Proceed
The declared criteria are satisfied within the tested setting. Moving to the next stage still includes a defined control.
Applied Assessment Notes
Method
From the initial question to an explained decision, with tests, stop criteria and an alternative solution.
An explicit chain of reasoning
Understand the problem, test what may break, then decide without hiding the unknowns.
The method deliberately separates understanding, computation and decision. This prevents an appealing result from automatically becoming a recommendation.
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State the real question
Before computing anything, we write down the decision to be made, the expected result and the condition that would change our mind. This prevents choosing the most flattering measure afterwards.
Output: a decision question and pre-declared criteria. - 02
Reconstruct the initial approach
We describe what the organization built: input data, equations, parameters, sequence of operations and decision rule. Missing elements remain identified as unknown.
Output: an executable, faithful version of the starting point. - 03
Replay without future information
The system is tested in the order in which facts would have become known. Tomorrow’s data cannot artificially improve today’s decision.
Output: a dated, reproducible out-of-sample result. - 04
Test assumptions and constraints
We vary costs, delays, volumes, dependencies, regimes and measurement errors. The aim is not only to see whether the model works on average, but to understand when and why it stops working.
Output: a map of sensitivities and failure mechanisms. - 05
Reject what does not hold
If a tool fails an essential criterion, it is rejected for the intended use. A “NO-GO” outcome does not make all the work useless: it states the technical reason why the current approach should not continue unchanged.
Output: an explicit, verifiable reason for rejection, limited to the use studied. - 06
Build an alternative solution
The critique leads to a concrete change: another model, architecture, safeguard or data-collection protocol. That solution undergoes the same tests as the initial approach.
Output: a parameterized, testable alternative compared with the reference. - 07
Define the next piece of evidence
The conclusion states what has been established, what remains uncertain and which experiment would reduce that uncertainty. The final decision follows from those elements, not from a general impression.
Output: a reasoned decision and the next evidence to obtain.
Reading a conclusion
Four outcomes, written in plain words.
The short code makes the conclusion easy to locate. The accompanying text always states what should happen next.
Proceed under conditions
The mechanism is promising, but one precise condition—data, safeguard or trial—must be met before expanding its use.
Change, then retest
The problem appears fixable. The current version is not accepted; an explicit alternative must be implemented and assessed.
Do not proceed as is
An essential criterion fails. We explain the failure mechanism and, where one exists, propose another route to test.