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Prescriptive Process Models


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The edge of chaos is defined as "a natural state between order and chaos, a grand compromise between structure and surprise" [KAU95]. The edge of chaos can be visualized as an unstable, partially structured state...It is unstable because it is constantly attracted to chaos or to absolute order.









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