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This term describes viewing a problem by examining all its interconnected parts rather than isolated components.
- Systems thinking
- Linear thinking
- Reductionism
- Siloed analysis
When you turn up your thermostat and the heater runs until the room reaches the set temperature, then shuts off, this is an example of this type of loop.
- Positive feedback loop
- Negative feedback loop
- Open loop
- Cascade loop
This common diagram uses arrows to show how different elements in a system influence and connect to each other.
- Causal loop diagram
- Pie chart
- Scatter plot
- Histogram
When a microphone gets too close to a speaker and creates a loud screech that keeps getting louder, this demonstrates this type of loop.
- Negative feedback loop
- Balanced loop
- Dampening loop
- Positive feedback loop
Everything that lies inside the defined scope of analysis when studying a system, as opposed to the external environment.
- External factors
- The environment
- System boundary
- Output zone
These are the resources, energy, or information that enter a system from the outside environment.
- Inputs
- Outputs
- Throughputs
- Byproducts
These are what a system produces or releases back into its environment after processing.
- Inputs
- Outputs
- Stocks
- Buffers
This describes a collection of parts that work together as a whole to achieve something none of the parts could accomplish alone.
- Random assembly
- Component set
- Parts list
- System
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