KISS rule

KISS rule
See also
Deming wheel Structure of enterprise planning system Operational excellence Lean product development Business justification Information and decision making MoSCoW technique Impact of information on decision-making Strategic planning

The KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) rule is a helpful rule in the process of defining goals in a project. This principle is applicable in many activities whose overarching goal is high efficiency - starting from business, through design and design, and ending with everyday life.

The KISS principle is a design guideline that advises developers to keep the design of a system as simple as possible. The idea behind this principle is that simple systems are more likely to be successful, as they are easier to understand, use, and maintain. The KISS principle is often used in a variety of fields, including software development, engineering, and project management. It is often used as a reminder to avoid unnecessary complexity and to strive for simplicity in design. The principle is that most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated; therefore simplicity should be a key goal in design and unnecessary complexity should be avoided.

It is a global manifesto of maintaining the most simple solutions. In many cases, the complexity of the process may lead to decision-making paralysis, and the high level of complexity of all kinds of mechanisms causes a number of problems - both at the stage of creating, implementing and analyzing the project being created. Maintaining simplicity while maintaining usability and achieving the assumed goal is the simplest definition of the KISS principle. Applying the KISS principle in this case saves valuable time and resources in the first stage of solving the problem. Long-term approval of a simple and intuitive solution guarantees a simple model of goal realization and eliminates possible problems with its functioning in the future.

Alternative abbreviation

• Keep It Super Simple
• Keep It Simple, Sweetie
• Keep It Small and Simple
• Keep It Simple, Smart
• Keep It Short and Simple
• Keep It Short and Sweet

References

• Mooney Jr, C. W. (2015). A Framework for a Formal Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism: The KISS Principle (Keep it Simple, Stupid) and Other Guidling Principles. Mich. J. Int'l L., 37, 57.
• Ream, J. (2005). KISS: Keep it short and simple. Danforth Book Distribution.