# Development Speed

> The rate at which new functionality is built, which upfront contract rigor can slow.

Record: `lexicon:development-speed`
Kind: metric
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-development-speed

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Cross-Domain Translation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cross-domain-translation.md) and before [Distributed Evolution](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/distributed-evolution.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## In tension with

- [Design by Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/design-by-contract.md)
- [Design by Contract / Development Speed](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/design-by-contract-development-speed.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)