# Measure Delivery Cost

> A technique for measuring the time and effort an abstraction adds to delivering a change.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Duplicate Until the Pattern Stabilizes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/duplicate-until-the-pattern-stabilizes.md) and before [Anchor to Use Cases](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/anchor-to-use-cases.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Architecture Astronaut](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/architecture-astronaut.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)