Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Risk identification:
The process of identifying risks using techniques such as
brainstorming, checklists, and failure history.
Risk management:
Systematic application of procedures and practices to the tasks
of identifying, analyzing, prioritizing, and controlling risk.
Risk mitigation:
See
risk control
.
Robustness:
The degree to which a component or system can function correctly
in the presence of invalid inputs or stressful environmental conditions. [IEEE 610]
See also
error tolerance, fault tolerance.
Robustness testing:
Testing to determine the robustness of the software product.
Root cause:
An underlying factor that caused a nonconformance and possibly
should be permanently eliminated through process improvement.
S
Safety:
The capability of the software product to achieve acceptable levels of risk
of harm to people, business, software, property, or the environment in a specified
context of use. [ISO 9126]
Safety testing:
Testing to determine the safety of a software product.
Sanity test:
See
smoke test
.
Scalability:
The capability of the software product to be upgraded to accommo-
date increased loads.
Scalability testing:
Testing to determine the scalability of the software product.
Scenario testing:
See
use case testing
.
Scribe:
The person who records each defect mentioned and any suggestions for
process improvement during a review meeting, on a logging form. The scribe has to
ensure that the logging form is readable and understandable.
Scripting language:
A programming language in which executable test scripts are
written, used by a test execution tool (e.g., a capture/playback tool).
Security:
Attributes of software products that bear on its ability to prevent unau-
thorized access, whether accidental or deliberate, to programs and data. [ISO 9126]
See also
functionality.
Security testing:
Testing to determine the security of the software product. See
also
functionality testing.
Security testing tool:
A
tool that provides support for testing security characteris-
tics and vulnerabilities.
Security tool:
A tool that supports operational security.
Serviceability testing:
See
maintainability testing
.
Service provider:
A company who uses its resources to execute outsourced projects
from its customers.
Severity:
The degree of impact that a defect has on the development or operation
of a component or system. [IEEE 610]
Simulation:
The representation of selected behavioral characteristics of one physi-
cal or abstract system by another system. [ISO 2382/1]
