Definition:
Concept Number: *376
English Master: Local
Synonyms, Variations & Acronyms: none
Detailing
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Illustrations
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Type
Adjective, Scope.
Examples
Example:
Risk: The Budgeted human Resources are not really available.
Note: This happened on the last 3 projects in this division. <-TG.
Example:
TF:
Type: Design.
Description [Telephone.Keypad]: Tactile Feedback.
Rationale: All Competitors have it.
The Design-Idea TF is local to the Component, Telephone.Keypad.
Global
• Declares the Scope of a Component as being across everything within a stated Scope
• Typically System-wide application
Local
• Declares the Scope as being restricted to a specific subset within a defined, usually larger, Scope
• Local implies more localized
Generic
• Declares something can be applied to components across a declared Scope (usually quite wide)
• Multiple use for several different components is implied
• Tailoring to suit Conditions of Component subsets is possible (Features to cater for such tailoring might be in-built)
Specific
• Declares something can be applied only to the identified stated components within Scope
• Restricted use under known Conditions tends to apply.
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Table G.?: Four adjectives concerned with Scope classification.''
For example: Within a Requirement, a term may be defined locally by declaring a tag and stating a definition. It can then be used and reused (by referencing its tag) several times locally. The tag is not intended for reuse outside the Scope of that Requirement.
Notes
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Keyed-Icons
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Related-Concepts
Global
History-of-Concept
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This Concept entered by Diane O'Brien.
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