DIDO-TE SHALL produce a comparative evaluation of at least two selected Candidate Solutions according to the Acceptance Criteria.
This requirement consolidates mission-level intent from the DIDO-TE source material addressing:
Creating baseline results using validated nodes and comparing them against tests with modified nodes to identify discrepancies or improvements.
The source material further identifies:
The ability to emulate real-world conditions, simulate different node configurations, and conduct baseline and comparison testing will be assessed for thoroughness and coverage.
The source material describes the use of DIDO-TE to evaluate different Node configurations, implementations, technologies, and candidate approaches under controlled testing conditions.
Identify the authoritative source requirements, original requirement identifiers, and controlling citations for the comparative evaluation of Candidate Solutions.
MO-005 expresses the common mission-level outcome. Detailed obligations addressing Candidate Solution selection, common evaluation conditions, Test Execution, Test Result collection, comparison methods, evaluation criteria, ranking, reporting, and Evidence preservation remain separate Operational, Functional, Performance, Data Management, and Interoperability Requirements.
Organizations need an objective means of comparing alternative implementations, technologies, products, Configurations, architectures, services, or other proposed Candidate Solutions.
A comparative evaluation permits an Organization to determine how selected Candidate Solutions differ according to defined characteristics such as:
A comparative evaluation requires a common evaluation basis. Differences unrelated to the Candidate Solutions can confound the evaluation and prevent an objective comparison.
The Acceptance Criteria identify:
The comparative evaluation can identify:
MO-005 does not require DIDO-TE to select a preferred Candidate Solution unless the Acceptance Criteria explicitly establish:
A comparative evaluation can identify relative differences without producing a selection or acquisition decision.
MO-005 differs from MO-004a:
A comparative evaluation can use DIDO Baseline comparisons as inputs, but MO-005 does not require every Candidate Solution evaluation to use a DIDO Baseline unless the Acceptance Criteria establish that requirement.
This requirement applies to:
Verification confirms that:
The following pages reference this requirement:
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Assess the current DIDO-TE implementation against the comparative evaluation obligation established by MO-005.
Review and accept MO-005 as a proposed Mission Objective consolidated from the comparative-evaluation intent in the DIDO-TE source material.
The following unresolved issues affect this requirement:
Identify the authoritative source requirements, original requirement identifiers, and controlling citations for the comparative evaluation of Candidate Solutions.
Define Candidate Solution in the shared Terms and Definitions corpus.
Determine whether Comparative Evaluation requires a separate shared Terms and Definitions entry.
Define the Candidate Solution characteristics subject to comparative evaluation.
Define the common evaluation basis used for selected Candidate Solutions.
Define the characteristics held constant and the characteristics permitted to vary among Candidate Solution evaluations.
Define the supported comparison methods.
Define the measurement conditions, units, precision, exclusions, and tolerances used for each evaluated characteristic.
Define the rules for normalizing measurements produced by different Candidate Solutions.
Define the rules for combining evaluation characteristics.
Define the treatment of missing, invalid, incompatible, or unavailable information.
Define the treatment of nondeterministic behavior.
Define the treatment of Incomplete Test Runs for each applicable Test Run Termination Reason.
Define the permitted comparative-evaluation outcomes.
Determine whether MO-005 permits DIDO-TE to rank Candidate Solutions.
Determine whether MO-005 permits DIDO-TE to recommend or select a preferred Candidate Solution.
Define the Evidence DIDO-TE must preserve for each comparative evaluation.
This requirement page should retain the stable requirement identifier MO-005.
This page is a leaf requirement page and omits a trailing :start from its namespace.
MO-005 consolidates mission-level intent from multiple source statements. MO-005 does not result from splitting a single parent requirement and therefore uses a Source section rather than a Derived From section.
Changes to the Statement should preserve:
The Acceptance Criteria should identify:
MO-005 does not require a DIDO Baseline comparison unless the Acceptance Criteria establish that requirement.
MO-005 does not authorize DIDO-TE to recommend, select, approve, acquire, or deploy a Candidate Solution unless a separate Requirement and the applicable Authority establish that obligation.
Material changes should receive review and should update the verification criteria, source records, supporting requirements, and Issues section.
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