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There is a good book about this. It changed my thinking about complexity. The key insight is that if you don't manage complexity you will drown in it. Complexit
by wavegeek 12y ago
There is a good book about this. It changed my thinking about complexity. The key insight is that if you don't manage complexity you will drown in it. Complexity is OK as long as it really earns its keep. And a lot of complexity is not worth it. (I speak as a person who just spent 20 hours - less than the IRS's estimated 30 hours - filling in form W-8IMY for the IRS, a form which started as a bright idea by someone in congress).
"Conquering Complexity in Your Business: How Wal-Mart, Toyota, and Other Top Companies Are Breaking Through the Ceiling on Profits and Growth Paperback"
by Michael L. George and Stephen A. Wilson
- codezero 12y agoThanks for this, very interesting, I'll give it a read. I've long wondered if the aversion to complexity in SV is at times pathological, that is, "it adds complexity" is often used as a reason not to commit to building something that would absolutely add long term benefits that outweigh the costs. I guess it's just harder to quantify potential future benefits against immediately obvious complexity, but all the same, I think pathologically avoiding complexity is just as bad as pathological complexity :)