Decoupling
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CORE DEFINITION
Reducing the dependencies between components in a system, so that changes (or failures) in one module do not directly affect others. Interaction is through well-defined interfaces rather than internal entanglement. - Core thinking: modular survival thinking. Apply it to life and management: do not let your happiness depend entirely on work (emotional coupling), and do not let the entire process depend on a single genius (capability coupling). Create 'partitions' so that the whole can survive local failures.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
Decoupling usually refers to the ending, removal or reverse of coupling. Decoupling may also refer to:
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By defining stable interfaces to isolate component internals, changes and failures are confined locally. The lower the coupling, the smaller the propagation radius of single-point failures, and the higher the system resilience.
MINIMUM ACTION
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