# Governance Discipline

> The degree to which evolving an architecture continuously demands sustained governance to prevent uncontrolled drift.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Future Scalability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/future-scalability.md) and before [Innovation/Autonomy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/innovation-autonomy.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Evolutionary Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/evolutionary-architecture.md)
- [Evolutionary Architecture / Governance Discipline](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/evolutionary-architecture-governance-discipline.md)

## Linked from

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