Maintainability

Maintainability : the characteristic of an information environment to be manageable at reasonable costs in terms of content volume, frequency, quality, and infrastructure. If a system is maintainable, information can be added, deleted, or changed efficiently.

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Source: Martin Eppler, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml , 02-Feb-2009 10:28

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Maintainability - A characteristic of data. The probability that a given maintenance action for an item under given usage conditions can be performed within a stated time interval when the maintenance is performed under stated conditions using stated procedures and resources. (ASQ definition)

Source: The Data Governance Institute, 15 December 2009 10:16:29, http://www.datagovernance.com/glossary-governance/

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Maintainability - The probability that a given maintenance action for an item under given usage conditions can be performed within a stated time interval when the maintenance is performed under stated conditions using stated procedures and resources. Maintainability has two categories: serviceability (the ease of conducting scheduled inspections and servicing) and repairability (the ease of restoring service after a failure).

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Source: American Society for Quality, 03 October 2010 09:23:20, http://www.asq.org/glossary/

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Maintainability - The probability that a failed system can be made operable in a specified interval or downtime.

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Source: The Quality Portal, 15 April 2011 09:52:15, http://thequalityportal.com/glossary/l.htm