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===Systems thinking===
[[Systems thinking]] is a theory that provides stakeholders with an "understanding [of] how the people, processes, and technology within an organization interact allow[ing] business analysts to understand the enterprise from a holistic point of view".<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.iiba.org/|title=BABOK: A guide to the business analysis body of knowledge (3rd Ed.)|last=|first=|publisher=International Institute of Business Analysis|year=2015|isbn=|___location=|pages=191|quote=|via=}}</ref> While traditional forms of analysis look at specific parts of a system, systems thinking looks at the "big picture," focusing on the interactions between parts including dependencies and synergistic relationships.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Aronson|first1=D.|title=Overview of Systems Thinking|url=http://www.thinking.net/|access-date=2016-12-07|archive-date=2007-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905005743/http://www.thinking.net/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
While there are many approaches and models of systems thinking,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Social Psychology of Organizations|author1=Daniel Katz|author2=Robert L. Kahn |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|edition=2nd|date=1978|isbn=978-0471023555}}</ref> provide an [[open system (systems theory)]] that analyzes a system by its (a) inputs, (b) throughputs or transformations, (c) outputs, (d) feedback, and (e) environment. This model has been adapted for use in analyzing each of the organizational teams as a system through their (a) inputs, (b) transformations, (c) outputs, (d) feedback loops, (e) goals, and (f) environment.
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