Scrum

Software Engineering

The systematic application of engineering principles to the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software.

Agile Methodology

An iterative approach to software development emphasising flexibility, collaboration, and rapid delivery of working software.

Kanban

A visual workflow management method that limits work in progress and optimises the flow of tasks through a system.

Waterfall Model

A sequential software development methodology where each phase must be completed before the next begins.

Technical Architecture

The design and structure of a software system's technical components and their relationships.

Design Pattern

A reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem within a given context in software design.

SOLID Principles

Five principles of object-oriented design promoting maintainable, flexible, and understandable code.

Domain-Driven Design

A software design approach focusing on modelling the business domain and aligning code with business logic.

Clean Architecture

A software design philosophy separating concerns into layers with dependencies pointing inward toward business rules.

Stress Testing

Testing a system beyond normal operational capacity to determine its breaking point and failure behaviour.

Technical Documentation

Written materials describing the architecture, design, APIs, and usage of software systems.

Database Design

The process of defining the structure, storage, and retrieval of data in a database system.

Storing frequently accessed data in a fast-access storage layer to reduce latency and improve performance.

The property where an operation produces the same result regardless of how many times it is executed.

A data structure and infrastructure for managing asynchronous task processing and inter-service communication.

A development practice where failing tests are written before the code that makes them pass.

A programming paradigm where operations can proceed without waiting for other operations to complete.

A deployment strategy using two identical production environments to achieve zero-downtime releases.

Evaluating a system's speed, responsiveness, and stability under various load conditions.

An HTTP callback that delivers real-time notifications from one application to another when a specified event occurs.