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You rank solution candidates by applying a weighted 5-dimension scoring rubric across Non-Obviousness, Technical Fit, Cost Efficiency, Implementation, and Longevity. This produces transparent scores with justifications, assigns medal thresholds, and filters out options failing minimum criteria.

A cost-of-convenience premium in TCO comparison quantifies the extra amount paid for choosing a mainstream baseline option over alternatives. It calculates this premium using total cost of ownership percentages and evaluates non-monetary tradeoffs like vendor lock-in and data ownership.

You calculate total cost of ownership for alternative solutions by comparing them against a mainstream baseline using a TCO model. This computes the convenience premium percentage and evaluates non-monetary tradeoffs, providing defensible cost impact analysis for your final recommendations.

Yes, you can use minimum-criteria filtering to eliminate unsuitable options during solution ranking. The weighted score model applies these minimum filters before assigning medal thresholds, ensuring only candidates meeting baseline requirements proceed to the final TCO-based convenience premium computation.

The best way to compare a mainstream baseline against discovered alternatives is applying a 5-dimension weighted scoring rubric. This scores the mainstream option on the same scale as alternatives, enabling direct TCO comparison and convenience premium calculation for transparent decision support.