# Local Autonomy

> The degree to which enforcing architectural consistency limits individual teams' freedom to make local choices.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Legacy Constraints](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/legacy-constraints.md) and before [Local Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/local-optimization.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Architectural Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/architectural-consistency.md)
- [Architectural Consistency / Local Autonomy](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/architectural-consistency-local-autonomy.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)