activityset of cohesive tasks of a process |
assessment indicatorsources of objective evidence used to support the assessors' judgment in rating process attributes |
assessorindividual who participates in the rating of process attributes |
base standardapproved International Standard or Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T) Recommendation |
baselinespecification or product that has been formally reviewed and agreed upon, that thereafter serves as the basis for further development, and that can be changed only through formal change control procedures |
competent assessorassessor who has demonstrated the competencies to conduct an assessment and to monitor and verify the conformance of a process assessment |
customerorganization or person that receives a product or service |
deployment packageset of artefacts developed to facilitate the implementation of a set of practices of the selected framework |
generic profile groupprofile group applicable to VSEs that do not develop critical software products and have typical situational factors |
guidedocument published by ISO or IEC giving rules, orientation, advice or recommendations relating to international standardization |