# Preferred Party Count

> A defect in which a party count is chosen as a preference and work is allocated to fit it.

Record: `lexicon:preferred-party-count`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-preferred-party-count

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Blanket Collapse](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/blanket-collapse.md) and before [Crowded Surface](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/crowded-surface.md).

## Category

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/coordination-surfaces.md)

## Violates

- [Derived Party Count](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/derived-party-count.md)

## Linked from

- [Coordination Surfaces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-coordination-surfaces.md)