016-pretty-table/docs/sqa/reviews/rc-005-business-case.md

SQA Review Record

Metadata

Key	Value
ID	RC-005
CrossReference	BC-001

Version History

Date	Status	Author	Reviewer	Change	Commit
2026-10-07	Proposed	Jens Tirsvad Nielsen	S01	Initial version	pending

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Artifact Under Review

• Instance reviewed: BC-001
• Checklist used: QC-BC-001 (qc-business-case.md) and QC-LANG-001 (qc-language-domain.md)
• Scope: full review. It replaces [RC-001], which was written when the checklists were not available in framework/qc/. Defects found were fixed first, so the version reviewed is the one with the new Version History row.
• Language and domain: en / it
• Language reviewer: none (S01 reads English and knows the IT domain)

Checklist Results

#	Criterion	Status	Evidence/Notes
1	ROI/Cost-Benefit analysis is quantitative, or explicitly justified when qualitative	Pass	The first review passed this without a justification. The version under review adds one under the Cost–Benefit table: the only cost is the participant's time and there is no revenue
2	Risks have documented impact and mitigation	Pass	Three risks, each with impact and mitigation
3	Success criteria are measurable	Pass	Four criteria with explicit targets and measures (exit code, 100% tests pass, at least 3 topics)
4	Scope separates In Scope from Out of Scope	Pass	### In Scope and ### Out of Scope
5	Stakeholders are cross-referenced to SA IDs	Pass	S01, S02, S03 cited by ID from [SA-001]
6	Methodology and quality-standard foundation are stated	Pass	The framework process and ISO/IEC 25010:2023
7	Assumptions and constraints are explicit and distinct	Pass	Two separate sections; the one-week delivery constraint was added in this review
8	Clear, unambiguous recommendation	Pass	Proceed with a one-sentence rationale

Language and Domain Results

#	Criterion	Status	Evidence/Notes
1	The Metadata table has a Language row and a Domain row, neither a placeholder	Pass	Language is en and Domain is it
2	Language is a BCP 47 code and Domain is a value from the registry's domain list	Pass	en is BCP 47; it is in the registry's domain list
3	The content is written in the stated language	Pass	All prose and table cells are English
4	The register matches the one the registry gives for the type	Pass	IT Executive English: Plain executive English; no unexplained jargon
5	Domain terms are the PO terms of the domain's dictionary, with no synonyms	Pass	The project has no dictionary (DICT), so there are no PO terms to contradict; terms are used consistently (for example PrettyTable, virtual environment, test)
6	Metadata keys, section headings, IDs and statuses are in English	Pass	Checked in the file
7	No translated twin exists beside the document	Pass	docs/ has one file per artifact
8	A change of language or domain since the previous accepted version has a Version History row and was reviewed again	Pass	Language and domain are unchanged since the first version
9	A reviewer competent in the domain and the language has confirmed the domain terms	Pass	S01 reads English and works in the IT domain; the language reviewer is none
10	Abbreviations are spelled out on first use	Pass	PyPI, SQA and QC are spelled out on first use (fixed in this review)

Overall Verdict

Go — every mandatory criterion of the type checklist and of QC-LANG-001 passes. Two defects were fixed before the verdict: the qualitative cost-benefit lacked a justification (criterion 1) and the document had no delivery-time constraint, which the milestone cross-check needs; PyPI, SQA and QC were not spelled out (QC-LANG-001 criterion 10). The author and the reviewer are both S01, the only stakeholder, as in the first reviews.

Action Items

Action	Owner	Due
None open	S01	n/a

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