Lexicon

Duplicate Until the Pattern Stabilizes

Kind: technique

Layer: Evolution Principles

Record: lexicon:duplicate-until-the-pattern-stabilizes

Canonical: Lexicon

A technique for tolerating a small duplication until enough cases exist to show the shared shape.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Remove Pattern Shell and before Measure Delivery Cost.

Category

  • Architecture Review Evolution Governance

Refactors

  • Premature Abstraction

Linked from

  • Anti-patterns