assess-system-boundary
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Define and challenge the system boundary: what actors, processes, externalities, timescales, and value assumptions are included or excluded.
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assess-system-boundary
Purpose
Define and challenge which actors, processes, externalities, timescales, and values are inside or outside a system boundary.
Input contract
required: [target_system, boundary_candidate]
optional: [actors, processes, externalities, time_horizon, value_assumptions]
constraints: [every inclusion and exclusion must be explicit]Procedure
- Inventory actors, processes, externalities, and timescales.
- Mark each item inside, outside, or contested under the candidate boundary.
- Generate boundary alternatives and compare consequences for the research question.
Output contract
produces: [system_boundary, inclusion_exclusion_register, boundary_alternatives, consequence_map]
delta_fields: [findings, assumption_updates, uncertainties, decisions]Quality gates
- Boundary is reproducible from the register; contested items and value assumptions remain visible.
Failure and counterexamples
Reject a boundary that hides material externalities or treats excluded stakeholders as irrelevant.
Provenance map
critical-systems-heuristics/boundary-critique: resolved.
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