NOT.1:7 - Conformance Checklist

Use these questions to examine the design decision when its adequacy matters. They do not require a separate written answer for each ordinary application.

• Can the intended user identify the working operation, its starting information and the result they need?
• Does a consequential difference between cases explain why the selected distinction is required? If a difference is omitted, is the resulting loss acceptable for that use?
• Is the necessary information available in the expression, its declared conventions or an accessible interaction?
• Has the proposed rule been used on the contrasting cases, including a change when modification is part of the work?
• Are the subject knowledge and reader preparation needed for that use recoverable?
• Does the next construction follow from the decision, with remaining uncertainty and displaced work visible where they matter?