# Time Cost

> The amount of time an activity requires, weighed as a cost against its benefit.

Record: `lexicon:time-cost`
Kind: metric
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-time-cost

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Time Budget](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/time-budget.md) and before [Type Metadata](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/type-metadata.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Assessment](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/assessment.md)
- [Gap Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/gap-analysis.md)
- [Assessment / Time Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/assessment-time-cost.md)
- [Gap Analysis / Time Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/gap-analysis-time-cost.md)

## Linked from

- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)