Techniques - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria

Techniques - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria - Elements

Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria - Elements 1. Value Attributes 2. Assessment

Techniques - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria - Definition

Acceptance and evaluation criteria define measures of value attributes to be used for assessing and comparing solutions and alternative designs.

Techniques - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria - Acceptance Criteria Definition 1

Acceptance criteria are used to define the: o requirements, o outcomes, or o conditions that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders

Techniques - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria - Acceptance Criteria Definition 2

Acceptance criteria: o describe the minimum set of requirements that must be met in order for a particular solution to be worth implementing o They may be used to determine if a solution or solution component can meet a requirement o Acceptance criteria are typically used when only one possible solution is being evaluated, and are generally expressed as a pass or fail.

Techniques - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria - Description 3

Both evaluation and acceptance criteria may be defined with the same value attributes.

Techniques - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria - Evaluation Criteria Definition 2

Evaluation criteria are the measures used to assess a set of requirements in order to choose between multiple solutions

Techniques - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria - Evaluation Criteria - Definition 2

Evaluation criteria: - define a set of measurements which allow for ranking of solutions and alternative designs according to their value for stakeholders. - Each evaluation criterion represents a continuous or discrete scale for measuring a specific solution attribute such as: o cost, o performance, o usability, and o how well the functionality represents the stakeholders' needs - Attributes that cannot be measured directly are evaluated using expert judgment or various scoring techniques

Techniques - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria - Description 1

Measurable and testable criteria allow for the objective and consistent assessment of solutions and designs

Techniques - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria - Description 2

The Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria technique can apply at all levels of a project, from high-level to a more detailed level.

Techniques - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria - Description 5

When accepting a solution, the criteria are written using minimum performance requirements and maximum cost limits in contractual agreements and user acceptance tests.

Techniques - Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria - Description 4

When evaluating various solutions, the solutions with lower costs and better performance may be rated higher