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Founded in 1946, the IEEE Computer Society is a professional organization for computing professionals. Based in Washington, DC, it's the largest of IEEE’s 38 societies organized under the IEEE Technical Activities Board. The IEEE Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the theory, practice, and ...
The basis for comparison that represents the value of a cash-flow stream in terms of the time it will take (including interest) to recover the proposal’s initial investment. It indicates exposure to risk. If the proposal is cancelled before it reaches its payback period, the organization will, by definition, have lost money.
Industry:Computer; Software
A set of interrelated activities that result in the development or assessment of software products. Each activity consists of tasks. The life cycle processes may overlap one another. For V&V purposes, no process is concluded until its development products are verified and validated according to the defined tasks in the SVVP.
Industry:Computer; Software
A discipline applying technical and administrative direc¬tion and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a configuration item, control changes to those characteristics, record and report change processing and implementation status, and verify compliance with specified requirements.
Industry:Computer; Software
A formal meeting at which the monetary expenditures for a system/software engineering project are presented to the user, customer, or other interested parties for comment and approval. The monetary expenditures are compared to the budget, and differences between the budget estimates and actual project expenditures are explained.
Industry:Computer; Software
Any condition that deviates from the expected based on requirements, specifications, design, documents, user documents, standards, etc., or from someone’s perceptions or experiences. Anomalies may be found during, but not limited to, the review, test, analysis, compilation, or use of software products or applicable documentation.
Industry:Computer; Software
The use of a computer to design a device or a system, display it on a computer monitor or printer, simulate its operation, and provide statistics on its performance. The computer is provided with data concerning the item to be designed, how it is to function, and the rules for the way in which the different components can be joined.
Industry:Computer; Software
An organization that develops some or all of the project deliverables for an acquirer. Suppliers may include organizations that have primary responsibility for project deliverables and subcontractors that deliver some part of the project deliverables to a primary supplier. In the latter case, the primary supplier is also an acquirer.
Industry:Computer; Software
A discipline applying technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a software configuration item, control changes to those characteristics, record and report change processing and implementation status, and verify compliance with specified requirements.
Industry:Computer; Software
A scheduled event used to measure progress. Examples of major milestones for software projects may include an acquirer or managerial sign-off, baselining of a specification, completion of system integration, and product delivery. Minor milestones might include baselining of a software module or completion of a chapter of the users' manual.
Industry:Computer; Software
The rate of return that the organization considers to be the minimum before it will be interested in any investment; an expression of the rate of return that the organization is confident it can achieve through typical activities. It represents the organization’s opportunity cost and is the interest rate used in business decision analysis.
Industry:Computer; Software
