defect density
📖 ISTQB Glossary
Official ISTQB Definition
The number of defects per unit size of a work product.
3 Ways to Think About It
The Quick Take
The number of defects relative to the size of the software.
Look Closer
Bugs per thousand lines of code or per function point.
The Bottom Line
A quality metric that normalizes defect counts by size.
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