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SYSE.36:4.1 - Define the subject and the good task result

Name the service, user population, supported task class and relevant configuration. Recover the task’s acceptance meaning from the responsible product or practice owner. A platform team can implement observation without acquiring authority to redefine application behavior.

Define an eligible attempt, its beginning and end, and the condition for a good result. Include timing, correctness, freshness or other properties only as the task needs them. Separate unsupported or invalid requests under a stated rule; do not recategorize a valid but failed attempt merely to improve the denominator.

Distinguish a user attempt from internal retries or backend jobs. Several internal operations can serve one attempt, and a failed attempt may produce no backend job. Decide how cancellation, abandonment and incomplete observation affect the stated question rather than excluding them silently.