Definition
Object | Group | Definition | Explanatory Text | Synonyms |
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Statistical Need | Business | A requirement, request or other notification that will be considered by an organization. A Statistical Need does not necessarily have structure or format - it is a 'raw' need as received by the organization. A Statistical Need may be of a variety of types including Environmental Change or Information Request. | The Statistical Need is a proposed or imposed requirement, request or other notification as it has been received by an organization. A Statistical Need is a raw expression of a requirement, and is not necessarily well-defined. A related object - Change Definition - is created when a Statistical Need is analyzed by an organization. Change Definition expresses the raw need in well-defined, structured terms. |
Attributes*
Name | Description | Cardinality | Value Type |
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Is Met | Indicator for whether the request was met or unmet | 0..1 | Boolean |
Type | E.g. Information request; External environment change; Internal environment change; Other | 0..1 | ControlledVocabulary |
* Attributes inherited from super-type(s) are not included here