# Uncoordinated Divergence

> Teams independently diverging from a shared reference architecture, fragmenting the system into incompatible variants.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Tribal Knowledge](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/tribal-knowledge.md) and before [Unbounded Variation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unbounded-variation.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

- [Reference Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/reference-architecture.md)

## Linked from

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