Lexicon

Assumption-Based Judgment

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Evolution Principles

Record: lexicon:assumption-based-judgment

Canonical: Lexicon

Judging an architecture from untested assumptions instead of measured evidence, yielding unreliable conclusions.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Architecture Rules and before Attribute Scenarios.

Category

  • Architecture Review Evolution Governance

Negated by

  • Assessment

Violates

  • Assessment

Linked from

  • Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts