# Assessment / Time Cost

> "assessment" (evolution-principles layer) is traded against "Time Cost" (structural-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Time Cost" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:assessment-time-cost`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-assessment-time-cost

## tensions-with

- [Assessment](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/assessment.md)
- [Time Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/time-cost.md)