Success Criteria Definition
Define measurable success criteria for a research question — what counts as "having answered this question".
HARD-GATE
Pipeline
- Precheck: Has the RQ passed FINER
- Result type identification: Quantitative result / qualitative result / mixed
- Metric definition: What metric measures "the question was answered"
- Threshold setting: What degree counts as "successfully answered"
- Partial success definition: What counts as "partially answered"
- Failure definition: What outcome means "the question cannot be answered"
- Output: Success criteria + thresholds + partial success + failure conditions
Output Format
RQ: [research question]
Success criteria:
- Full success: [concrete conditions + thresholds]
- Partial success: [concrete conditions]
- Failure/inconclusive: [concrete conditions]
Measurement: [how to measure]
Timeline: [expected duration]