# Validate Required Forces

> A technique for checking that a pattern in use has the boundary rules and contracts the pattern requires.

Record: `lexicon:validate-required-forces`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-validate-required-forces

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Defer Generalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/defer-generalization.md) and before [Track Rule Metrics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/track-rule-metrics.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Pattern Cargo Cult](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/pattern-cargo-cult.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)