# Change Safety

> The degree to which a change can be made with confidence that its effects are understood and contained.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Blind Change](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/blind-change.md) and before [Clean Boundary Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/clean-boundary-design.md).

## Category

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

## Reinforced by

- [Impact Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/impact-analysis.md)

## Linked from

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