system that supports a system-of-interest during its life cycle stages

Note 1 to entry: Contributing systems do not participate in the functionality of the system of interest

EXAMPLE production system, support system, infrastructure and logistics, deployment system…

Note 2 to entry: Each contributing system has its own life cycle.

[SOURCE: adapted from ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2023 – added note 1 and example – note 2 incomplete]

Go to the French version: système contributeur

Related definitions: system-of-interest