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SYSE.33:3 - Forces

ForcePractical tension
Fidelity and costA task needs representative conditions, not an unnecessarily expensive copy of every production component.
Isolation and cooperationIndependent attempts avoid interference while some integration questions require controlled shared dependencies.
Reconstruction and stateReplaceable infrastructure can be recreated; persistent information needs a separate retention and restoration basis.
Automation and authorityA mechanism may know the desired state without permission or capacity to produce it.