Functional Outcomes MUST cover all benefits OR must be duplicated

Hi all,

Just another issue we must have correct or discuss at least before
publication I think.

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As Guidelines are not normative but (Functional) Outcomes are, they must
cover all benefits for all Functional Groups and Functional Needs we try to
tackle.

This means the "so... bla bla" statement should be broad enough to cover
all benefits OR a bulleted list might be needed with the benefits (and are
the benefits normative then?).

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On the other hand, if we use bulleted lists for Benefits, then all methods
and the scoring / tests MUST cover all benefits also otherwise they are not
compatible (Charles Hall commented on this in the functional needs
subgroup).

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If this is not a "Catch All" for (Functional) Outcomes, we might need to
split / duplicate Outcomes covering different Benefits (?!)

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EXAMPLE 1
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"Provides semantic structure So can convey a sense of hierarchy"

In this case the benefits of navigating or locating are not mentioned, also
the Functional Needs are not covered as it's not in the normative text.

Three options for this example:

1. (long sentence, covering all benefits)

"Provides semantic structure So can convey a sense of hierarchy AND/OR
users can navigate AND/OR users can locate"

2. (use of bulleted list)

"Provides semantic structure

   - So can convey a sense of hierarchy
   - So users can navigate
   - So users can locate"

3. (split in 3 Functional Outcomes)


"Provides semantic structure so can convey a sense of hierarchy"
"Provides semantic structure so users can navigate"
"Provides semantic structure so users can locate"

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This is just an example of the challenge with the Functional Outcome texts
being normative, more examples are not difficult to think of.

Another option would be to separate the Benefits from the functional
outcome and mention them as something like: " Benefits might be but not
limited to: bla, bla and bla"

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At the moment I think the Functional Outcomes as we have now are to open to
interpretation and probably will not make it as normative text to be tested
and scored.

Of course happy to illustrate of dsicus.

Cheers,
Jake