# Operational Complexity

> The effort and intricacy required to deploy, run, and maintain a system in production.

Record: `lexicon:operational-complexity`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-operational-complexity

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Ports and Adapters](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/ports-and-adapters.md) and before [Standards](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/standards.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## In tension with

- [Service Discovery](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/service-discovery.md)
- [Secrets Management](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/secrets-management.md)
- [Microservices](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/microservices.md)
- [Service Discovery / Operational Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/operational-complexity-service-discovery.md)
- [Secrets Management / Operational Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/operational-complexity-secrets-management.md)
- [Microservices / Operational Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/microservices-operational-complexity.md)

## Linked from

- [Runtime Discovery / Dynamic Binding](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-runtime-discovery-dynamic-binding.md)
- [Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-security-privacy-compliance-governance.md)
- [Codebase / System Architecture Styles](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-codebase-system-architecture-styles.md)
- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-transactions-state-concurrency.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)