Uncertainty Principle for Systems
 In Physics, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle states that measurement of a particle's position forces us to sacrifice knowledge of its momentum, and vica versa. It's impossible to accurately know both position and momentum. There is a parallel Uncertainty Principle for Systems. It is impossible to know both the changes a new system will bring and the functions the system needs to perform.
 In Physics, the act of measuring momentum changes position (and vica versa), and there is nothing that we can do about it. In Systems, the act of changing the system will change the organization (and vica versa), and there is nothing we can do about it. All we can do is to recognize that the process involves a degree of an intrinsic uncertainty, and plan accordingly.
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