Standards
Testing / Commissioning Standard
Define what "tested" means before installation can be called complete — Acceptance Criteria originate at the Design Validation gate, and this Standard governs how they are verified, recorded, and enforced.
- Owner
- Lead Technician
- Governs
- Which Acceptance Criteria apply, what test evidence satisfies each one, and how a failed test is remediated or excepted before installation is considered complete.
- Applies to
Requirements
Each requirement must eventually be verifiable — not policy prose.
The Acceptance Criteria that apply to this installation must be identified from the Solution Design output before testing begins.
Every applicable Acceptance Criterion must have a corresponding test performed.
Each test result must be recorded against the specific criterion it verifies, not as a single undifferentiated pass/fail for the whole system.
A failed test must be remediated and retested, or routed through a documented exception — never silently left failed.
Installation cannot be marked complete while a Safety-Critical or Contractual/Financial-Critical criterion remains failed and unresolved.
Test evidence must be traceable to the specific criterion it satisfies, not just attached to the project generally.
- Future system rule
Installation cannot be marked complete while any Safety-Critical or Contractual/Financial-Critical Acceptance Criterion is failed and unresolved.
Compliance measurement
Acceptance Criteria passed or excepted ÷ applicable Acceptance Criteria.
Required data
- Applicable criteria per installation
- Per-criterion test result
Exceptions
- Approver
- Project Manager
- Reason required
- Why the failed criterion cannot be remediated before installation completion is marked.
- Evidence required
- The specific test result showing the failure, and the remediation plan or accepted risk.