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.
Remediation
Try to reduce the number of reference by other artifacts.
Reference
Standard suggestions based on CAST Quality Model
Related Technologies
Technical Criterion
Architecture - Object-level Dependencies
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