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# Completeness (is a wicked problem)
- URL: https://www.workroom-productions.com/completeness-is-a-wicked-problem/
- Published: 2025-09-10T16:00:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-10T16:00:08.000Z
- Description: "Completeness" is a core problem in test work. Let's play with it.
- Author: James Lyndsay
- Tags: Exercises, #PlayTime

*10 minutes exploration and analysis, 10 minutes conversation.*  

This exercise is to give us a moment to think about completeness – and a moment to consider how we work with [wicked problems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked%5Fproblem).

We'll explore [Converter](http://exercises.workroomprds.com/converter%5Fv2a/)v2 (part 1)

Together, we'll consider what a 'complete' set of tests might look like, for this system.

What makes that set 'complete'?

**Debrief:** let's talk about what 'completeness' means, to you – and how that differs between us, and what that means in teams.

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Here's something on wicked problems