Foundation (2018) Terms
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project risk
See Also: risk
A risk that impacts project success.
quality
Ref: ISO 24765
The degree to which a component, system or process meets specified requirements and/or user/customer needs and expectations.
quality assurance
Ref: ISO 9000
Part of quality management focused on providing confidence that quality requirements will be fulfilled.
quality characteristic
Ref: ISO 24765
Synonyms: quality characteristic, software product characteristic, software quality characteristic, quality attribute
A category of product attributes that bears on quality.
quality control
Ref: after ISO 8402
The operational techniques and activities, part of quality management, that are focused on fulfilling quality requirements.
quality management
Ref: ISO 9000
Coordinated activities to direct and control an organization with regard to quality. Direction and control with regard to quality generally includes the
establishment of the quality policy and quality objectives, quality planning, quality control, quality assurance and quality improvement.
quality risk
See Also: quality characteristic, product risk
A product risk related to a quality characteristic.
Rational Unified Process (RUP)
A proprietary adaptable iterative software development process framework consisting of four project lifecycle phases: inception, elaboration, construction
and transition.
regression
A degradation in the quality of a component or system due to a change.
regression testing
Testing of a previously tested component or system following modification to ensure that defects have not been introduced or have been uncovered in
unchanged areas of the software, as a result of the changes made.
regulatory acceptance testing
Acceptance testing conducted to verify whether a system conforms to relevant laws, policies and regulations.
reliability
Ref: After ISO 25010
The degree to which a component or system performs specified functions under specified conditions for a specified period of time.