Description: Organisations are loosely coupled with other organisations. Additional information: Loosely coupled organisations are able to function with minimal dependency on other organisations. This enables faster implementation and change of digital public services. Any public organisation should avoid the entanglement of inter-organisational processes for performing activities, that spread over multiple organisations. The application for a visa, for instance, should be performed in a single transaction, from an applicant's perspective. Whether the process comprises multiple interactions between public institutions (like Frontex, Embassy, Interpol) or not, should be transparent to the applicant. Inter-organisational interfaces in this case should not duplicate the processes, using the same data and leading to the same outcome. Each organisation serves a unique part of the application process. Social systems conducting experiments provides a comprehensive summary on the theory and practice of the application of systems theory in organisations Publisher: ELAP Source: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-14316-8 LOST view: OV-Governance Architecture Principles Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/2sa/elap/loosely-coupled-integration EIRA traceability: eira:EuropeanLibraryofArchitecturePrinciplesPrinciple EIRA concept: eira:SolutionBuildingBlock Last modification: 2023-06-27 dct:identifier: elap:loosely-coupled-integration dct:title: Loosely coupled integration