# Coordination Complexity

> The degree of complexity in how objects must coordinate, which motivates a mediator.

Record: `lexicon:coordination-complexity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-coordination-complexity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Class Proliferation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/class-proliferation.md) and before [Element Stability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/element-stability.md).

## Category

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/behavioral-patterns.md)

## Required by

- [Mediator Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/mediator-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md)