1. | Identification: | Identify relevant alternatives. |
2. | Distinguishing: | Distinguish relevant empirical differences between alternatives, including contingencies. |
3. | Ranking: | Rank, as far as possible, alternatives from best to worst. |
4. | Evaluation: | Make explicit, as far as possible, in what sense some alternatives are better than others. |
5. | Documentation: | Submit the result of the evaluation to a designated oversight institution. |
From Grill and Dawson,19 pp. 293–294.