# Controlled Architecture Evolution

> The ability to let an architecture change over time within deliberate guardrails rather than drifting freely.

Record: `lexicon:controlled-architecture-evolution`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-controlled-architecture-evolution

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Continuous Improvement](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/continuous-improvement.md) and before [Criteria](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/criteria.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

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

## Linked from

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