Glossary: B

Backward Compatibility: Designing software to work with previous versions of it; for example, making files in the same format and working with the same equipment.
Baseline: A quantitative measure representing the current level of performance.
Benchmarking: Search for the best or competitive practices that help define superior performance of a product, service, or support process.
Best Practice: Methods and tools that lead to sustainable improvement in quality, productivity, time to market, and/or communication. A method or technique that is recognized by experts as superior to alternatives in its effectiveness and efficiency.
Breadcrumbs: A form of website navigation showing the user's current location by listing the pages in the order they were accessed from the home page.
Business Area: An MIT administrative department, lab, or center that performs their business processes or uses SAP to support their operational processes for the Institute.
Business Area Matrix: A matrix used for test processes that identifies each company code and business area using SAP with the business process owner, business coordinator, and Administrative Computing coordinator.
Business Rule: A design specification written in nontechnical language that explains the procedure for performing a business operation and the consequences of not following the procedure.
Business Tester: A person from an MIT department, lab, or center (DLC) who tests the SAP functionality as it is used in their own business area.