[ Evaluation ]

Evaluation is the making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something. It’s an assessment of verified input information to identify positive or negative attributes. Often there is a checklist or ranking system to record the evaluation outcomes.

In order to evaluate well, we need to think systematically, and we need understand the interconnectedness of the many decisions involved with evaluation. Evaluating the outcomes and impacts of engineering activities means we think of the future consequences of our actions and decisions.

Evaluation is an element of technical proficiency competence, which professional engineers should strive to do well.