Specification

IS

Specifying Questions Is Answers

What specific object or part that has

What the defect?
(Identify) What is the specific defect or
deviation?
Where is the object when the defect is
Where observed, geographically?
(Location) Where on the object or part is the
defect?
When was the defect first observed?
Date & Time
When When since the time above has the
(Timing) defect been observed?
When in the history of the object was
the deviation first observed?

Extent of issue, number of defects?

Current Defect trend, increasing,

decreasing, same

Size of deviation on the unit?

Extent
(Size) Current Size trend, increasing,
decreasing, same

Number of deviations on single unit?

Current Number trend, increasing,

decreasing, same
Specification
Distinction Changes
IS Not

Is Not Answers
What is Distinctive What changed in, on, or
(Closest Logical
about . . . Is / Is Not? around the distinction?
Comparison)
 Causes Explanations Testing

How could this change Test to ensure the root

have produced the cause explains every
Explains Only If
deviation described in the specification in the
problem statement? Is/Is Not