They all influence each other to one extent or another.
And, the Cynefine Framework defines “complexity” a bit differently than the intuitive way it’s often used.
The simple domain is a single dimension. The complicated domain is a system of factors. I think when most people say “complex”, they are really talking about what Cynefine labels as “complicated”.
The Cynefine complex domain is not so easily solved or reduced. It has emergent behaviors. The act of measuring tends to perturb the system. No single solution will ever solve something in the Cynefine complex domain, because the complex system will shift behavior, making solutions that worked before start working against it.
Examples are ecosystems and economies. Software systems tend not to be complicated, not complex, until you start getting into distributed systems.
One of the key insights of Cynefine is understanding that each of the domains has its own way of solving things and that often times, people use solutions and methods from one domain to solve problems characterized by a different domain.
You don’t solve problems in the complicated domain with methods from the simple domain. And you don’t solve problems in the complex domain with methods that work for complicated domains.
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They all influence each other to one extent or another.
And, the Cynefine Framework defines “complexity” a bit differently than the intuitive way it’s often used.
The simple domain is a single dimension. The complicated domain is a system of factors. I think when most people say “complex”, they are really talking about what Cynefine labels as “complicated”.
The Cynefine complex domain is not so easily solved or reduced. It has emergent behaviors. The act of measuring tends to perturb the system. No single solution will ever solve something in the Cynefine complex domain, because the complex system will shift behavior, making solutions that worked before start working against it.
Examples are ecosystems and economies. Software systems tend not to be complicated, not complex, until you start getting into distributed systems.
One of the key insights of Cynefine is understanding that each of the domains has its own way of solving things and that often times, people use solutions and methods from one domain to solve problems characterized by a different domain.
You don’t solve problems in the complicated domain with methods from the simple domain. And you don’t solve problems in the complex domain with methods that work for complicated domains.