| Spiral model - | (Software Engineering) an evolutionary software engineering paradigm |
| State transition diagram (STD) - | (Software Engineering) a notation for behavioral modeling |
| Statistical quality assurance - | (Software Engineering) techniques for process improvement that are based on measurements of the product and the process |
| System engineering - | (Software Engineering) focuses on the analysis and design of all elements of a complete product, service, or technology for the transformation of information or control |
| Task set - | (Software Engineering) a collection fo software engineering tasks that are required to complete an activity or action that is part of a software process framework |
| Test case design - | (Software Engineering) a set of techniques for deriving effective test cases |
| Test cases, derivation of - | (Software Engineering) the creation of data that can be used to uncover errors in the software |
| Testing - | (Software Engineering) a set of activities that attempt to find errors |
| Total quality management - | (Software Engineering) a company commitment to develop a process that achieves high quality product and customer satisfaction |
| UML (Unified Modeling Language) - | (Software Engineering) a comprehensive diagrammatic notation for the analysis and design of software |