Glossary Terms "A"

"modification of a software product performed after delivery to add functionality or features to enhance the usage of the product." "Note 2 to entry: “Additive maintenance” [...]

"degree of effectiveness and efficiency with which it is possible to assess the impact on a product or system of an intended change to one or [...]

"anything that has value to a person or organization. " (ISO/IEC/IEEE, 25010). Besides, according to ISO/IEC 25010, "assets are work products such as requirements documents, source [...]

The amount of debt is used to refer to the rework costs (principal and interest )that is needed to improve the levels of quality.

"The exit criteria that a component or system must satisfy in order to be accepted by a user, customer, or other authorized entity."

"modification of a software product, performed after delivery, to keep a software product usable in a changed or changing environment" "Note 1 to entry: Adaptive maintenance [...]

Thefore, software artifact also "means any work-product that is the outcome of a process used to create the final software product." (Borque and Fairley, 2014).

It refers to issues related to testing activities impacting internal quality. Some examples of Test Debt items are: lack, insufficient or inadequate tests, low test coverage, [...]

It refers to isues encountered in the architecture of software products. These are sub-optimal architecture solutions, impacting internal quality. Some examples of Archicteture Debt items are: [...]