Purpose
Set and manage frame, load, memory, streaming, or bandwidth budgets before performance debt becomes structural.
Use When
- target hardware is defined
- performance problems are emerging
- content scale is increasing
- target platforms
- feature set
- technical architecture
- content assumptions
Process
- set budgets by platform and major runtime mode
- allocate budget ownership by system or content class
- choose representative benchmark scenarios
- review regressions at milestone checkpoints
- link descopes or optimization work to measured overages
Outputs
- budget sheet
- owner-by-budget map