# Architecture Review Evolution Governance > Every term in this category is listed as one record, with its kind, its definition and its aliases, the principles whose relations name it, the principle or… Page: Ontology · Lexicon Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance Every term in this category is listed as one record, with its kind, its definition and its aliases, the principles whose relations name it, the principle or contract that carries the same name where one exists, and the layer its category belongs to. ### Ad-Hoc Design - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Designing by improvisation with no deliberate structure or review, so the architecture accretes inconsistently. Referenced by [Design Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/design-review.md) ### Ad-Hoc Pattern Mixing - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Combining unrelated design patterns arbitrarily with no coherent rationale, producing an inconsistent structure. Referenced by [Pattern Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/pattern-consistency.md) ### Analysis Overhead - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which analyzing the impact of every change before making it adds effort and slows delivery. Referenced by [Impact Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/impact-analysis.md) ### Architecture Criteria - Kind: [constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/constraint.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The requirement that explicit criteria define what a review judges an architecture against. Referenced by [Architecture Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architecture-review.md) ### Architecture Drift - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Gradual divergence of an implementation from its intended architecture as unreviewed changes accumulate. Referenced by [Architectural Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architectural-consistency.md) ### Architecture Foundation - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which a system rests on a sound, deliberately designed architectural base rather than accreted structure. Referenced by [Greenfield Development](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/greenfield-development.md) ### Architecture Rules - Kind: [constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/constraint.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The requirement that explicit, checkable rules govern how the architecture may be structured and evolved. Referenced by [Architectural Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architectural-consistency.md) ### Assumption-Based Judgment - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Judging an architecture from untested assumptions instead of measured evidence, yielding unreliable conclusions. Referenced by [Assessment](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/assessment.md) ### Attribute Scenarios - Kind: [artifact](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/artifact.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition A concrete scenario specifying how a quality attribute should hold under defined conditions and stimuli. Referenced by [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/quality-attributes.md) ### Automated Architecture Compliance - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to verify conformance to architectural rules automatically rather than by manual review. Referenced by [Fitness Functions](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/fitness-functions.md) ### Blind Change - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Changing a system without analyzing what the change affects, so unintended consequences go unseen. Referenced by [Impact Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/impact-analysis.md) ### Cargo-Cult Pattern Use - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Applying a design pattern by imitation without understanding the problem it solves, adding structure that fits nothing. Referenced by [First-Principles Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/first-principles-design.md) ### Change Safety - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which a change can be made with confidence that its effects are understood and contained. Referenced by [Impact Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/impact-analysis.md) ### Clean Boundary Design - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to define clear component boundaries from the outset, free of legacy entanglement. Referenced by [Greenfield Development](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/greenfield-development.md) ### Competing Attributes - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which improving one quality attribute forces a trade-off against another. Referenced by [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/quality-attributes.md) ### Consequences - Kind: [artifact](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/artifact.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition A recorded account of the trade-offs and downstream effects that follow from an architectural decision. Referenced by [Architecture Decision Records (ADR)](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architecture-decision-records.md) ### Continuous Improvement - Kind: [activity](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/activity.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Iteratively refining a system's design in small, ongoing steps rather than in large infrequent overhauls. Referenced by [Evolutionary Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/evolutionary-architecture.md) ### Controlled Architecture Evolution - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to let an architecture change over time within deliberate guardrails rather than drifting freely. Referenced by [Evolutionary Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/evolutionary-architecture.md) ### Criteria - Kind: [constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/constraint.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The requirement that explicit, agreed measures define how an assessment reaches its verdict. Referenced by [Assessment](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/assessment.md) ### Current State - Kind: [model](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/model.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition A conceptual representation of how a system is presently structured and behaves, used as the baseline for analysis. Referenced by [Gap Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/gap-analysis.md) ### Decision - Kind: [artifact](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/artifact.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition A recorded architectural choice capturing what was chosen and the context in which it was made. Referenced by [Architecture Decision Records (ADR)](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architecture-decision-records.md) ### Decision History - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to trace why past architectural choices were made by consulting their recorded rationale. Referenced by [Architecture Decision Records (ADR)](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architecture-decision-records.md) ### Defect Detection - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to find defects in a change before it is merged or shipped. Referenced by [Code Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/code-review.md) ### Design Criteria - Kind: [constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/constraint.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The requirement that explicit criteria define what a design review evaluates a proposal against. Referenced by [Design Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/design-review.md) ### Direct-to-main Unreviewed Change - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Pushing changes straight to the main branch with no review, so unvetted code lands directly in production. Referenced by [Code Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/code-review.md) ### Documentation Maintenance - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which keeping decision records current adds ongoing upkeep effort. Referenced by [Architecture Decision Records (ADR)](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architecture-decision-records.md) ### Early Defect Prevention - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to catch design flaws during review before they are built into the system. Referenced by [Design Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/design-review.md) ### Early Delivery with Guardrails - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to ship a minimal architecture quickly while keeping essential safeguards in place. Referenced by [Minimum Viable Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/minimum-viable-architecture.md) ### Easier Refactoring - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to restructure code more safely because consistent patterns make change predictable. Referenced by [Pattern Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/pattern-consistency.md) ### Essential Quality Attributes - Kind: [constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/constraint.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The requirement that the few quality attributes critical to viability be satisfied before any others. Referenced by [Minimum Viable Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/minimum-viable-architecture.md) ### Fit-for-Purpose Architecture - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to shape an architecture to the problem it solves rather than to convention. Referenced by [First-Principles Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/first-principles-design.md) ### Future Scalability - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which a design can grow to meet higher future demand without rework. Referenced by [Minimum Viable Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/minimum-viable-architecture.md) ### Governance Discipline - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which evolving an architecture continuously demands sustained governance to prevent uncontrolled drift. Referenced by [Evolutionary Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/evolutionary-architecture.md) ### Incremental Change - Kind: [constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/constraint.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The requirement that a system evolve in small, reversible increments rather than large risky leaps. Referenced by [Evolutionary Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/evolutionary-architecture.md) ### Innovation/Autonomy - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which enforcing standards constrains teams' freedom to innovate independently. Referenced by [Standardization](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/standardization.md) ### Legacy Constraints - Kind: [constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/constraint.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition A binding limitation imposed by pre-existing legacy systems that a new design must accommodate. Referenced by [Greenfield Development](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/greenfield-development.md) ### Local Autonomy - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which enforcing architectural consistency limits individual teams' freedom to make local choices. Referenced by [Architectural Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architectural-consistency.md) ### Local Optimization - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which enforcing shared patterns sacrifices locally optimal one-off solutions. Referenced by [Pattern Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/pattern-consistency.md) ### Manual Architecture Review Only - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Relying solely on human review to police architecture, with no automated checks, so violations slip through. Referenced by [Fitness Functions](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/fitness-functions.md) ### Measurable Architecture Rule - Kind: [constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/constraint.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The requirement that an architectural rule be expressed as an objective, automatically checkable measure. Referenced by [Fitness Functions](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/fitness-functions.md) ### Naming/Structure Conventions - Kind: [style](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/style.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition A convention of naming and structuring code uniformly across a codebase so its shape is predictable. Referenced by [Pattern Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/pattern-consistency.md) ### Operability - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which a system is easy to run, monitor, and keep healthy in production. Referenced by [Standardization](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/standardization.md) ### Over-Architecture - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Building more architectural structure than the problem needs, adding cost and rigidity with no payoff. Referenced by [Minimum Viable Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/minimum-viable-architecture.md) ### Predictable Evolution - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to change a system with confidence that consistent structure keeps outcomes foreseeable. Referenced by [Architectural Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architectural-consistency.md) ### Prioritized Refactoring - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to rank refactoring work by assessed impact so effort targets the highest-value fixes. Referenced by [Assessment](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/assessment.md) ### Problem Decomposition - Kind: [activity](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/activity.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Breaking a problem into fundamental sub-problems that can be reasoned about independently. Referenced by [First-Principles Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/first-principles-design.md) ### Quality - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which a system meets its functional and non-functional expectations. Referenced by [Code Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/code-review.md) ### Quality Goals - Kind: [constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/constraint.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The requirement that target levels for key quality attributes be defined for an architecture to meet. Referenced by [Reference Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/reference-architecture.md) ### Regression Scope Selection - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to select exactly which tests a change requires by analyzing what it affects. Referenced by [Impact Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/impact-analysis.md) ### Remediation Planning - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to plan the steps that close the gap between a system's current and target states. Referenced by [Gap Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/gap-analysis.md) ### Reusable Architecture Guidance - Kind: [artifact](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/artifact.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition A body of proven architectural guidance packaged for reuse across projects. Referenced by [Reference Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/reference-architecture.md) ### Reuse of Established Patterns - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which designing from first principles forgoes the leverage of reusing proven patterns. Referenced by [First-Principles Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/first-principles-design.md) ### Review Standards - Kind: [constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/constraint.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The requirement that agreed standards define what a code review checks for. Referenced by [Code Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/code-review.md) ### Risk Detection - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to surface architectural risks early by reviewing structure before it is built. Referenced by [Architecture Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architecture-review.md) ### Rule Maintenance - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which keeping fitness-function rules current adds ongoing upkeep effort. Referenced by [Fitness Functions](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/fitness-functions.md) ### Standard Patterns - Kind: [pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition A canonical, widely agreed reusable solution that a reference architecture prescribes for a recurring problem. Referenced by [Reference Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/reference-architecture.md) ### Standards Definition - Kind: [artifact](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/artifact.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition A defined, authoritative set of standards that units are expected to conform to. Referenced by [Standardization](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/standardization.md) ### Target State - Kind: [model](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/model.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition A conceptual representation of the desired future structure a system is being steered toward. Referenced by [Gap Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/gap-analysis.md) ### Trade-Off Analysis - Kind: [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The ability to weigh competing quality attributes and choose a balanced compromise between them. Referenced by [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/quality-attributes.md) ### Tribal Knowledge - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Critical architectural knowledge held only in the developers' heads and never recorded, lost when they leave. Referenced by [Architecture Decision Records (ADR)](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architecture-decision-records.md) ### Unbounded Variation - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Allowing unlimited variation in how the same problem is solved, so the system sprawls into inconsistent one-offs. Referenced by [Standardization](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/standardization.md) ### Uncoordinated Divergence - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Teams independently diverging from a shared reference architecture, fragmenting the system into incompatible variants. Referenced by [Reference Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/reference-architecture.md) ### Undefined Target - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Attempting to close a gap toward a goal that was never clearly defined, so progress cannot be judged. Referenced by [Gap Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/gap-analysis.md) ### Unknown Requirements - Kind: [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition The degree to which starting on a clean slate forces early decisions while requirements are still unknown. Referenced by [Greenfield Development](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/greenfield-development.md) ### Unreviewed Structural Change - Kind: [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - Category: [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lex-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md) - Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) Details Definition Merging changes to architectural structure without review, letting unvetted design decisions into the system. Referenced by [Architecture Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architecture-review.md) ## Links to - [anti-pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/anti-pattern.md) - [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md) - [Design Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/design-review.md) - [Pattern Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/pattern-consistency.md) - [quality-attribute](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/quality-attribute.md) - [Impact Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/impact-analysis.md) - [constraint](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/constraint.md) - [Architecture Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architecture-review.md) - [Architectural Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architectural-consistency.md) - [Greenfield Development](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/greenfield-development.md) - [Assessment](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/assessment.md) - [artifact](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/artifact.md) - [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/quality-attributes.md) - [capability](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/capability.md) - [Fitness Functions](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/fitness-functions.md) - [First-Principles Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/first-principles-design.md) - [Architecture Decision Records (ADR)](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architecture-decision-records.md) - [activity](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/activity.md) - [Evolutionary Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/evolutionary-architecture.md) - [model](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/model.md) - [Gap Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/gap-analysis.md) - [Code Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/code-review.md) - [Minimum Viable Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/minimum-viable-architecture.md) - [Standardization](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/standardization.md) - [style](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/style.md) - [Reference Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/reference-architecture.md) - [pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/kind/pattern.md) ## Linked from - [The layer topology](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-layer-topology.md) - [The membership](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-membership.md)