Loose Coupling (glossary)
The relationship among element in a system in which events in various elements can occur independently -- adapted from (Perrow 1999, 8)
Sources
Perrow, C. 1999. Normal Accidents. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Discussion
Perrow is an authority on accidents in a system and the system characteristics that may cause them. This term is used in a reilience context.