Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria

Purpose

Description

Elements

Usage Considerations

Acceptance criteria

Evaluation criteria

to define the requirements, outcomes, or conditions that must be met in order for a solution to be considered acceptable to key stakeholders

measures used to assess a set of
requirements in order to choose between multiple solutions

Acceptance criteria

They may be used to determine if a solution
or solution component can meet a requirement.
They are generally expressed as a pass or fail.

Evaluation criteria

Each evaluation criterion represents a continuous or discrete scale for measuring a specific solution attribute such as cost, performance, usability

Value Attributes (qualities that the solution should either possess or avoid)

Assessment (measurable format)

Strengths

Limitations

to be expressed in the form
of testable acceptance criteria

to be necessary when the requirements
express contractual obligations

to assess requirements based
on agreed-upon criteria

to assess diverse needs based
on agreed- upon criteria

to assist in the delivery of expected return on
investment (ROI) or otherwise specified potential value

to help in defining priorities

they may express contractual obligations

Agreement can be challenging