{"slug":"select-business-system","name":"Select a Business System","family":"Operating System","version":"0.1.0","status":"draft","note":"draft reference — not a fitted standard","summary":"Choose a system from the work backward—using controlled requirements, evidence, economics, risk, and implementation fit.","purpose":"Select the smallest suitable technology and commercial arrangement that enables the approved workflow without creating avoidable lock-in, control failure, or implementation burden.","steps":[{"sequence":1,"name":"Frame the system decision","purpose":"Establish the decision, alternatives, authority, consequences, and evidence threshold before shopping."},{"sequence":2,"name":"Control requirements and scenarios","purpose":"Translate the operating mechanism into testable needs without prescribing a favored product."},{"sequence":3,"name":"Form the viable option set","purpose":"Create genuine competition among options that can plausibly fit the decision."},{"sequence":4,"name":"Test fit and collect evidence","purpose":"Replace feature claims and polished demonstrations with comparable evidence against real work."},{"sequence":5,"name":"Evaluate whole-life fit, economics, and risk","purpose":"Compare the complete operating choice rather than license price or feature count."},{"sequence":6,"name":"Decide and condition the choice","purpose":"Make an unambiguous client decision while preserving disagreement, conditions, and residual risk."},{"sequence":7,"name":"Authorize and hand off the system decision","purpose":"Turn the selection into a controlled implementation input and future review baseline."}],"connections":[{"direction":"upstream","processName":"Redesign Work and Workflow","processSlug":"redesign-work-and-workflow","trigger":"The approved design requires a new system or material replacement decision."},{"direction":"upstream","processName":"Operate and Improve a Process","processSlug":"operate-and-improve-process","trigger":"An approved improvement requires a consequential system choice."},{"direction":"downstream","processName":"Implement a Business System","processSlug":"implement-business-system","trigger":"Final terms and ownership satisfy the authorized decision conditions."}],"plannedConnections":[],"measures":[{"name":"Realized operating outcome","definition":"The chartered operating outcome reviewed against baseline and selection assumptions without attributing all change to the system alone.","cadence":"At planned post-implementation reviews"},{"name":"Essential-requirement evidence coverage","definition":"Essential requirements with an approved test and sufficient evidence divided by all essential requirements.","cadence":"At decision gate"},{"name":"Selection cycle time","definition":"Elapsed time from entry-gate approval to Authorized System Decision, segmented by stage and waiting cause.","cadence":"Per selection; reviewed quarterly"},{"name":"Implementation package adoption","definition":"Required implementation artifacts linked to the Authorized System Decision divided by all required artifacts.","cadence":"At implementation charter and design gates"},{"name":"Material late-requirement rate","definition":"Material requirements first identified after authorization divided by all material requirements, classified by cause.","cadence":"At implementation reviews"},{"name":"Data and dependency guardrail","definition":"Review of data access and portability, integration dependency, switching cost, renewal exposure, vendor health, support, and exit feasibility.","cadence":"At implementation acceptance and before renewal"}]}