Defect Management | Glossary

Definition:

It is a process of improving quality and productivity by preventing the injection of defects into a software product. There are following parts to manage the process:

Defect Prevention, Baseline delivery, Defect Discovery, Defect Resolution and Process Improvement.

Defect Prevention is much more efficient and effective in reducing the number of defects and also is very cost effective to fix the defects found during the early stage of the software process. Most of the organizations conduct Defect Discovery, Defect Removal and then Process Improvement which is collectively known as a Defect Management Process.

Further Reading:

Book: Disciplined Agile Delivery  by Scott W. Ambler and Mark Lines.

Inception Phase | Glossary

Definition:

The Inception phase is the first of six phases – Inception, Elaboration, Construction, Transition, Production , and Retirement – that a system experiences throughout its complete lifecycle. This phase has several goals:

  • To describe the initial requirements
  • To develop and justify the business case for the system
  • To determine the scope of your system
  • To identify the people, organisations, and external systems that will interact with your system
  • To develop an initial risk assessment, schedule, and estimate for your system
  • To develop an initial tailoring of the Unified Process to meet your exact needs

Further Reading:

Book : Disciplined Agile Delivery  by Mark Lines and Scott Ambler.