Appendix E. Glossary
- acceptance criteria
Conditions that a software product must satisfy to be accepted by a user, customer, or other stakeholder.
- acceptance test
A test that evaluates anticipated usage scenarios to determine the software’s acceptability. Used in agile development both to express details about a user story and to determine whether a user story is fully and correctly implemented.
- activity diagram
An analysis model that depicts a process flow proceeding from one activity to another. Similar to a flowchart.
- actor
A person performing a specific role, a software system, or a hardware device that interacts with a system to achieve a useful goal. Also called a user role.
- agile development
A term used for software development methods characterized ...
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