Task

The activities required to achieve a goal. [ ISO/IEC 9126 ]

Other Definitions

Task [ ISO/IEC 12207, ISO/IEC 15288 ]: Required, recommended, or permissible action, intended to contribute to the achievement of one or more outcomes of a process.

Task [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]: In software design, a [[Software Component|software component that can operate in parallel with other software components.

Task [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]: A concurrent object with its own thread of control.

Task [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]: A sequence of instructions treated as a basic unit of work by the supervisory program of an operating system.

Task [ IEEE 829 ]: Smallest unit of work subject to management accountability; a well-defined work assignment for one or more project members.

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