Rådighet

Rådighet is a Swedish word without a direct translation to English, like smorgasbord or ombudsman.

Rådighet is the ability to maintain control and act independently when the system is no longer there to help you.

If something is critical for our society, then we need rådighet.

This is what Platinum is about. Designing whole systems that continue to work even when dependencies fail, in energy, healthcare, or defense.

Normally, when we talk about maturity, it goes up to level five — where IT systems are designed to adapt within themselves.

Rådighet starts where those models stop.

It is about managing the situation when the system breaks. A maturity level where business continuity is part of the design of the entire system.Platinum.This is something we already have in industries like nuclear power and aviation, and what we need when designing society‑critical systems.

From Rock to Platinum, where do your systems fit?

Rock — no control, only visible blocks

Ore — beginning to structure for control

Bronze, Silver, Gold — classic levels of maturity

Platinum — rådighet

I live in Skåne, in the south of Sweden.We need electricity even when it is cloudy and there is no wind. We need electricity without dependencies on external factors we cannot control.

This is rådighet in practice.