Adaptability (glossary)

Attributes of software that bear on the opportunity for its adaptation to different specified environments without applying other actions or means than those pro-vided for this purpose for the software considered. (INCOSE 1998)

Source(s)

INCOSE 1998. INCOSE SE Terms Glossary. In: INCOSE Concepts and Terms WG (ed.). Seattle, WA: International Council on Systems Engineering.

Discussion

The 1998 INCOSE SE Terms Glossary is an authoritative source. The definition provided is in a software context. It is assumed that this word is normally used in a software context.