Concept

Coordination Pressure

The structural strain that appears when many actors must stay aligned under scale while holding partial information and changing on different timelines. Coordination pressure is not the same as everyday busywork. It names the cost of maintaining a workable shared picture of responsibility, facts, and next actions when cohesion and coupling weaken. It often appears as approvals, queues, handoffs, and reporting layers that synchronize activity without returning consequence to a redesign-capable boundary.