# Workflow Complexity

> The degree of intricacy of coordinating a multi-step distributed workflow.

Record: `lexicon:workflow-complexity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-workflow-complexity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Strong Immediate Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/strong-immediate-consistency.md) and before [All-Or-Nothing Failure](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/all-or-nothing-failure.md).

## Category

- [Event Messaging Async](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/event-messaging-async.md)

## In tension with

- [Saga Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/saga-pattern.md)
- [Saga Pattern / Workflow Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/saga-pattern-workflow-complexity.md)

## Linked from

- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)