What do we mean by “Systems”?
System (noun) – “a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole”
It’s a way of looking at the world – “Taking a Systems view”. Some of these views include:
- Systems Science – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociotechnical_system
- Systems Thinking – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_thinking
- Information Systems – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_system
- Socio-Technical Systems (STS) – looking at how People interact with Technology – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociotechnical_system
What Processes, Methods & Tools are used to analyze and design Systems?
These are some of the “maps” used to navigate the “territory” of complex systems
- Systems Engineering – https://www.incose.org/about-systems-engineering
- Control Systems – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_engineering
- System Dynamics – https://systemdynamics.org/what-is-system-dynamics/