adr-pattern-continuous-governance-loop
Decision
Institutionalise pattern-continuous-governance-loop as an authoritative global architecture pattern following Reference Architecture ratification.
Context
- Source: governance-flow
- Pattern: pattern-continuous-governance-loop
- Promotion Recommendation: recommendation-pattern-continuous-governance-loop
- Scope Classification: global
- Scope Classification Artifact: pattern-scope-classification
Operationalizes continuous architecture governance by embedding detection, analysis, validation, and enforcement into delivery pipelines.
Scope
Applicability: Enterprise continuous architecture workflows, CI/CD verification pipelines, and multi-repository governance loops.
Global application across continuous integration and architectural steering pipelines.
Consequences
Governance
Replaces periodic manual architecture reviews with continuous automated compliance gating.
Execution
Embeds governance validation stages into standard build pipelines via FlowRunner orchestrator.
System Behaviour
Detects architectural drift early and prevents unverified structural changes from merging into trunk branches.
Evidence Summary
Promotion Evidence
Ratified Reference Architecture in ArchGov (ID 88) and verified implementation in .github/workflows/cas-continuous-architecture.yml.
Promotion Criteria
Satisfied criteria include governance maturity, ratified reference architecture, significance, reusability, and strategic alignment.
Governance Risks
No active governance risks or caveats identified.
Traceability
Pattern Proposal
pattern-continuous-governance-loop
Scope Classification
Artifact: pattern-scope-classification
Classification: global
Promotion Recommendation
recommendation-pattern-continuous-governance-loop
Promotion Decision
promotion-decision-pattern-continuous-governance-loop
Next Step
- Submit ADR to Architecture Forum for formal institutionalisation
- Generate global pattern record in knowledge/global/patterns/