A method for sentencing a manufactured component for compliance with an operational requirement, the method comprising; a) pre-defining a nominal section for a compliant component; b) dividing the pre-defined nominal section into a plurality of zones; c) based on the relative contribution or relative susceptibility of each zone to a previously identified failure mode of the component, assigning a weighting factor to each zone indicative of its relative contribution; d) defining an acceptance criterion which is a function of cross-sectional dimensions in each zone multiplied by the assigned weighting factor; e) generating an image of an entire section of the manufactured component in the same position as the nominal section for the compliant component is defined; f) identifying in the generated image, zones comparable to the zones in the pre-defined nominal section; g) measuring cross-sectional dimensions of the manufactured component in the generated image zones of step f) and for each, multiplying by the weighting factor assigned to the comparable zones of the pre-defined nominal section of step c); h) performing the function of step d) on the weighted, measured sectional dimensions of the manufactured component; i) performing steps a) to h) over a plurality of different planes; j) defining an acceptance criterion as a function of all acceptance criteria of step d) for each different plane of said plurality; k) summing the outcome of step h) over the plurality of planes of the manufactured component; l) comparing the outcome of step k) against the acceptance criterion of step j) and sentencing the manufactured component as a "pass" or "fail" dependent on its compliance or non-compliance with the acceptance criterion of step j). a) pre-defining a nominal section for a compliant component; b) dividing the pre-defined nominal section into a plurality of zones; c) based on the relative contribution or relative susceptibility of each zone to a previously identified failure mode of the component, assigning a weighting factor to each zone indicative of its relative contribution; d) defining an acceptance criterion which is a function of cross-sectional dimensions in each zone multiplied by the assigned weighting factor; e) generating an image of an entire section of the manufactured component in the same position as the nominal section for the compliant component is defined; f) identifying in the generated image, zones comparable to the zones in the pre-defined nominal section; g) measuring cross-sectional dimensions of the manufactured component in the generated image zones of step f) and for each, multiplying by the weighting factor assigned to the comparable zones of the pre-defined nominal section of step c); h) performing the function of step d) on the weighted, measured sectional dimensions of the manufactured component; i) performing steps a) to h) over a plurality of different planes; j) defining an acceptance criterion as a function of all acceptance criteria of step d) for each different plane of said plurality; k) summing the outcome of step h) over the plurality of planes of the manufactured component; l) comparing the outcome of step k) against the acceptance criterion of step j) and sentencing the manufactured component as a "pass" or "fail" dependent on its compliance or non-compliance with the acceptance criterion of step j).