Institutional change is treated as research
Governance and institutional structures are tested under external oversight rather than silently rewritten by the agents they govern.
Depends on: O3-M1
Epic O4
Federation and institutional evolution
Organisations exchange services and test governance changes while respecting human and public authority.
Purpose
A network can coordinate research, assurance, infrastructure and product delivery without pretending orchestration is a complete institution.
Current status
Research. This is a long-term programme, not a feature of the current factory.
Milestones
Evidence
Existing narrative and capability roadmap Google Doc
Read through an authorised Google Drive connector and restructured into site pages rather than copied wholesale. The source document link is not published.
Risks and open questions
Risks
- Institutional experiments can affect people outside the software project.
- Agents that rewrite their own rules can weaken accountability.
Open questions
- Which public-interest problems would justify this scale?
- What external oversight is required before institutional changes are tested?
Linked Wardley components
- Identity and authority
Next steps
- Keep this section labelled as research until earlier evidence exists.