# Targeted Improvement

> The ability to direct optimization effort at the specific constraint that limits performance.

Record: `lexicon:targeted-improvement`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-targeted-improvement

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Scale-Out](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/scale-out.md) and before [Traffic Distribution](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/traffic-distribution.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## Enabled by

- [Bottleneck Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/bottleneck-analysis.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)