Definition:
It defines Generic Conditions (such as “Task” or “Stakeholder”) that need to be specifically defined in other statements - that reference the Scale specification, such as Past or Goal.
Concept Number: *381
English Master: Scale-Qualifier
Synonyms, Variations & Acronyms: Scale-Parameter, Quantification-Scale, Specification-Parameter
Detailing
For a given Scale, any useful number of Scale-Qualifiers can be defined.
Example:
Scale: Time to learn a defined [Task]. “Task is a Scale-Qualifier.”
Scale-Qualifiers are Generic; each Scale-Qualifier needs to be explicitly assigned a corresponding “Scale-Qualifier-Definition (unless a Default is being used) when the Scale is used in other Parameter statements (such as any Benchmarks or targets).
Example:
Goal [Task = Setup]: 10 minutes. “Setup is a Scale-Qualifier-Definition defining the Scale-Qualifier Task that was defined in the previous example”
The purpose of Scale-Qualifiers is to allow a Scale specification to be more generalized and flexible; this consequently makes a Scale specification more reusable.
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Type
Specification Concept
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Notes
Notes:
1. A Scale-Qualifier is expressed and signaled by enclosing it in (optional, but useful signal) square Qualifier brackets. The word “defined” is optionally specified immediately prior to the square brackets or Scale-Qualifier term, to help emphasize that a more specific definition needs to be defined when the Scale is referenced, for example by a Goal statement.
Example:
Scale: The defined [Time Units] needed to do a defined [Task] by defined [Employee Type].
2. A Default option can be specified in order to make explicit specification unnecessary.
Example:
Scale: The defined [Time Units, Default = Hours] needed to do a defined [Task] by defined [Employee Type].
3. The Scale-Qualifier Parameter can also be “referenced” by using the same sequence as used in the Scale definition: Note in this example, an additional Qualifier Condition, not in the original Scale definition, has been added. This is OK. You can Add any number of additional Conditions that you want.
Example:
Scale: The defined [Time Units] needed to do a defined [Task] by defined [Employee Type].
Goal [Hours, Answering Help Desk Queries, Experienced, Country = Finland]: 60 Hours.
Or, an explicit reference to the Scale-Qualifier tag (“Time Units = Hours”) may be made, for increased Clarity.
Example:
Scale: The defined [Time Units] needed to do a defined [Task] by defined [Employee Type].
Past [Time Units = Months, Task = Complaint Handling, Employee Type = Supervisor]: 6 Months.
4. The sequencing of Scale-Qualifiers and Scale variables is not critical as long as the Parameters are unambiguous to the specification user.
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Related-Concepts
Qualifier
Scale-Qualifier-Definition
Quantification-Scale Scale
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This Concept entered by Dorota.