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Configuration The composition of a component or system as defined by the number, nature,
and interconnections of its constituent parts.
Configuration auditing The function to check on the contents of libraries of configuration
items, e.g. for standards compliance.
Configuration control board (CCB) A group of people responsible for evaluating and
approving or disapproving proposed changes to configuration items and for ensuring
implementation of approved changes.
Configuration identification An element of configuration management, consisting of
selecting the configuration items for a system and recording their functional and physical
characteristics in technical documentation.
Configuration item An aggregation of hardware, software, or both, that is designated for
configuration management and treated as a single entity in the configuration management
process.
Re-testing Also known as Confirmation testing. Testing that runs test cases that failed the
last time they were run, in order to verify the success of corrective actions.
Consistency The degree of uniformity, standardization, and freedom from contradiction
among the documents or parts of a component or system.
Content-based model A process model providing a detailed description of good engineering
practices, e.g. test practices.
,Continuous representation A capability maturity model structure wherein capability levels
provide a recommended order for approaching process improvement within specified process
areas.
Control flow A sequence of events (paths) in the execution through a component or system.
Control flow analysis A form of static analysis based on a representation of unique paths
(sequences of events) in the execution through a component or system. Control flow analysis
evaluates the integrity of control flow structures, looking for possible control flow anomalies
such as closed loops or logically unreachable process steps.
Control flow graph An abstract representation of all possible sequences of events (paths) in
the execution through a component or system.
Path Also known as Control flow path. A sequence of events e.g. executable statements of a
component or system from an entry point to an exit point.
Conversion testing Testing of software used to convert data from existing systems for use in
replacement systems.
Corporate dashboard A dashboard-style representation of the statue of corporate
performance data.
Cost of quality The total costs incurred on quality activities and issues and often split into
prevention costs, appraisal costs, internal failure costs and external failure costs.
Coverage The degree, expressed as a percentage, to which a specified coverage item has
been exercised by a test suite.
,Coverage analysis Measurement of achieved coverage to a specified coverage item during
test execution referring to predeteremined criteria to determine whether additional testing is
required and if so, which test cases are needed.
Coverage item An entity or property used as a basis for test coverage, e.g. equivalence
partitions of code statements.
Critical success factor An element which is necessary for an organization or project to
achieve its mission. They are the critical factors or activities required for ensuring the success.
Critical testing processes (CTP) An content-based model for test process improvement built
around twelve critical processes. These include highly visible processes, by which peers and
management judge competence and mission-critical processes in which performance affects
the company's profits and reputation.
Cyclomatic complexity Also known as Cyclomatic number. The number of independent
paths through a program.
Daily build A development activity where a complete system is compiled and linked every
day (usually overnight) so that a consistent system is available at any time including all latest
changes.
Dashboard A representation of dynamic measurements of operational performance for
some organization or activity, using metrics represented via metaphors such as visual "dials",
"counters", and other devices resembling those on the dashboard of an automobile, so that the
effects or events or activities can be easily understood and related to operational goals.
Data definition An executable statement where a variable is assigned a value.
Data driven testing A scripting technique that stores test input and and expected results in a
table or spreadsheet, so that a single control script can execute all of the test in the table. Data
, driven testing is often used to support the application of test execution tools such as
capture/playback tools.
Data flow An abstract representation of the sequence and possible changes of the state of
data objects, where the state of an object is any of: creation, usage, or destruction.
Data flow analysis A form or static analysis based on the definition and usage of variables.
Data flow coverage The percentage of definition-use pairs that have been exercised by a
test suite.
Data flow testing A white box test design technique in which test cases are designed to
execute definition and use pairs of variables.
Database integrity testing Also known as data integrity testing. Testing the methods and
processes used to access and manage the data(base), to ensure access methods, processes and
data rules function as expected and that during access to the database, data is not corrupted or
unexpectedly deleted, updated, or created.
dd-path A path of execution (usually through a graph representing a program, such as a
flow-chart) that does not include any conditional modes such as the path of execution between
two decisions.
Unreachable code Also known as dead code. Code that cannot be reached and is therefore
impossible to execute.
Decision A program point at which the control flow two or more alternative routes. A node
with two or more links to separate branches.
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Configuration The composition of a component or system as defined by the number, nature,
and interconnections of its constituent parts.
Configuration auditing The function to check on the contents of libraries of configuration
items, e.g. for standards compliance.
Configuration control board (CCB) A group of people responsible for evaluating and
approving or disapproving proposed changes to configuration items and for ensuring
implementation of approved changes.
Configuration identification An element of configuration management, consisting of
selecting the configuration items for a system and recording their functional and physical
characteristics in technical documentation.
Configuration item An aggregation of hardware, software, or both, that is designated for
configuration management and treated as a single entity in the configuration management
process.
Re-testing Also known as Confirmation testing. Testing that runs test cases that failed the
last time they were run, in order to verify the success of corrective actions.
Consistency The degree of uniformity, standardization, and freedom from contradiction
among the documents or parts of a component or system.
Content-based model A process model providing a detailed description of good engineering
practices, e.g. test practices.
,Continuous representation A capability maturity model structure wherein capability levels
provide a recommended order for approaching process improvement within specified process
areas.
Control flow A sequence of events (paths) in the execution through a component or system.
Control flow analysis A form of static analysis based on a representation of unique paths
(sequences of events) in the execution through a component or system. Control flow analysis
evaluates the integrity of control flow structures, looking for possible control flow anomalies
such as closed loops or logically unreachable process steps.
Control flow graph An abstract representation of all possible sequences of events (paths) in
the execution through a component or system.
Path Also known as Control flow path. A sequence of events e.g. executable statements of a
component or system from an entry point to an exit point.
Conversion testing Testing of software used to convert data from existing systems for use in
replacement systems.
Corporate dashboard A dashboard-style representation of the statue of corporate
performance data.
Cost of quality The total costs incurred on quality activities and issues and often split into
prevention costs, appraisal costs, internal failure costs and external failure costs.
Coverage The degree, expressed as a percentage, to which a specified coverage item has
been exercised by a test suite.
,Coverage analysis Measurement of achieved coverage to a specified coverage item during
test execution referring to predeteremined criteria to determine whether additional testing is
required and if so, which test cases are needed.
Coverage item An entity or property used as a basis for test coverage, e.g. equivalence
partitions of code statements.
Critical success factor An element which is necessary for an organization or project to
achieve its mission. They are the critical factors or activities required for ensuring the success.
Critical testing processes (CTP) An content-based model for test process improvement built
around twelve critical processes. These include highly visible processes, by which peers and
management judge competence and mission-critical processes in which performance affects
the company's profits and reputation.
Cyclomatic complexity Also known as Cyclomatic number. The number of independent
paths through a program.
Daily build A development activity where a complete system is compiled and linked every
day (usually overnight) so that a consistent system is available at any time including all latest
changes.
Dashboard A representation of dynamic measurements of operational performance for
some organization or activity, using metrics represented via metaphors such as visual "dials",
"counters", and other devices resembling those on the dashboard of an automobile, so that the
effects or events or activities can be easily understood and related to operational goals.
Data definition An executable statement where a variable is assigned a value.
Data driven testing A scripting technique that stores test input and and expected results in a
table or spreadsheet, so that a single control script can execute all of the test in the table. Data
, driven testing is often used to support the application of test execution tools such as
capture/playback tools.
Data flow An abstract representation of the sequence and possible changes of the state of
data objects, where the state of an object is any of: creation, usage, or destruction.
Data flow analysis A form or static analysis based on the definition and usage of variables.
Data flow coverage The percentage of definition-use pairs that have been exercised by a
test suite.
Data flow testing A white box test design technique in which test cases are designed to
execute definition and use pairs of variables.
Database integrity testing Also known as data integrity testing. Testing the methods and
processes used to access and manage the data(base), to ensure access methods, processes and
data rules function as expected and that during access to the database, data is not corrupted or
unexpectedly deleted, updated, or created.
dd-path A path of execution (usually through a graph representing a program, such as a
flow-chart) that does not include any conditional modes such as the path of execution between
two decisions.
Unreachable code Also known as dead code. Code that cannot be reached and is therefore
impossible to execute.
Decision A program point at which the control flow two or more alternative routes. A node
with two or more links to separate branches.
