# Early Defect Prevention

> The ability to catch design flaws during review before they are built into the system.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Documentation Maintenance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/documentation-maintenance.md) and before [Early Delivery with Guardrails](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/early-delivery-with-guardrails.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Design Review](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/design-review.md)

## Linked from

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