The switching cost

What it would cost to end the arrangement and go elsewhere.

The part

What it is

Migration, retraining, contractual exit charges, and the period of reduced capability during transition.

This number rising over time is the honest description of a relationship becoming less negotiable, and it should be watched deliberately.

The smallest level

The attributes it carries

Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.

Switching cost
What leaving would cost.
Money shared type
Transition time
How long the organisation would operate at reduced capability.
Duration shared type
Trend
Whether it is rising, which describes a relationship becoming less negotiable.
Choice shared type