Contains two glossaries of commonly-used terms. Select each letter for that part of the glossary.
Contains a list of the terminology used in requirements management, systems engineering and V&V (validation and verification), including terms used in model-based systems engineering (MBSE). The definitions of some of these terms are often the subject of debate. These are our definitions. If you disagree with any of them, please contact us to discuss! This list is not exhaustive.
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A kind of non-functional requirement that describes a quality or property of a system. Examples include usability, portability, maintainability, integrity, efficiency, reliability, and robustness. Quality attribute requirements describe the extent to which a software product demonstrates desired characteristics, not what the product does. |
Contains a list of the principal terminology used in Cradle. This list is not exhaustive.