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Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Apr 24, 2023 · Fundamentals

Understanding Business System Complexity in Software Development

Software teams often grow to handle rising workload, yet adding features makes development exponentially harder because essential complexity dominates, hidden feature coupling and inevitable code decay increase system intricacy, and only refactoring, anti‑corrosion practices, and thorough documentation can mitigate the resulting business system complexity.

Couplingagile developmentcode-quality
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Understanding Business System Complexity in Software Development
Smart Era Software Development
Smart Era Software Development
Feb 6, 2023 · R&D Management

Battling Software Scale and Complexity: Rescue, Cure, and Maintenance (Part 1)

The article examines why software development, despite modern tooling, still behaves like a handicraft that collapses under scale, explains essential versus accidental complexity, illustrates common sources of random complexity with real cases, and proposes a three‑step strategy—rescue, cure, and maintenance—to control growth.

R&D ManagementSoftware Architectureaccidental complexity
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Battling Software Scale and Complexity: Rescue, Cure, and Maintenance (Part 1)