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.