| 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 |
| Effort - | (Software Engineering) the work-time product (e.g., person-days) associated with a project |
| Engineering change order (ECO) - | (Software Engineering) a mini-specification that describes the technical aspects of a change |
| Enhancement - | (Software Engineering) an extension of functional or performance requirements |
| FAST - | (Software Engineering) Facilitated application specification techniques, a structured meeting between developer and customer; intent is to define basic requirementsFormal methods - |
| Independent test group (ITG) - | (Software Engineering) a group of people whose primary responsibility is software testing |
| Integration - | (Software Engineering) the specific approach to integration testing |
| Interoperability - | (Software Engineering) the degree to which one application communicates or interfaces with another |
| Joint application development (JAD) - | (Software Engineering) a specific FAST technique |
| Pair programming - | (Software Engineering) two people work together (side-by-side) to design and construct a software component, providing real-time problem solving and quality control. |