driftäkthet
Driftäkthet is a concept used in systems engineering, organizational management, and data governance to describe the degree to which a system's current behavior remains aligned with its original design intent under conditions of gradual drift. It captures how much the operational reality has diverged from the intended state due to changes in processes, inputs, or environments.
Etymology: The term combines drift, meaning gradual change in a system's behavior, with äkthet, meaning authenticity
Definition and scope: Driftäkthet is not a fixed property of a system, but a dynamic metric that
Measurement: It can be quantified by comparing current operational profiles with a baseline archetype, using similarity
Applications: In manufacturing, software, and policy governance, driftäkthet informs interventions such as SOP updates, model retraining,
Challenges and criticisms: The concept is abstract and relies on a well-defined baseline. Critics note that
See also: drift, process drift, authenticity, governance, concept drift.