success-criteria-definition

name	success-criteria-definition
description	SOP: Define measurable success criteria for a research question
version	1.0.0
category	hypothesis-formation
type	sop
campaign	research-question
input	Research question (RQ)
output	Measurable success criteria + thresholds
dependencies	{"skills":["subagent-spawning"]}

Success Criteria Definition

Define measurable success criteria for a research question — what counts as "having answered this question".

HARD-GATE

Input must contain: 1 research question that has passed the FINER check.

Pipeline

1. Precheck: Has the RQ passed FINER
2. Result type identification: Quantitative result / qualitative result / mixed
3. Metric definition: What metric measures "the question was answered"
4. Threshold setting: What degree counts as "successfully answered"
5. Partial success definition: What counts as "partially answered"
6. Failure definition: What outcome means "the question cannot be answered"
7. 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]