| Data warehouse - | (Software Engineering) a large, independent database that has access to databases that serve many different applications that are required by a business |
| Defect removal efficiency (DRE) - | (Software Engineering) a nondimension ratio (between 0 and 1) that provides an indication of the degree to which errors are removed from software before it is released to end-users |
| 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. |
| Factoring - | (Software Engineering) a technique that distributes control and work in a top-down manner within a software architecture (used a part of structured analysis) |
| Functional decomposition - | (Software Engineering) a technique used during planning, analysis and design; creates a functional hierarchy for the software |
| Grammatical parse - | (Software Engineering) a technique that is used during analysis and intended to help isolate basic data objects and functions |
| Independent test group (ITG) - | (Software Engineering) a group of people whose primary responsibility is software testing |
| Interface design - | (Software Engineering) a software engineering action that establishes the structure and workflow for a user interface; follows three "golden rules:" place the user in control, reduce the user's memory leoad, make the interface consistent. |