ongelmanjuoksevat
Ongelmanjuoksevat is a Finnish neologism used to describe a class of problems in complex, interdependent systems that, once triggered, propagate across components and persist, complicating resolution. The term is employed in risk management, systems theory, and IT governance to denote issues that resist containment and exhibit cascading behavior rather than remaining isolated faults.
Etymology: The word is formed from ongelma, meaning problem, and juoksevat, the plural present form of juosta
Characteristics: Ongelmanjuoksevat typically have cascading impact across domains, late or ambiguous detection, and feedback loops that
Applications and examples: In software engineering, a memory leak that gradually degrades throughput can trigger system‑level
See also: cascading failure; complex systems; risk management; systems thinking.