# Bottleneck Awareness

> The ability to recognize which component limits a system's overall throughput.

Record: `lex:bottleneck-awareness`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-bottleneck-awareness

## category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## referenced-by

- [Scalability](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/scalability.md)