Prescribed circumstances Save - Maintainability

In software testing, based on the definition given in ISO 9126, the ease with which a software product can be modified in order to:

  • correct defects
  • meet new requirements
  • make future maintenance easier, or
  • cope with a changed environment

In telecommunication and several other engineering fields, the term maintainability has the following meanings:

  1. A characteristic of design and installation, expressed as the probability that an item will be retained in or restored to a specified condition within a given period of time, when the maintenance is performed in accordance with prescribed procedures and resources.
  2. The ease with which maintenance of a functional unit can be performed in accordance with prescribed requirements.


See also

  • -ilities

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