| Integration testing - | (Software Engineering) a testing step that constructs the software while testing it |
| Interoperability - | (Software Engineering) the degree to which one application communicates or interfaces with another |
| ISO 9001:2000 - | (Software Engineering) a quality assurance standard that applies to software engineering |
| Joint application development (JAD) - | (Software Engineering) a specific FAST technique |
| Line-of-code metrics - | (Software Engineering) measures of quality or productivity that are normalized using lines of code produced |
| Load testing - | (Software Engineering) a testing task that determines how software (often a WebApp) will respond to various loading conditions |
| Loop testing - | (Software Engineering) a white box testing technique that exercises program loops |
| Maintenance - | (Software Engineering) the activities associated with changes to software after it has been delivered to end-users |
| Make-buy decision - | (Software Engineering) determining whether software should be built internally, acquired, contracted or built from reusable components |
| Measurement - | (Software Engineering) collecting quantitative data about the software or the software engineering processMetrics - |