| Item |
Description |
| Maintainability |
The ease with which the system/software can be modified to correct faults, modified to meet new requirements, modified to make future maintenance easier, or adapted to a changed environment. |
| Maintainability testing |
Testing to determine whether the system/software meets the specified maintainability requirements. |
| Management |
The planning, estimating, monitoring and control of test activities, typically carried out by a test manager. |
| Metric |
Measurable element of a service process or function. |
| Mutation analysis |
A method to determine test case suite thoroughness by measuring the extent to which a test case suite can discriminate the program from slight variants (mutants) of the program. |