SYSE.18:1 - Problem Frame

For example, district drainage can depend on separately governed pump stations, gates, drainage networks, dispatch Systems, provider organizations, and public infrastructure. A product can likewise depend on independently evolving software, communication, payment, and energy Systems or regulatory organizations. Each constituent can remain useful elsewhere and change for reasons outside the integrating project.

Drawing a larger boundary does not create authority or interoperability. A model or interface description can carry claims. An agreement can institute a commitment. A meeting is Work. A governing body is a System whose participating Agents may make authorized decisions. For constituent Work, identify its performing Agent; for another Agent’s decision, identify that Agent’s authority.