Elements in a system are coupled when changes in one affect the other.
— Wiring the Winning Organization, in “Chapter 2: Navigating from Danger Zones to Winning Zones”, Gene Kim & Dr. Steven J. Spear
coupling
1 of our books and 2 talks define this term — and their definitions are worth reading side by side.
Coupling, basically the degree of interdependency between two teams, resources, people in an organization.
— Scott Prugh · ACCOUNTING VS. PHYSICS – Coordination Costs and How Organizations Win, Las Vegas 2023 · at 11:32
Coupling is this degree of interdependency between software and modules, taking the software sense.
— Scott Prugh · ACCOUNTING VS. PHYSICS – Coordination Costs and How Organizations Win, Las Vegas 2023 · at 18:22
See also functional or semantic coupling · Loose coupling · Runtime coupling
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