Software Metrics Glossary - T

	Tailor
	To adapt a process or a set of standards or procedures to better match process or product requirements. [CMM for Softwar...
	Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM )
	Target Completion Date (TC)
	An imposed date which constrains or otherwise modifies the network analysis....
	Source: ( PMI:PMBOK )
	Target Finish Date (TF)
	The date work is planned (targeted) to finish on an activity....
	Source: ( PMI:PMBOK )
	Target Start Date (TS)
	The date work is planned (targeted) to start on an activity....
	Source: ( PMI:PMBOK )
	Task
	Well-defined unit of work in the process that provides management with visible checkpoints into the status of the projec...
	Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM )
	Team Count
	A team function point count involves more than one counter, simultaneously counting the same application/project. Such c...
	Source: ( Total Metrics - Function Point Consultants )
	Team Development
	Developing individual and group skills to enhance project....
	Source: ( PMI:PMBOK )
	Technical Parameters
	A selected subset of the system's technical metrics tracked in TPM. Critical technical parameters are identified from ri...
	Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM )
	Technical Requirements
	Those requirements that describe what the product must do. Examples of technical requirements include functions, perform...
	Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM )
	Technical Reviews
	A series of systems engineering activities by which the technical progress of a program is assessed relative to its tech...
	Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM )
	Test
	An activity in which a system or component is executed under specified conditions, the results are observed or recorded,...
	Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM )
	Test Plan
	A plan describing the schedule, resources, and approach to verify the compliance of a system or its elements with the re...
	Source: ( SEI:SE-CMM )
	Time Recording Methods
	The following methods of collecting WORK EFFORT are believed to be the most common. Method-A: Staff Hours (Recorded)The ...
	Source: ( ISBSG-Release 6 1999 )
	Time-Scaled Network Diagram
	Any project network diagram drawn in such a way that the positioning and length of the activity represents its duration....
	Source: ( PMI:PMBOK )
	Total degree of influence (TDI)
	The sum of the degrees of influence for the fourteen GSCs...
	Source: ( CPM 4.1 )
	Total Quality Management (TQM)
	A common approach to implementing a quality improvement program within an organization....
	Source: ( PMI:PMBOK )
	Traceability
	The degree to which a relationship can be established between two or more products of the development process, especiall...
	Source: ( SEI:SA-CMM )
	Traceability Matrix
	A matrix that records the relationship between two or more products of the development process; for example, a matrix th...
	Source: ( SEI:SA-CMM )
	Transaction rate GSC
	One of the 14 general system characteristics describing the degree to which the rate of business transactions influenced...
	Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 )
	Transactional Functions
	The functionality provided to the user to process data by an application. Transactional functions are defined as externa...
	Source: ( IFPUG CPM 4.1 )
	Transactions
	These correspond to ‘elementary processes’ in IFPUG terminology. They are the lowest level on a functional hierarchy and...
	Source: ( Total Metrics - Function Point Consultants )
	Triggering event (-type)
	A triggering event occurs outside the boundary of the measured software and initiates one or more functional processes. ...
	Source: ( COSMIC-FFP MM Version 2.1 )