# Severity Classification

> A technique for ranking each finding or risk on a declared scale that sets how soon it is handled.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Assign Owner](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/assign-owner.md) and before [Mitigation Plan](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/mitigation-plan.md).

## Category

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

## Refactors

- [Unowned Risk](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/unowned-risk.md)

## Linked from

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