Applied research and methods

Original Contributions

Eight practical frameworks turn complex assurance reasoning into transparent, repeatable decisions. Claims of adoption or recognition appear only when independently verifiable.

Original practitioner framework

Assurance Unit Method

Define the smallest meaningful unit of intended use, failure, control, and evidence before selecting a test.

Open framework

Original practitioner framework

Living Assurance Case

Maintain a versioned claim–argument–evidence structure as systems, suppliers, and risks change.

Open framework