# Fitness for Purpose

> The degree to which the chosen processing model matches the latency and volume the problem needs.

Record: `lexicon:fitness-for-purpose`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-fitness-for-purpose

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Serial Item Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/serial-item-processing.md) and before [Latency Requirement Clarity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/latency-requirement-clarity.md).

## Category

- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Batch-vs-Stream](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/batch-vs-stream.md)

## Linked from

- [Streaming / Pipeline / Dataflow Processing](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-streaming-pipeline-dataflow-processing.md)