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Maintainability Plan
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A document setting out the specific maintainibility practices, resources and sequence of activities relevant to software...
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Source: ( ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7:14764 ) |
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Maintained
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The term maintained is the ability to modify data through an elementary process....
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Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 ) |
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Maintenance
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The effort to keep an application performing according to its specifications, generally without changing its functionali...
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Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 ) |
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Maintenance (support) rate
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The productivity measure for maintaining an application. It is expressed as the Work Effort by category of maintenance d...
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Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 ) |
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Management Practice
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A management activity or task that addresses the implementation or institutionalization of a specific process attribute....
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Source: ( ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7:15504-5 ) |
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Mandatory Subgroup
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One of the two types of subgroups for record element types (RETs). Mandatory subgroups mean the user must use one of the...
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Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 ) |
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Maturity Level
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A well-defined evolutionary plateau toward achieving a mature software process. The five maturity levels in the SEI Capa...
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Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM ) |
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Measure
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As a noun, a number that assigns relative value. Some examples may include volume, height, function points, or work effo...
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Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 ) |
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Measurement
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Assigning relative value. Usually, in the improvement process, measures gained from this activity are combined to form m...
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Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 ) |
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Measurement Method
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A logical sequence of operations, described generically, used in the performance of measurements (from [International Vo...
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Source: ( COSMIC-FFP MM Version 2.1 ) |
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Measurement Procedure
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A set of operations, described specifically, used in the performance of particular measurements according to a given met...
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Source: ( COSMIC-FFP MM Version 2.1 ) |
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Measurement Process
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The process of establishing, planning, performing and evaluating software measurement within an overall project or organ...
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Source: ( COSMIC-FFP MM Version 2.1 ) |
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Method
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A reasonably complete set of rules and criteria that establish a precise and repeatable way of performing a task to prov...
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Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM ) |
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Methodology
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A collection of methods, procedures, and standards that defines an integrated synthesis of engineering approaches to the...
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Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM ) |
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Metric
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There is no single universal definition of a metric. In the context of this document, a metric is a combination of two o...
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Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 ) |
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Metrics Repository
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A storage facility for base measures and derived software metrics. Summary function point count results only are recorde...
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Source: ( Total Metrics - Function Point Consultants ) |
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Metrics Support
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Within the context of the Function Point Implementation Project, Metrics Support staff are responsible for installing th...
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Source: ( Total Metrics - Function Point Consultants ) |
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Mid life cycle
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From requirements definition to completion of the technical design....
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Source: ( ISBSG-Release 6 1999 ) |
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Milestone
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A significant event in the project, usually completion of a major deliverable....
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Source: ( PMI:PMBOK ) |
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Modern Project Management (MPM)
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A term used to distinguish the current broad range of project management (scope, cost, time, quality, risk, etc.) from n...
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Source: ( PMI:PMBOK ) |
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Modification
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The act of changing a system or component after delivery to improve performance or some other attribute, or to adapt the...
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Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM ) |
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Modification Request (MR)
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A generic term used to identify proposed changes to a software product that is being maintained. The MR may later be cla...
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Source: ( ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7:14764 ) |
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Monitoring
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The capture, analysis, and reporting of project performance, usually as compared to plan....
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Source: ( PMI:PMBOK ) |
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Multiple sites GSC
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One of the 14 general system characteristics describing the degree to which the application has been developed for multi...
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Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 ) |
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