Essential Complexity
- Inherent to the problem domain being solved
- Cannot be removed—if users want 30 features, those 30 things are essential
- Examples: business rules, domain concepts, required functionality
- Determines the fundamental difficulty of the problem
Properties Of Essential Complexity
Source: No Silver Bullet - Frederick P. Brooks, Jr
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