# Trade-Off Analysis

> The ability to weigh competing quality attributes and choose a balanced compromise between them.

Record: `lexicon:trade-off-analysis`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-trade-off-analysis

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Target State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/target-state.md) and before [Tribal Knowledge](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/tribal-knowledge.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/quality-attributes.md)

## Linked from

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