| Independent test group (ITG) - | (Software Engineering) a group of people whose primary responsibility is software 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 |
| Line-of-code metrics - | (Software Engineering) measures of quality or productivity that are normalized using lines of code produced |
| Maintainability - | (Software Engineering) the degree to which a program is amenable to change |
| Modularity - | (Software Engineering) an attribute of a design that leads to the creation of high quality program components |
| 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. |
| Patterns - | (Software Engineering) a stylized description or characterization of a software problem or capability and/or the manner in which a solution to the problem or capability may be characterized, applied, and implemented |
| Portability - | (Software Engineering) the ability to transport software from one target environment to another |
| Project control - | (Software Engineering) the control of quality and change |