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Software Metrics Glossary - O


  Object of interest (-type)  
  An object of interest is identified from the point of view of the Functional User Requirements and may be any physical t...  
 

Source: ( COSMIC-FFP MM Version 2.1 )

 
     
  Online Data Entry GSC  
  One of the 14 general system characteristics describing the degree to which data is entered through interactive transact...  
 

Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 )

 
     
  Online update GSC  
  One of the 14 general system characteristics describing the degree to which internal logical files are updated online....  
 

Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 )

 
     
  Operating environment (software)  
  The set of software operating concurrently on a specified computer system....  
 

Source: ( COSMIC-FFP MM Version 2.1 )

 
     
  Operational Ease GSC  
  One of the 14 general system characteristics describing the degree to which the application attends to operational aspec...  
 

Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 )

 
     
  Operational Environment  
  The natural or induced environmental conditions, and user interactions, within which the system is expected to be operat...  
 

Source: ( SEI:SA-CMM )

 
     
  Operational Requirements  
  The statements that identify the essential capabilities (the process or series of actions performed to effect a purpose ...  
 

Source: ( SEI:SA-CMM )

 
     
  Optional subgroup  
  Optional subgroups are those that the user has the option of using one or none of the subgroups during an elementary pro...  
 

Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 )

 
     
  Organisation  
  Group of individuals formed to perform some function....  
 

Source: ( SC7/WG8:16326 )

 
     
  Organisation Level Certified Function Point Counter  
  A person accredited by an individual organisation to be proficient in Function Point Analysis and authorised to conduct ...  
 

Source: ( Total Metrics - Function Point Consultants )

 
     
  Organisation Type  
  A standard classification for the business within which the organisation as a whole operates. Note: The organisation is ...  
 

Source: ( ISBSG-Release 6 1999 )

 
     
  Organization Level  
  The management level or levels responsible for managing one or more data processing or information systems organizations...  
 

Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 )

 
     
  Organizational Planning  
  Identifying, documenting, and assigning project roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships....  
 

Source: ( PMI:PMBOK )

 
     
  Organization's Business Goals  
  The reasons for an organization’s existence. Such goals may include reducing the number of change requests during a syst...  
 

Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM )

 
     
  Organization's Measurement Program  
  The set of related elements for addressing an organization's measurement needs. It includes the definition of organizati...  
 

Source: ( SEI:SA-CMM )

 
     
  Organization's Process Assets  
  A collection of entities, maintained by an organization, for use by the projects and others in developing, tailoring, ma...  
 

Source: ( SEI:SA-CMM )

 
     
  Organization's Product Development Process Database  
  A database established to collect and make available data on development the product processes and resulting work produc...  
 

Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM )

 
     
  Organization's Standard Software Process  
  The operational definition of the basic process that guides the establishment of a common software process across the so...  
 

Source: ( SEI:SW-CMM )

 
     
  Output  
  Data for which the value depends on the operation of the software and which is therefore created or otherwise modified b...  
 

Source: ( COSMIC-FFP MM Version 2.1 )

 
     
  Overall Change Control  
  Coordinating changes across the entire project....  
 

Source: ( PMI:PMBOK )

 
     

 

 

  More Software Metrics and Project Management glossary terms  
  Resource: PMP PMBOK - Project Management Book of Knowledge  
  Article: Benefits of Software Metrics  
     

 
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