Measurement
DEFINITION: A dimension, capacity, quantity, or amount of something.
SOURCE: Basic Principles and Concepts for Achieving Quality. Emanuel R. Baker, Process Strategies Inc. Matthew J. Fisher and Wolfhart Goethert, SEI, Software Engineering Process Management, Carnegie Mellon University, 2007.
HYPERLINK: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/02.reports/02tr010.html
RELATED TERMS: measure, metric.