# Complexity

> The degree of interdependence and intricacy that makes a system harder to reason about and change.

Record: `lexicon:complexity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Human Factors](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/human-factors.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-complexity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Maintainability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/maintainability.md) and before [Fault Isolation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fault-isolation.md).

## Category

- [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/quality-attributes.md)

## In tension with

- [Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/resilience.md)
- [Flyweight Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/flyweight-pattern.md)
- [Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/concurrency.md)
- [Defense in Depth](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/defense-in-depth.md)
- [Resilience / Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/complexity-resilience.md)
- [Flyweight Pattern / Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/complexity-flyweight-pattern.md)
- [Concurrency / Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/complexity-concurrency.md)
- [Defense in Depth / Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/complexity-defense-in-depth.md)

## Linked from

- [Error Handling / Resilience](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-error-handling-resilience.md)
- [Structural Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-structural-patterns.md)
- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)
- [Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-security-privacy-compliance-governance.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)