{"id":180,"date":"2026-04-12T22:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/?p=180"},"modified":"2026-04-14T08:37:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:37:46","slug":"models-grounded-in-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/models-grounded-in-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Models Grounded in Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"180\" class=\"elementor elementor-180\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a8c1e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a8c1e5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8e71e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d8e71e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d37506a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d37506a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Models Grounded in Reality<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eccdc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0eccdc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Common Approach Beyond the Business\/IT Divide<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a3703c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a3703c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c7f22e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c7f22e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this article I want to share a simple, practical approach to describing parts of an organization \u2014 one that deliberately ignores the common division between business and IT, because that separation holds us back.<\/p><p>The guiding principle is that models should represent real things.\u00a0 A building blueprint works because it describes something concrete: an actual building, with actual dimensions, that will be built by actual people. A subway map works because, however simplified, every line and station corresponds to something you can physically travel to. The moment a model loses that connection to reality it stops being useful.<\/p><p>The same principle applies here. Every element in this approach represents something that either exists or is explicitly intended to exist \u2014 a team you can name, a system you can access, a person who is accountable. Abstract concepts have their place, but their connection to what is real must always be evident.<\/p><p>No prior knowledge about modeling is required. If you can make sense of real estate blueprints, that show the layout of rooms, then you can make sense of the illustrations in this writeup. If not, please contact me to let me know what I am not explaining well enough.<\/p><p>To make this concrete, we follow <em>The Enterprise<\/em> through a real change: a decision to improve employee morale that leads to a new system and a new team. We start with what the enterprise looks like before anything changes, then introduce the new system and the organizational unit built around it.\u00a0 From there we drill into the system&#8217;s composition and zoom out to show how that unit fits into the broader organizational landscape.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f378d59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f378d59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Enterprise<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51043ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51043ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe following picture represents The Enterprise as being made up of teams (<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 1.5em; width: auto; vertical-align: top; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Icon-Team.png\" \/>) and systems (<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 1.5em; width: auto; vertical-align: top; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Icon-System.png\" \/>). The notation used is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.primaryscape.com\/\">PrimaryScape<\/a>, where blue shapes represent structures, green shapes represent information, and yellow shapes represent behavior\/functionality.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7866559 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7866559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1056b65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1056b65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/005-The-Enterprise-with-Teams-and-Systems.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTkyLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvMDA1LVRoZS1FbnRlcnByaXNlLXdpdGgtVGVhbXMtYW5kLVN5c3RlbXMucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/005-The-Enterprise-with-Teams-and-Systems-300x194.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-192\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/005-The-Enterprise-with-Teams-and-Systems-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/005-The-Enterprise-with-Teams-and-Systems-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/005-The-Enterprise-with-Teams-and-Systems.png 972w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Teams and Systems making up The Enterprise<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dacf7b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dacf7b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For more information about the above representation, please take a look at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/simple-enterprise-representation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reasoning Behind a Simple Enterprise Representation<\/a> writeup.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c050a7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c050a7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Goal<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b589f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b589f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>The Enterprise<\/em> has set a goal to improve employee morale. A well-known international management consulting firm is hired for consulting advice and guidance. After significant research and extensive use of their experience, working with lots of other enterprises for decades, the consulting company determines that people with an active interest in their pets have 20% better morale. The recommendation to <em>The Enterprise<\/em> is to support their employees&#8217; interest in their pets.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-983e8cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"983e8cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Plan<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98b7ec1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98b7ec1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the market leaders in pet-based employee engagement is Catnip Enterprises. Catnip Enterprises are the creators of the <strong>Curious Cat Collaborative Content Creation and Commenting Bulletin Board<\/strong> (<strong>C6BB<\/strong>) software product. The <strong>C6BB<\/strong> software product can be installed as an IT system in a customer\u2019s data center. Catnip Enterprises has plans on offering their solution as a cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) in the unforeseen future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be35f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8be35f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/100-Catnip-Enterprises.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjUxLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvMTAwLUNhdG5pcC1FbnRlcnByaXNlcy5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/100-Catnip-Enterprises.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-251\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/100-Catnip-Enterprises.png 468w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/100-Catnip-Enterprises-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Catnip Enterprises develops the C6BB software product.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c94394d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c94394d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>The Enterprise<\/em> decides to buy and implement the <strong>C6BB<\/strong> software product sold by Catnip Enterprises. The objective of implementing the <strong>C6BB system<\/strong> is to achieve a 20% improvement in employee morale.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb6a4ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb6a4ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/101-Implement-C6BB-system.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjUyLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvMTAxLUltcGxlbWVudC1DNkJCLXN5c3RlbS5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/101-Implement-C6BB-system-rlylwwaxhrrcha2ckij05j8z434830zfu87uiyt5q8.png\" title=\"101-Implement-C6BB-system\" alt=\"101-Implement-C6BB-system\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Enterprise implements the C6BB software product as an IT system.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cc70af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cc70af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>C6BB system<\/strong> needs to be up and running all the time because <em>The Enterprise<\/em> has employees working across all time zones of the globe.<\/p><p>To handle the <strong>C6BB system<\/strong>, <em>The Enterprise<\/em> is setting up a new operational unit called the <strong>C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/strong>\u00a0(or <strong>C6BB OpBit<\/strong>). The <strong>C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/strong> will run and operate the <strong>C6BB system<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The <strong>C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/strong> (<strong>OpBit<\/strong>) consists of:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-521bd2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"521bd2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>the C6BB system<\/li><li>a leader<\/li><li>a leadership team to do strategic planning for the C6BB OpBit<\/li><li>an operational team to run the C6BB system<\/li><li>a user support team that helps the users of the C6BB system with any questions<\/li><li>a Customer Portal where information can be provided to the users<\/li><li>a collaboration space where knowledge is captured<\/li><li>a content management space where internal documents are kept<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aae9cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8aae9cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/200-C6BB-Operational-Unit.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjY0LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvMjAwLUM2QkItT3BlcmF0aW9uYWwtVW5pdC5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/200-C6BB-Operational-Unit-rlymlq7g17r16fzwkqx7iroc1iqaf6k694mlx3ztji.png\" title=\"200-C6BB-Operational-Unit\" alt=\"200-C6BB-Operational-Unit\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Representation of the C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71fda5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71fda5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Note that every blue shape represents a structural thing that exists, or will exist if we are representing a future intended state. A leader is a person that is identifiable. A team is identifiable by its manager and its members, even if it is not common practice to uniquely identify teams within enterprises. Systems can be shown to exist because people, or other systems, can access the system. If a system is down then there are consequences. Content and collaboration spaces, such a SharePoint sites\/libraries\/folders or Confluence spaces, exists and access to them can be controlled. The point is that this diagram just represents things that exist. Even the <strong>C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/strong> exists and is defined by the parts that make it up.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b5975c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b5975c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We can now show <em>The Enterprise<\/em> before and after setting up the intended C6BB solution.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68fa29e e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"68fa29e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29a2323 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29a2323\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>After C6BB<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c587fce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c587fce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Before C6BB<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fd72a5 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3fd72a5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c475fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c475fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/020-The-Enterprise-Before-C6BB.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjczLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvMDIwLVRoZS1FbnRlcnByaXNlLUJlZm9yZS1DNkJCLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/020-The-Enterprise-Before-C6BB-1024x736.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-273\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/020-The-Enterprise-Before-C6BB-1024x736.png 1024w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/020-The-Enterprise-Before-C6BB-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/020-The-Enterprise-Before-C6BB-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/020-The-Enterprise-Before-C6BB.png 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57eb320 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57eb320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/021-The-Enterprise-After-C6BB.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc0LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvMDIxLVRoZS1FbnRlcnByaXNlLUFmdGVyLUM2QkIucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/021-The-Enterprise-After-C6BB-1024x705.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-274\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/021-The-Enterprise-After-C6BB-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/021-The-Enterprise-After-C6BB-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/021-The-Enterprise-After-C6BB-768x529.png 768w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/021-The-Enterprise-After-C6BB-1536x1058.png 1536w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/021-The-Enterprise-After-C6BB.png 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2aec1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2aec1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Context<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8434244 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8434244\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In order to run the <strong>C6BB System<\/strong>, the <strong>C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/strong> must buy compute, storage, application, and data center resources from other organizational units within the enterprise.\u00a0 These other organizational units are providers of, in this case, technical services. Each relationship between <strong>C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/strong> and the other organizational business units should be managed by an agreement, where the division of responsibilities and service levels are agreed on.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e8d4df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e8d4df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7cb448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7cb448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The technical service providers are still operational <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">business<\/span> units. It is their business to provide technical services. The separation of business and IT is an outdated and inefficient way of thinking. Over the last 50 years information technology has to varying degrees become part of every business unit of the enterprise.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-510449e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"510449e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let\u2019s clarify the relationship between the <strong>C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/strong> and the other organizational business units, by going into a little more detail with the <strong>C6BB system<\/strong>. At the highest level of abstraction we have represented the <strong>C6BB system<\/strong> as a single structure with behavior and information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b464d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b464d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/400-C6BB-System-HL.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc4LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNDAwLUM2QkItU3lzdGVtLUhMLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/400-C6BB-System-HL.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-278\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The highest level representation of the C6BB system<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad6e900 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad6e900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <b>C6BB system<\/b>\u00a0is made up of several components. In this case we will assume a simple traditional approach using two virtual machines to run application and storage components.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4940aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f4940aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/401a-C6BB-System-Component-Top-Down.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkxLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNDAxYS1DNkJCLVN5c3RlbS1Db21wb25lbnQtVG9wLURvd24ucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/401a-C6BB-System-Component-Top-Down-rlzev1x11a8c301qzqfza3ami9tj77eyuyj7elo3ym.png\" title=\"401a-C6BB-System-Component-Top-Down\" alt=\"401a-C6BB-System-Component-Top-Down\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Top Down Component View of the C6BB System.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c3a955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c3a955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Nginx runs the web server and proxy virtual server. Apache Tomcat runs the application where logic has been implemented. MinIO runs an object store bucket where the pictures will be stored. PostgreSQL runs the database where meta data and other application data is stored.<\/span><\/p><p>The above picture, which one can think of as a top-down view, can also be represented as a sideways view.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdda01e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fdda01e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/402a-C6BB-System-Component-Sideways.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkyLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNDAyYS1DNkJCLVN5c3RlbS1Db21wb25lbnQtU2lkZXdheXMucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/402a-C6BB-System-Component-Sideways-rlzexuht6c7tbe7tsp74kcfh1qoy5md1u8z5xvgbwe.png\" title=\"402a-C6BB-System-Component-Sideways\" alt=\"402a-C6BB-System-Component-Sideways\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Sideways Component View of the C6BB System.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f93e78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f93e78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">All of these components have been created and configured only to make up the <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB system<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">. The <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB system<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0exists as a thing only because there is an agreement and understanding that these components running together makes up a system. The parts by themselves do not make sense or serve any purpose, but together they do. We can say that the <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB system<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0is <\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">composed <\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">of several parts, which can be visualized using a composition relationship (<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 0.8em; width: auto; vertical-align: auto; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Icon-Composition2.png\" \/>) or by showing the parts within the <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB system<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0rectangle.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20c4427 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20c4427\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e047956 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e047956\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Sideways View<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00215f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00215f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Top Down View<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd05254 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cd05254\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2deecf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2deecf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/402b-C6BB-System-Component-Sideways.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MjkzLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNDAyYi1DNkJCLVN5c3RlbS1Db21wb25lbnQtU2lkZXdheXMucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/402b-C6BB-System-Component-Sideways-rlzf4i6nl3bxjyjnx2szq5y0izvjofslr7bzbfkymm.png\" title=\"402b-C6BB-System-Component-Sideways\" alt=\"402b-C6BB-System-Component-Sideways\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aa9a9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3aa9a9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/401b-C6BB-System-Component-Top-Down.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjk0LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNDAxYi1DNkJCLVN5c3RlbS1Db21wb25lbnQtVG9wLURvd24ucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/401b-C6BB-System-Component-Top-Down-273x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-294\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/401b-C6BB-System-Component-Top-Down-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/401b-C6BB-System-Component-Top-Down.png 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6f7535 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6f7535\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The virtual machines do not exist independently. If we continue the sideways view further down we will see that the virtual machines are running on a virtualization platform system. This virtualization platform system is composed of multiple physical servers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4475fbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4475fbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/404-C6BB-System-Component-Sideways-to-Physical.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjk4LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNDA0LUM2QkItU3lzdGVtLUNvbXBvbmVudC1TaWRld2F5cy10by1QaHlzaWNhbC5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/404-C6BB-System-Component-Sideways-to-Physical-rlzfita7max2a9rgd9gjojym25couklie0u2b2d9fa.png\" title=\"404-C6BB-System-Component-Sideways-to-Physical\" alt=\"404-C6BB-System-Component-Sideways-to-Physical\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The sideways view showing the virtualization platform system.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38da0a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38da0a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Going all the way down to the Virtualization Platform system is relevant because it identifies the dependency the <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB System\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">has with a different system. In turn the <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0requires a relationship and agreement with the operational business unit that runs the Virtualization Platform. In the diagram below this operational business unit is identified as the <\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">VM Service Provider<\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02fde5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02fde5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/201-OU-Dependency.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjk5LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvMjAxLU9VLURlcGVuZGVuY3kucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/201-OU-Dependency-rlzflh5qzekb6hw6tewhqvrmng84np64r7dl9af1ts.png\" title=\"201-OU-Dependency\" alt=\"201-OU-Dependency\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The dependencies between the C6BB OpBit and the VM Service Provider.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d595b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d595b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9adf492 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9adf492\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The name VM Service Provider works in the context of this story, but it is a really poor choice of a name. Service provider is a role one party has towards another. The VM Service Provider gets its hardware from a HW Service Provider, who in turn gets its space from a Facility Service Provider. The VM Service Provider is a service consumer relative to the HW Service Provider. It gets really confusing because service provider and service consumer are roles a party takes on relative to other parties. Instead use real names for operational business units, or any kind of a party, instead of names based on a contextual role.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1355c43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1355c43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">We can build on the dependencies the <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0has to other operational business units. The application and database components require technical operational support which can be provided by other service providers within <\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">The Enterprise<\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ae3c32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ae3c32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/202-OU-Dependencies.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzAwLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvMjAyLU9VLURlcGVuZGVuY2llcy5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/202-OU-Dependencies-1024x467.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/202-OU-Dependencies-1024x467.png 1024w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/202-OU-Dependencies-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/202-OU-Dependencies-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/202-OU-Dependencies-1536x701.png 1536w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/202-OU-Dependencies-2048x934.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The detailed dependency view.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db14e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6db14e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Now that we understand what is going on at this detailed level, we can simplify the picture.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d915817 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d915817\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63c81bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63c81bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Simpler Perspective<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7f758 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e7f758\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Even Simpler Perspective<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-453e959 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"453e959\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d83b162 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d83b162\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/203-OU-Dependencies-1024x704.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-301\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/203-OU-Dependencies-1024x704.png 1024w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/203-OU-Dependencies-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/203-OU-Dependencies-768x528.png 768w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/203-OU-Dependencies.png 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4556831 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4556831\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/204-OU-Dependencies.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-302\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/204-OU-Dependencies.png 1008w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/204-OU-Dependencies-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/204-OU-Dependencies-768x494.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a3754b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a3754b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Business Context<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4235580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4235580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">So far we have addressed the structural dependencies of the <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB system<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">. The structural dependencies are what is needed to run and operate the structural components of the <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB system<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2092166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2092166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/405-C6BB-Structural-Components.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzAzLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNDA1LUM2QkItU3RydWN0dXJhbC1Db21wb25lbnRzLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/405-C6BB-Structural-Components-rlzgm13srglqokspd7q6pnoyaw1zzyacg4pd4o7unm.png\" title=\"405-C6BB-Structural-Components\" alt=\"405-C6BB-Structural-Components\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The structural components are highlighted.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5813641 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5813641\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The <\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">VM Service Provider<\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0runs the virtual machines. The <\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">App Operations<\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0and <\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">DB Operations Service Providers<\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0take care of the application and database components respectively.<\/span><\/p><p>Now let\u2019s focus on the behavior and information of the <b>C6BB system<\/b>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ec32f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ec32f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/406-C6BB-Behavior-and-Information.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzA0LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNDA2LUM2QkItQmVoYXZpb3ItYW5kLUluZm9ybWF0aW9uLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/406-C6BB-Behavior-and-Information-rlzgol7zd83uad2wfbjmi0g4infyyag1gsmy5sf9pu.png\" title=\"406-C6BB-Behavior-and-Information\" alt=\"406-C6BB-Behavior-and-Information\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The behavior and information of the C6BB system are highlighted.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c9a997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c9a997\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">But let\u2019s switch to a more logical representation of the behavior and information of the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">C6BB system<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afa90ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afa90ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/407-C6BB-Logical-Behaviro-and-Information.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzA1LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNDA3LUM2QkItTG9naWNhbC1CZWhhdmlyby1hbmQtSW5mb3JtYXRpb24ucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/407-C6BB-Logical-Behaviro-and-Information-rlzgrm97k83az0gcmdea5sf2g3veodm3mbo9n808a2.png\" title=\"407-C6BB-Logical-Behaviro-and-Information\" alt=\"407-C6BB-Logical-Behaviro-and-Information\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c801bd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c801bd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">Who or what triggers functionality\/behavior to occur in the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">C6BB system<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">? Where does information come from, and where is information sent to? For example, where does the [<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; color: #008000;\"><b>Some Employee Data<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">] come from?<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">The following logical system context diagram can help us understand.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe8f2f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fe8f2f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/409-Logical-System-Context-Annotated-1024x321.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-309\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/409-Logical-System-Context-Annotated-1024x321.png 1024w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/409-Logical-System-Context-Annotated-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/409-Logical-System-Context-Annotated-768x241.png 768w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/409-Logical-System-Context-Annotated-1536x482.png 1536w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/409-Logical-System-Context-Annotated.png 1548w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-520a39a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"520a39a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">[<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Some Employee Data<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">]<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0comes via an integration (1) from the HR Management System (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">HRMS<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">). Employees are (2) using the functionality (<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 0.8em; width: auto; vertical-align: auto; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Icon-Functional-Access2.png\" \/>) built into the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">C6BB system<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">The (a)(b)(c) data access arrows shows how information is either read by or written by the functionality. Bi-directional arrows means read and write.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">The stronger emphasis of some of the information shapes (<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 1.5em; width: auto; vertical-align: top; display: inline;\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Icon-Information.png\" \/>) is meant to show system of record information. This is where the information is created and is the only place where it should be updated in order to avoid data integrity problems. This is a useful extension or variation to the PrimaryScape modeling notation.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">HRADAR<\/span>\u00a0stands for\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">HR Analytics Data Analysis Reporting<\/span>\u00a0(anything for a mnemonic acronym). The\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">HRADAR<\/span>\u00a0system receives information from multiple sources (3), such as\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">HRMS<\/span>\u00a0and the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">C6BB system<\/span>. Those with a keen eye will notice that [<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Employee Survey Results<\/strong><\/span>] does not have any origin in this picture. Presumably that information came from some survey system, but its origin is not relevant in this representation. The [<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Employee Morale Analytics<\/strong><\/span>] functionality in the picture also does not have any explanation for what triggers it. This can be explained in text or one could introduce a different picture with different information which focuses on the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">HRADAR<\/span>\u00a0system. Possible explanations could be that the functionality is manually triggered by a user logging into the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">HRADAR<\/span>\u00a0system, or that it is an automatically scheduled job that runs every week or every month.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Systems are systems and cannot run in a vacuum. We have shown that the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">C6BB System<\/span>\u00a0is running in the context of an Operational Business Unit we call the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">C6BB OpBit<\/span>. The\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">HRMS<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">HRADAR system<\/span>\u00a0exists in their own operational context, and context matters. Below are two different options, A and B.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d32e2a e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d32e2a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c562cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c562cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Option A with Systems<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea4a945 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea4a945\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Option B with Systems<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d0adac e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d0adac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae91db3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae91db3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/210-Option-A-OUsSystems-Context.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzEwLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvMjEwLU9wdGlvbi1BLU9Vc1N5c3RlbXMtQ29udGV4dC5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/210-Option-A-OUsSystems-Context-rlzh40qivtxecsv758uz1vn65opk2hzfcw6rpqungs.png\" title=\"210-Option-A-OUsSystems-Context\" alt=\"210-Option-A-OUsSystems-Context\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a2d930 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a2d930\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/211-Option-B-OUsSystems-Context.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzExLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvMjExLU9wdGlvbi1CLU9Vc1N5c3RlbXMtQ29udGV4dC5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/211-Option-B-OUsSystems-Context-rlzh4b2q8p217nyif60n5x88atu4zndr3bwpiq1z0e.png\" title=\"211-Option-B-OUsSystems-Context\" alt=\"211-Option-B-OUsSystems-Context\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9ad428 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9ad428\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">Option A<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0describes an organizational setup where the HRADAR system and the HRMS system is operationally handled by two separate operational business units.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Option B<\/span>\u00a0describes an organizational setup where both the HRADAR system and the HRMS system is operationally handled by the same operational business unit.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Option A and Option B are both viable approaches and different enterprises could handle two such systems in different ways. There is no right or wrong approach. Background and maturity of the people and organization involved plays a significant role in why an enterprise currently is set up one way or the other.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">When building the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">C6BB System<\/span>\u00a0and establishing the new\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Operational Business Unit<\/span>\u00a0then it makes a difference if one has to integrate with two independent operational business units, each running their own system, or one operational business unit running both systems. From a technical perspective it is the same systems integration work, but operationally agreements and ways of working have to be set up differently.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">For the sake of this story,\u00a0<i>The Enterprise<\/i>\u00a0was running the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">HRMS<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">HRADAR<\/span>\u00a0systems in their own operational business units (option A). We can now show how the\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/span>\u00a0is dependent on other operational business units.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53d8cae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53d8cae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/220-C6BB-OpBit-system-related-dependencies.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzE4LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvMjIwLUM2QkItT3BCaXQtc3lzdGVtLXJlbGF0ZWQtZGVwZW5kZW5jaWVzLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/220-C6BB-OpBit-system-related-dependencies-1024x586.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-318\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/220-C6BB-OpBit-system-related-dependencies-1024x586.png 1024w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/220-C6BB-OpBit-system-related-dependencies-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/220-C6BB-OpBit-system-related-dependencies-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/220-C6BB-OpBit-system-related-dependencies-1536x880.png 1536w, https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/220-C6BB-OpBit-system-related-dependencies.png 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">System related dependencies between the C6BB Operational Business Unit and other operational business units.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cab13b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cab13b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">This view does not show all of dependencies that the <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0has to other operational business units. It only shows those dependencies that exists because of the <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB System<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">. The <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB System<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0is the most important part of the <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0for it to achieve its purpose, which is to enable employees to engage with each other around their shared interest in cats. Remove this system and the <\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit;\">C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/b><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0cannot accomplish its main purpose.<\/span><\/p><p>There are three operational business units, in the above representation, that have not been explicitly named and are instead identified by the type of service provider they are. In a real scenario, not a story about <i>The Enterprise<\/i>, these operational business units should be identified by their actual names. This is a key point to keep in mind when creating reality based models. One should, whenever it is possible, identify and reference real operation business units, organizational units, information systems, teams, or any other things that exist within the enterprise.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36e4c23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36e4c23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Common Frame of Reference<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed43863 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed43863\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The operational business unit concept gives us an approach to use a common frame of reference. In order for the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0to function effectively it uses other resources, such as document management, collaboration platforms, and email systems.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2f4489 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d2f4489\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/221-C6BB-OpBit-secondary-dependencies.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzE5LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvYW5kcmVhcy5hbXVuZGluLmNvbVwvb24tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvMjIxLUM2QkItT3BCaXQtc2Vjb25kYXJ5LWRlcGVuZGVuY2llcy5wbmcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/andreas.amundin.com\/on-architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/221-C6BB-OpBit-secondary-dependencies-rlzia5u3ywx3ejgb8pfzpzfid9obew06dr4lcx288q.png\" title=\"221-C6BB-OpBit-secondary-dependencies\" alt=\"221-C6BB-OpBit-secondary-dependencies\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Secondary dependencies between the C6BB Operational Business Unit and other operational business units.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c2248c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c2248c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">In the image above other operational business unit dependencies are shown. Even this representation does not complete the list of all dependencies for the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">C6BB Operational Business Unit<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">. Common ones like the email system, personal computer delivery and support, finance, or HR process support are not included. If an operational business unit wants to create visualizations of all its dependencies and they think it is helpful in running their operational business unit as efficiently as possible, then they can invest in creating and maintaining such models. An alternative could just be maintaining a simple list in an internal wiki page, just to keep track of what other operational business units they work with. A model representing their reality does not have to be a visual diagram.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ae0181 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ae0181\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Conclusion<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98dd14e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98dd14e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">We have now gone through the approach I wanted to show you, using a fictitious though tangible example. Teams and systems are not new concepts, even if Teams does not seem to be a primary concept usually tracked.<\/span><\/p><p>The new and important takeaway is the concept of an operational business unit. An operational business unit is the smallest grouping of parts, such as teams and systems, that together has a purpose. The concept of an operational business unit recognizes that neither systems nor teams run by themselves.<\/p><p>I am deliberate in calling it an operational business unit. Operational, because it should be clear what it does and what it operates. Business, because if you are part of an enterprise then you are doing business. From your perspective as an operational business unit you provide and consume products and services from and to other operational business units.<\/p><p>This is a generic approach that holds true no matter what kind of an enterprise we are talking about. It is also an approach that does not depend on everyone buying into it. You can use this approach just for yourself, to make sense of your operational context and run your operational business unit efficiently.<\/p><p>One significant challenge I predict is that using the operational business unit approach challenges the traditional IT vs Business mentality that still is prevalent in many organizations. We have outgrown that old division and it is holding us back.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c324ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c324ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Cliff Hanger<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06801fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06801fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><i>The Enterprise<\/i>\u00a0failed in its goal of improving employee morale by 20%. 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