# Consequences

> A recorded account of the trade-offs and downstream effects that follow from an architectural decision.

Record: `lexicon:consequences`
Kind: artifact
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-consequences

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Competing Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/competing-attributes.md) and before [Continuous Improvement](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/continuous-improvement.md).

## Category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## Required by

- [Architecture Decision Records](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/architecture-decision-records.md)

## Linked from

- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)
- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)
- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-core-vocabulary.md)