M

machines, distributing loads across, 214, 215, 245

machine shutdown, user access and, 230

maintenance, 190, 225, 228–229

Major assumptions section in a requirements specification, 16, F-54, F-59–F-60

Major exclusions section in a requirements specification, 16, F-54, F-60–F-61

Major nonfunctional capabilities section in a requirements specification, 18, F-30, F-70–F-71

manifestations

of a domain specification, 37

of an infrastructure, F-65

of a requirement pattern, 22, 42

manual dexterity, accessibility and, 171, 174, 182

marketing campaigns, multiness in, 267

masking wait times, 203

maximum acceptable response time, 198–199

meaningfulness of identifiers, 97

medium for documentation, 82

memorability of identifiers, 97

memory leaks, testing for, 238

messages, recording, 58, 59

metrics, attaching to a requirement pattern, 40

Microsoft Windows operating system, 69

missing resources, substituting for, 268

mistakes, correcting for fees/taxes, 339

modification rules for transactions, 137–138

modularity, extendability and, 247

monetary amounts, 87

month basis for interest calculation, 105

morsel sizes for different development approaches, 5–6, F-6

multibyte characters, allowing, 87

multilevel numbers as version numbers, F-52

multilingual organization, 262

multilingual requirement pattern, 272–279

multi-locale, 272

multimedia resources, 123, 176

multiness requirement pattern, 261–272

multi-organization unit, 262, 328

multi-organization unit requirement pattern, 325–330

multi-part information entry, 122, 124–125

multiple data stores, 122, 126–127

multiple instances of a particular interface, 52

multiple parts, IDs comprising, 97, 99

multiple sites, 254, 255

multi-release deliveries, F-40