# Assumption-Based Judgment

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

Record: `lexicon:assumption-based-judgment`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-assumption-based-judgment

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Architecture Rules](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/architecture-rules.md) and before [Attribute Scenarios](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/attribute-scenarios.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Assessment](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/assessment.md)

## Linked from

- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)