# Essential Quality Attributes

> The requirement that the few quality attributes critical to viability be satisfied before any others.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Easier Refactoring](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/easier-refactoring.md) and before [Fit-for-Purpose Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fit-for-purpose-architecture.md).

## Category

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

## Required by

- [Minimum Viable Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/minimum-viable-architecture.md)

## Linked from

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