Eclectica Systems Ltd is a small consultancy that applies systems-thinking and systems engineering skills to many sectors. This is based on over 20 years cutting our teeth in defence but we've applied these skills to aerospace, rail, nuclear, electrical power generation & transmission, government, space and to companies ranging from start-up to multinationals.
This is a sign of a lack of systems-thinking up front ...
With the proper support you can proactively anticipate the avoid or reduce these. Simply ignoring and hoping they don't occur is expensive in the long term. Accepting the 'law of unintended consequences' as inevitable isn't right ...
You need to think about the whole life of the product or entity and the responsibilities ...
Who is the person or the organisation that picks up the pieces when the product / organisation doesn't work or produces something not expected? Are you hoping the customer or regulator does this?