criteriawide
Criteriawide refers to a methodological approach that emphasizes broad inclusion of evaluation criteria in decision-making, particularly in fields such as procurement, policy analysis, product development, and research. The aim is to capture a comprehensive view of stakeholders' needs and potential outcomes, preventing decisions based on a narrow set of metrics.
The term is not a standardized technical label; it appears as a descriptive neologism in academic and
Typical implementations involve assembling a wide set of criteria across economic, social, environmental, technical, and ethical
Critics note that criteriawide evaluation can be more complex and data-intensive, with a risk of ambiguity
See also: multi-criteria decision analysis, MCDA, decision support systems.