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1.2.2.2 Include Documented and Defined Mission Success Criteria

It is important to document and define, from the beginning, mission success criteria within the program and project plans - these are typically quantitative (metrics). These performance criteria establish the thresholds against which success or failure will be measured.

1. NASA Integrated Action Team (NIAT) Report, Enhancing Mission Success- A Framework for the Future, Part 7.
2. Section 6.3.2 (Establishing Mission Success Criteria) of NASA STD-8729.1 (Planning, Developing and Managing an Effective Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) Program) (available by searching at the NASA Technical Standards Program Web site).

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