Minimising the cost of resources used for an activity having regard to appropriate quality. | |
The extent to which objectives have been achieved and the relationship between the intended impacts and the actual impacts of an activity. | |
The relationship between outputs, in terms of goods, services and other results, and the resources used to produce them. | |
A measure of the size of a software system. | |
The processes for carrying out an organisation's business transactions - these may be manual, computer based or a combination of the two. | |
The equipment needed to run computer based information systems, for example mainframe and personal computers, terminals, printers and cabling. | |
Gross cost of a project over its economical life - normally seven years but the period remaining to the end of the contract, may also be used. | |
The hardware, software and communications environment in which business systems operate. | |
Work authorised through the Departmental approval process. |