| GQM (Goal, Question, Metric) paradigm - | (Software Engineering) a technique for defining meaningful metrics for any part of the software process |
| Grammatical parse - | (Software Engineering) a technique that is used during analysis and intended to help isolate basic data objects and functions |
| High-order tests - | (Software Engineering) black-box tests conducted once the software has been integrated |
| 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. |
| Integration testing - | (Software Engineering) a testing step that constructs the software while testing it |
| Integration - | (Software Engineering) the specific approach to integration testing |
| 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 |