| Defect amplification - | (Software Engineering) when a defect is introduced early in the software process and remains undetected, it often is amplified into multiple defects later in the software process |
| Design - | (Software Engineering) an activity that translates the requirements model into a more detailed model that is the guide to implementation of the software |
| Detail design - | (Software Engineering) a design activity that focuses on the creation of an algorithm |
| Domain analysis - | (Software Engineering) an object-oriented software engineering activity that attempts to identify classes that are relevant to an entire application domain, rather than a specific application |
| Extreme programming - | (Software Engineering) an agile process model that emphasizes scenario-based planning, incremental delivery, refactoring, pair programming and continuous testing. |
| Levels of abstraction - | (Software Engineering) the degree of detail with which some representation of the software is presented |
| Maintainability - | (Software Engineering) the degree to which a program is amenable to change |
| Maintenance - | (Software Engineering) the activities associated with changes to software after it has been delivered to end-users |
| Objects - | (Software Engineering) a named element of the problem domain containing data and processing |
| OCL (Object Constraint Language) - | (Software Engineering) a supplement to UML, this formal language allows a software engineer to construct unambiguous statements about the characteristics of various design model elements |