Premise: Our overall objective was to determine whether best practices offer methods to improve the way DOD ensures that the design is stable early in the development process and whether having manufacturing processes in control before production results in better cost, schedule, and quality outcomes in DOD major acquisition programs.

Hypothesis: Best practices for improvement was the main objective.

Does the premise entail the hypothesis?

OPTIONS:
1). yes
2). it is not possible to tell
3). no
1).