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Software engineering
The systematic application of scientific principles and disciplines to the development, operation, and maintenance of software to perform prespecified functions with maximum economy and efficiency.
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validation
Computer; Software engineering
Confirmation by examination and provisions of objective evidence that the particular requirements for a specific intended use are fulfilled. In design and development, validation concerns the process ...
external interface requirement
Computer; Software engineering
A system/software requirement that specifies a hardware, software, or database element with which a system/software system or system/software component must interface, or that sets forth constraints ...
software design description (SDD)
Computer; Software engineering
A representation of software created to facilitate analysis, planning, implementation, and decision-making. The software design description is used as a medium for communicating software design ...
software configuration
Computer; Software engineering
(1) The arrangement of a computer system or component as defined by the number, nature, and interconnections of its constituent parts. (2) The functional and physical characteristics of a software ...
software project management plan (SPMP)
Computer; Software engineering
The controlling document for managing a software project. A software project management plan establishes policies, procedures, rules, tasks, schedules, and resources necessary to complete the ...
design constraint (requirements)
Computer; Software engineering
(1) A software requirement that affects or constrains the design of a software system or software system component. Examples of design constraints are physical requirements, performance requirements, ...
benefit-cost analysis
Computer; Software engineering
In not-for-profit decision analysis, this method bases the desirability of an alternative on the ratio of the net benefits to the population (measurable benefits minus measurable “dis-benefits”) ...
