To review activities and work products against criteria that minimize subjectivity and bias by the reviewer. An example of an objective evaluation is an audit against requirements, standards, or procedures by an independent quality assurance function. (See “audit.”)

1. This glossary is from Appendix C of Technical Report CMU/SEI-2002-TR-004.
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