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Subject	write for	express	use in	has definition	have	measure in	convert into	modify	compute	is a subtopic of	is a synonym of	is a kind of	written in	write in
constraint		a logical statement that should evaluate to true		A small block of text in curly brackets embedded in a UML diagram. It is normally written in a formal language which can be interpreted by a computer	any side-effects			any data	a non-boolean result	5.6 - More Advanced Features of Class Diagrams		criterion	braces (curly brackets) in a UML diagram	in any language supported by a given tool
effort			cost estimation	The amount of labour used in a task or project, expressed in person-months or person-days		person-months or person-days	the cost of a software project by multiplying it by the weighted average cost of employing a software engineer for a month (or a day).			11.3 - Cost Estimation	development effort	criterion
elapsed time			cost estimation	The difference in time from the start date to the end date of a software project						11.3 - Cost Estimation		criterion
principle												criterion
quality				An attribute of a product or process that, if improved, would better satisfy one or more of the stakeholders of that product or service						1.5 - Software Quality		criterion
standard	a particular audience			A document describing a body of well-respected information that engineers should conform to in order to ensure they are following best-practice, and will consistently produce good-quality products						4.13 - Developing Requirements - References		document

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