# Unbounded Variation

> Allowing unlimited variation in how the same problem is solved, so the system sprawls into inconsistent one-offs.

Record: `lexicon:unbounded-variation`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-unbounded-variation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Uncoordinated Divergence](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/uncoordinated-divergence.md) and before [Unknown Requirements](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unknown-requirements.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Standardization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/standardization.md)

## Linked from

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