U (Visual Studio ALM Glossary)

This glossary defines key terms that are used in the Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Help.

  • UI Control Locator
    A tool that identifies controls to use in a coded UI test.

  • unit test
    A test that confirms the functionality and performance of specific modules and behaviors of code. Often, a subset of unit tests are used as check-in tests to discover bugs before a build.

  • usage scenario
    Descriptions of the tasks that users perform to accomplish their work.

  • use case
    A behaviorally related sequence of interactions that an actor performs in a dialog with a system to provide some measurable value to the actor; a collection of scenarios.

  • user
    The customer who uses a computer system or a software product. People who make use of something.

  • user profile
    A description of the eventual users of the solution in terms of geography, organizational and communication structures, user functions, resource availability, and other relevant information.