# Capacity Planning

> Forecasting resource demand and provisioning capacity to meet it without waste or shortfall.

Record: `lexicon:capacity-planning`
Kind: activity
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-capacity-planning

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Boolean Flag Soup](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/boolean-flag-soup.md) and before [Code Generation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/code-generation.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Contract

- [Capacity Planning](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/capacity-planning.md)

## Enabled by

- [Resource Utilization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/resource-utilization.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Queuing Theory](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/queuing-theory.md)

## Linked from

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