---
title: Cynefin · Pele
description: Sort items into the five domains of the Cynefin framework.
---

```mermaid
cynefin-beta
  title Incident Response

  complex
    "Investigate root cause"
    "Run chaos experiment"

  complicated
    "Analyze performance data"
    "Expert review needed"

  clear
    "Restart service"
    "Apply known fix"

  chaotic
    "Page on-call immediately"

  confusion
    "Unknown failure mode"
```

```mermaid
cynefin-beta
  title Strategy Categorization

  complex
    "Market research"

  complicated
    "Competitive analysis"

  clear
    "Standard pricing"

  chaotic
    "Crisis management"

  complex --> complicated : "Pattern identified"
  complicated --> clear : "Best practice codified"
  clear --> chaotic : "Complacency"
  chaotic --> complex : "Stabilized"
```

```mermaid
cynefin-beta
  title Cynefin Framework

  complex
  complicated
  clear
  chaotic
```