Appendix . Glossary
- acceptance criteria
Conditions that a software product must satisfy to be accepted by a user, customer, or other stakeholder.
- activity diagram
An analysis model that shows a dynamic view of a system by depicting the flow from one activity to another. Similar to a flowchart.
- actor
A person playing 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.
- allocation
See requirements allocation.
- alternative course
A path through a use case that leads to success (accomplishing the actor’s goal) but which involves a variation from the normal course in the specifics of the task or of the actor’s interaction with the system.
- analysis, requirements
The process of classifying ...
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