Systems Engineering – A Matter of Perspectives

This paper presents a “8 degrees of Systems Engineering” framework, encouraging readers to think beyond simply thinking of “nested” systems and consider the wider environment in its fullest sense. It draws upon the work of Meadows, Martin, Sillitto and Salado, amongst others, to create a simple framework with potentially far-reaching exploitation.The aim of the framework is to break out of traditional mindsets that seek to understand the wider system context by simply drawing a boundary around the contracted for system and treating everything as either inside or outside.