System: Financial Institution (e.g. Bank)

View: System Name and Class

Name:  Financial Institution (e.g. Bank)

Based on:  Human Activity System (HAS)

View: System Purpose

The Financial Instutions have the following purposes:

  • Provide a way to securely save and use money
  • A facility to borrow and invest money
  • A way to value services
  • A way to cover risks.(Insurance)
  • Saving and Loan Banks (Central bank, credit union, cooperative, etc)
    • providing savings, Loans, checking, credit cards.
  • Investment Banks (speculative, theme, etc).
    • Providing venture capital
    • Portfolios of investments with expected returns
    • New financial products (indexes, derivitatives, etc).
  • Stock and commodity markets
    • trading of securities (though in a financial market).
    • Forward contracts
    • Currency trading.
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View: System Properties

Systemic Measurable Variables

The emergent properties created or used through the interaction of the elements. This includes both desired and undesired.

Systemic Capabilities or Functions

  • Save and distribute money
  • Loan and borrow facilities
  • Insurance provision
  • Investments and priorities.

System States

The various defined states that the system-of-interestcan be in.

  • Architectural states
  • Transformational States
  • Operational States
View: System Stakeholders and Concerns

The stakeholders depend upon a specific type of financial system.

View: System Environment (Context)
  • The environment depends upon the specific type of financial system.
View: System Structure (Pattern of Organization)
  • The Banks
  • The Financial Institutions
  • Stock Exchanges
View: System Behavior (Structural Changes)

Configuration / Scenario:

Describes any configuration / scenario attributes for a specific system-of-interest. This may not be appropriate for all system descriptions (e.g. patterns or abstract systems).

Cyclical (Repeating / Regular) Processes

Routine operational processes to maintain the system

Provides support to deliver the capabilities or functions of the system.

Development Life Cycle Processes

How this system is created, developed, used and released.

Describes the processes for major developmental changes.

References

The following references support this type of system-of-interest.