Change Control in Systems Engineering: Preserving System Integrity
Change Control in Systems Engineering: Preserving System Integrity
Whitepaper Series – Applied Philosophy of Systems Engineering
Paper. Change Control: Maintaining Integrity Across Evolving System Boundaries
Most engineering failures are not caused by design—they are caused by change and the absence of effective change control.
Every modification—software update, interface adjustment, supplier revision—alters the system’s internal logic. When that change is not fully traced and re-verified, it breaks the chain of proof that connects intent to behavior.
In complex systems, change does not stay local.
It propagates across interfaces, across subsystems, and across organizations.
Without disciplined change control, systems do not fail randomly—they fail predictably, through the accumulation of unverified assumptions.
In this new whitepaper, I examine how change control must be treated not as a process step, but as a mechanism for preserving engineering truth across evolving system boundaries.
This paper is part of the Applied Philosophy of Systems Engineering whitepaper series supporting Book I: The V Model: A Commitment Map.
Read the paper:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/403655693_Change_Control_Maintaining_Integrity_Across_Evolving_System_Boundaries_WP-3
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