# Incremental Change

> The requirement that a system evolve in small, reversible increments rather than large risky leaps.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Unreviewed Structural Change](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unreviewed-structural-change.md) and before [Rule Maintenance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/rule-maintenance.md).

## Category

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

## Required 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)