In the process, decision criteria should come from:

Answer

Stakeholder objectives and the constraints written down in stage 1

Options - A. Stakeholder objectives and the constraints written down in stage 1 - B. The analyst's professional judgement of what a good outcome looks like - C. The alternative that the analyst has already found most persuasive - D. Whatever the available data makes easiest to measure reliably Why - A. Correct — each criterion must trace back to an objective or constraint; that is the stage-3 rubric line, and it is only possible if stage 1 recorded them. - B. Judgement chooses among criteria that trace to stakeholders; it does not generate them. "What I think matters" is preference in disguise. - C. Criteria chosen after a favourite is picked are how the favourite wins a matrix it should have lost. - D. Ease of measurement is not a stake. Staff impact is hard to measure and still a criterion, because the operators are stakeholders.

Smith 11.1.2.3; OpenStax Business 6.2; concept map D06, D07