for constructing a socio-technical network representing design and development processes, comprising: establishing a network of inter-personal interactions comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing actors in design and development process; establishing an artifacts network comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing a plurality of heterogeneous artifact types; determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the network of inter-personal interactions; determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the artifacts network; and determining one or more relationships between the nodes of the network of inter-personal interactions and the nodes of the artifacts network.