Rule Definition
The higher the number of referenced Artifacts, the more difficult the maintenance and evolution as all updates in referenced Artifacts will have to be tested and taken into account. Avoid Artifacts with High Fan-In (Fan-In > X)
Remediation
Reduce the Fan-in for these procedures or functions.
Related Technologies
Technical Criterion
Architecture - Object-level Dependencies
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