Root Definition (CATWOE) Description Template

The concept of Root Definition (CATWOE) comes from the Soft Systems Methodology in the reference : Systems thinking, systems practice. page 18

Name

Name of the system-of-interest

Customers

Beneficiaries or victims of the notional systems activity.

Actors

a person who carries out one or more activities within the system

Transformation

the primary conversion of inputs into outputs (core transformation process)

Weltanschauung

image or model of the world which makes this particular HAS a meaningful one to consider.

Owners

who could destroy or improve the system;

Environmental Constraints

constraints from the outside to which the system is subject.