Overview

The title of this chapter reflects the broader scope of the future SE and model orientation. The composite MOSES map in Chapter 1 depicted a space called the collective actualization space. The structure and elements of this space are defined in Table 1.3 in Chapter 1. In MOSES and the expanded SE, two changes occur. First, model orientation unifies engineering and management into a common modeling approach. Second, the expansion to CS leads to reinterpretation of the complexion of engineering, management, and modeling from an orientation of definitive control and certainty to one of influence, shaping, and actualization in the context of acknowledged uncertainty and autonomous agents. Therefore, the term "collective actualization" in this book and this chapter is this reinterpreted form of engineering, management, modeling, and autonomy. The scope of actualization includes the full taxonomy of produced systems, both TS and CS, and enterprises, such as organizations and projects.

Because MOSES is positioned as a science of SE, as opposed to a method of SE, it does not address how to do SE, or even how to do model-oriented SE (MOSE). It is intended to be a foundation on which a variety of SE methods can be developed, including methods that are model oriented and methods that address complex and traditional systems. Nevertheless, this chapter on actualization processes is included in the book in an attempt to alleviate some of the difficulties caused by current SE processes, and to point to more natural processes and a more balanced...