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Promotion Decision: heuristic-to-pattern-promotion-lifecycle

Decision

Status: accepted Date: 2026-09-28

Rationale

Establishes the canonical knowledge evolution pipeline (Signal -> Learnings -> Heuristic -> Pattern) preventing unverified assertions from becoming global standards.

Evidence Summary

  • Recurring Architecture Work: Documented In Cas-Knowledge/Templates/Heuristic-To-Pattern Template.Md And Promotion Decision.Md
  • Strategic Direction Alignment: Docs/Architecture/Cas-Pattern-Evolution-Flow.Md
  • Governance Model Alignment: Enforces Evidence-Driven Gates Before Elevating Architectural Practices

Governance Assessment

Criteria Met

  • [x] Significance
  • [x] Reusability
  • [x] Recurrence
  • [x] Evidence Quality
  • [x] Governance Maturity
  • [x] Strategic Alignment

Governance Risks

  • Process overhead potentially slowing down the codification of straightforward best practices

Traceability

Next Step: Adr Generation