Boundary (glossary)

System element which identifies and limits the characteristics/criteria to be taken into account in the system.

Source

None cited.

Discussion

In the context of System Concepts a boundary is:

"the set of elements that define the limit of the System of Interest (SoI)."

See System Concepts in Part 2 (formerly System Principles).

Checkland definition:

“a distinction made by an observer which marks the difference between an entity he takes to be a system and its environment” (1999, p. 312)

Source:

CHECKLAND, P. 1999. Systems Thinking, Systems Practice, New York, John Wiley & Sons.