Customer: the recipient of the outputs from the business system
Actor: the roles that perform the business system processes
Transformation: the core process that delivers the outputs to the customer
Weltanschauung: the underlying world-view for the transformation
Owner: the stakeholder with the overall authority for the business system
Environment: the rules and constraints surrounding the business system
Defined by Peter Checkland as a part of his Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), CATWOE Analysis is a simple technique which can be used for stimulating thinking regarding business problems and solutions.