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Who does it, and where meaning changes
Japan runs on two frequencies. A utility has two kinds of customer. Roles, actors, and a translation at the edge.
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Today, and where it's going: systems on the map, a target, and the path between
An imagined morning in 2045: a street trading power from its batteries, a crew sent before a fault. Then today's 140 systems, finally placed under the capabilities they serve: three for one job, one capability with only a spreadsheet, and one system that serves nothing. Today, the target and the path are three drawings.
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Watch the film
Press Play, or pick a chapter. Turn on Pause and think to stop for one question at the end of chapters.
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Where next?
You've seen today, the target and the path. More films in the series are on the way.
Think it through
The three Pause and think questions, for a class or a team. Open one to see the answer.
Take it apart, then make the call
This film's labs, and its situations, among the series' 12 labs and 26 situations. Your progress stays in this browser.
Take it apart: Place the systems →Take it apart: Redraw it in ArchiMate 4Make the call: 2 situationsEvery lab
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Now the questions appear
Kerala's fishermen, 1997. Forty-two requests, the skipper's test. Goals traced down to the measures that check them.