Glossary - V
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validation
- the quality control and testing tasks and techniques used
to determine if a work product (either an application or one
of its components) conforms to its specified requirements,
including operational, quality, interface, and design
constraints. Validation determines if the "correct" work
product was produced.
Contrast with verification.
Examples include
system tests and
launch
tests.
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validation criterion
- a quantitative measurement of a
requirement that can
be used to determine whether or not an implementation
fulfills the requirement.
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vendor organization
- an organization that that provides
Commercial-Of-The-Shelf (COTS) products (e.g., data,
software, or hardware components) to the development
organization for a fee or in exchange for services.
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vendor representative
- the
role that is played when a
person officially represents a vendor organization in
interactions with members of other organizations during an
endeavor.
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verification
- the quality control and testing tasks and techniques used
to incrementally and iteratively determine if a work product
is complete and consistent with its inputs (work products and
stakeholder statements) and its associated conventions (e.g.,
standards, templates, and inspection checklists).
Verification determines if the work product was produced
correctly.
Contrast with validation.
Examples include document
inspections,
unit tests, and
integration
tests.
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verify
- 1) to demonstrate if a work product is consistent with
its input work products and associated conventions.
- 2) to demonstrate that the work product was produced
correctly.
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version
- a uniquely identified complete release or re-release of a
work product at a specific point in time.
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version control
- the configuration management task of managing multiple
versions of work products, that may or may not also be
configuration items.
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video artist
- the
role that is played when a
person creates or obtains new video content for one or more
applications.
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VisualBasic coding
standards
- coding standards for the VisualBasic programming
language.
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visual modeling
language
- a
language used to produce
graphic (e.g., object, process) models.
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volatility
- the estimated probability that a requirement will change
before the current version of the application will be
delivered.
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vortal
- 1) a
portal that provides a
voice interface.
- 2) a
portal dedicated to a
single application domain (e.g., healthcare, shopping).