Structure101 Tour 2/4: Keep a lid on complexity
Complexity costs! Moreover, the most damaging forms of over-complexity are usually hidden from view. Structure101 includes a simple and actionable measurement framework that allows you to quantify overall complexity debt, identify hotspots, and progressively simplify over time.
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See also:
- Ideal Structure tutorial (17 mins) - More detailed discussion of the principles of ideally structured code and the interplay between Fat and Tangles.
- Measuring Structural Over-Complexity - White Paper with details of the XS metric calculations.
- Guidelines for Successful Acquisition and Management of Software Intensive Systems - the Mitre study referred to in the video.
Note:
As well as XS, Structure101 also measures tanglicity at various levels in the code and the
degree of non-conformance to the user-defined architecture.
The Structure101 client summary
report is a good place to get an overview of the values and semantics.