# Incremental Change

> The requirement that a system evolve in small, reversible increments rather than large risky leaps.

Record: `lex:incremental-change`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-incremental-change

## category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## referenced-by

- [Evolutionary Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/evolutionary-architecture.md)