Define the intent
Describe the system, people, purpose, and boundaries.
Intent gives the rest of the Assessment its context. Describe the system you are evaluating and the use you intend to decide about.
Record the working facts
In Intent, identify the purpose, users and affected people, operating context, capabilities, limitations, expected benefits, and accountable owner. Make the boundary concrete: what is included, what stays outside, and where a person remains responsible.
Identify the product version
Use a product version that describes the relevant components and configuration. Several Assessments can review that same version for different objectives.
Maintain the scope deliberately
Descriptive edits retain the Assessment and its product-version reference. A change to the purpose or boundary appends a scope revision, keeping requirements visible while reopening their evidence where needed.
Changes to components or configuration belong to a new product version. Use Re-assess for a new version for that work.
Add standards when relevant
The optional Standards & scope section asks for facts required by selected guidance. Finish the saved context before relying on stages that require it.
Next, record the risks.