A benchmark measures performance on the benchmark. Treating that number as evidence of fitness for a particular task is the most common assurance failure in current practice.
Sofia Lindqvist
Editorial lead, D6 Evaluation and assurance
Leads the editorial group for D6 and drafted the twenty-two statements entered at version 0.1, with two technical reviewers per statement.
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Two tests that settle most level disputes: who chose the approach, and what happens when the situation is not the one the procedure anticipated.
Courses teach people to produce output and stop there. The competence that determines whether the output is usable is left to be picked up on the job, if at all.
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