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Hmmm... I looked up word origins. "com" + "plicare" - "to fold together". You seem to be right, it's closer to the original meaning to use them like you say ("c
by virgilp 9y ago
Hmmm... I looked up word origins. "com" + "plicare" - "to fold together". You seem to be right, it's closer to the original meaning to use them like you say ("complex" = inherent complexity; "complicated" = "incidental/ added complexity"). I can't reconcile it with Cynefin, but I'll have to update my usage of those terms in a coding context.
- kstrauser 9y agoI've had this conversation with few people - mainly peers with whom I'm discussing our craft. Most recently it was with a junior engineer, and I wanted to pin these definitions down precisely so that we had a common vocabulary for describing ideas we were developing. I mention this because I haven't heard these terms commonly used in any particular context so I don't think there's an agreed upon "correct" definition of them. I think my definitions more closely jibe with the normal English meanings, though.