| Defect removal efficiency (DRE) - | (Software Engineering) a nondimension ratio (between 0 and 1) that provides an indication of the degree to which errors are removed from software before it is released to end-users |
| Documentation - | (Software Engineering) descriptive information |
| Documents - | (Software Engineering) deliverables produced as part of the software engineering process |
| Errors - | (Software Engineering) a lack of conformance found before software is delivered to the customer |
| Extreme programming - | (Software Engineering) an agile process model that emphasizes scenario-based planning, incremental delivery, refactoring, pair programming and continuous testing. |
| FAST - | (Software Engineering) Facilitated application specification techniques, a structured meeting between developer and customer; intent is to define basic requirementsFormal methods - |
| Formal technical reviews - | (Software Engineering) a structured meeting conducted by software engineering with the intent of uncovering errors in some deliverable or work product |
| Formulation - | (Software Engineering) a Web engineering action that identifies business need, describes WebApp objectives, defines major features and functions, and establishes mechanisms for requirements gathering |
| Function points - | (Software Engineering) a measure of the utility delivered by an application |
| Joint application development (JAD) - | (Software Engineering) a specific FAST technique |