# Assumption-Driven Delivery

> Shipping on untested assumptions about behavior instead of validating that requirements are met.

Record: `lexicon:assumption-driven-delivery`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/computation-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-assumption-driven-delivery

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Identity Provider Availability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/identity-provider-availability.md) and before [Environment-Sensitive Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/environment-sensitive-behavior.md).

## Category

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/correctness-determinism-verification.md)

## Negated by

- [Validation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/validation.md)

## Linked from

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-correctness-determinism-verification.md)