# Over-Centralization

> The degree to which routing all access through one facade concentrates responsibility and can bottleneck change.

Record: `lexicon:over-centralization`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-over-centralization

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Indirection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/indirection.md) and before [Stack Debugging](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/stack-debugging.md).

## Category

- [Structural Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/structural-patterns.md)

## In tension with

- [Facade Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/facade-pattern.md)
- [Facade Pattern / Over-Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/facade-pattern-over-centralization.md)

## Linked from

- [Structural Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-structural-patterns.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)