Testability

The capability of the software product to enable modified software to be validated. [ ISO/IEC 9126-1 ]

Other Definitions

Testability [ ISO/IEC 12207 ]: Extent to which an objective and feasible test can be designed to determine whether a requirement is met.

Testability [ IEEE 1233 ]: The degree to which a requirement is stated in terms that permit establishment of test criteria and performance of tests to determine whether those criteria have been met.

Testability [ ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 ]:

  1. The degree to which a system can be unit tested and system tested.
  2. The effort required to test software.
  3. The degree to which a system or component facilitates the establishment of test criteria and the performance of tests to determine whether those criteria have been met.

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