Go, no-go decision - (Software Engineering) a point at which manager or the customer decides whether the project should proceed
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.
Make-buy decision - (Software Engineering) determining whether software should be built internally, acquired, contracted or built from reusable components
Navigation analysis - (Software Engineering) a Web engineering action that establishes how a user will navigate between various elements (e.g., content, functions) of a WebApp
Object-oriented analysis (OOA) - (Software Engineering) a technique for defined classes of objects, their relationships and basic structure
Scope - (Software Engineering) a bounded statement of what must be accomplished
Stepwise refinement - (Software Engineering) a technique for accomplishing functional decomposition or procedural design (also called partitioning)
Time-boxing - (Software Engineering) a project scheduling and control technique that establishes time boundaries for the completion of a specific project task
Work flow - (Software Engineering) the sequence of tasks that are required to accomplish some activity or action; often (but not always) used in conjunction with software process models
AAC - Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (Concrete Engineering) Exceptionally lightweight precast concrete with high thermal qualities and fire resistence. Suitable for cutting with ordinary hand tools. Mix design is composed of portland cement, sand or siliceous material, lime, gypsum, finely powdered aluminum, and water. Initial mix is a combination of portland cement, sand, lime and gypsum to produce a slurry. Finely powdered aluminum mixed into a paste is added prior to placement into large, rail-like forms. The finely powdered aluminum reacts with the alkaline components of the cement and lime to produce hydrogen gas, which increases the volume approximately five times producing a uniformly, dispersed cellular structure. Units are cut to required shape. Units are placed in an autoclave, an enclosed pressurized chamber, and steam cured at 3500 F. Approximately 80% of the ultimate volume consists of air voids.
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