Cste Vocabulary

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Access Modeling

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Used to verify that data requirements (represented in the form
of an entity-relationship diagram) support the data demands of
process requirements (represented in data flow diagrams and
process specifications.)

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Affinity Diagram

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A group process that takes large amounts of language data,
such as a list developed by brainstorming, and divides it into
categories.

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Application

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A single software product that may or may not fully support a
business function.

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Audit

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This is an inspection/assessment activity that verifies
compliance with plans, policies, and procedures, and ensures
that resources are conserved. Audit is a staff function; it serves
as the "eyes and ears" of management.

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Backlog

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Work waiting to be done; for IT this includes new systems to be
developed and enhancements to existing systems. To be
included in the development backlog, the work must have been
cost-justified and approved for development.

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Baseline

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A quantitative measure of the current level of performance.

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Benchmarking

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Comparing your company’s products, services, or processes
against best practices, or competitive practices, to help define
superior performance of a product, service, or support process.

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Benefits Realization
Test

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A test or analysis conducted after an application is moved into
production to determine whether it is likely to meet the
originating business case.

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Black-Box Testing

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A test technique that focuses on testing the functionality of the program, component, or application against its specifications without knowledge of how the system is constructed; usually
data or business process driven.

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Boundary Value
Analysis

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A data selection technique in which test data is chosen from the
“boundaries” of the input or output domain classes, data
structures, and procedure parameters. Choices often include
the actual minimum and maximum boundary values, the
maximum value plus or minus one, and the minimum value
plus or minus one.

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Brainstorming

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A group process for generating creative and diverse ideas.
Branch Testing
A test method that requires that each possible branch on each
decision point be executed at least once.

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Bug

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A general term for all software defects or errors.

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Candidate

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An individual who has met eligibility requirements for a
credential awarded through a certification program, but who
has not yet earned that certification through participation in the
required skill and knowledge assessment instruments.

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Cause-Effect
Graphing

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A tool used to derive test cases from specifications. A graph
that relates causes (or input conditions) to effects is generated.
The information in the graph is converted into a decision table
where the columns are the cause-effect combinations. Unique
rows represent test cases.

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Certificant

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An individual who has earned a credential awarded through a
certification program.

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Certification

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A voluntary process instituted by a nongovernmental agency by
which individual applicants are recognized for having achieved
a measurable level of skill or knowledge. Measurement of the
skill or knowledge makes certification more restrictive than
simple registration, but much less restrictive than formal
licensure.

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Checklists

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A series of probing questions about the completeness and
attributes of an application system. Well-constructed checklists
cause evaluation of areas, which are prone to problems. It both
limits the scope of the test and directs the tester to the areas in
which there is a high probability of a problem.

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Checkpoint Review

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Held at predefined points in the development process to
evaluate whether certain quality factors (critical success
factors) are being adequately addressed in the system being
built. Independent experts for the purpose of identifying
problems conduct the reviews as early as possible.

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Checksheet

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A form used to record data as it is gathered.

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Client

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The customer that pays for the product received and receives
the benefit from the use of the product.