Software Engineering Glossary

Delivery Models

• Staff Augmentation
• Dedicated Development Team
• Agile Development
• Scrum
• SPACE Framework

AI & Machine Learning

• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Vector Database
• Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• LLM Fine-Tuning
• MLOps

Architecture & Design

• Software Architecture
• Domain-Driven Design
• API-First Architecture
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Microservices Architecture
• CQRS and Event Sourcing
• Multi-Tenancy
• Strangler Fig Pattern
• Legacy System Modernization
• Technical Debt

Infrastructure & DevOps

• DevOps
• CI/CD Pipeline
• DORA Metrics
• Infrastructure as Code
• Containerization
• Kubernetes (K8s)
• Cloud Migration
• Enterprise Architecture
• AWS Partner Tiers

Reliability & Scale

• Scalability
• High Availability
• Disaster Recovery

Security & Compliance

• Zero-Trust Architecture
• CMMI Level 5
• SOC 2 Type II
• PCI-DSS
• Data Residency
• Data Sovereignty
• Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

Governance & Delivery Process

• Change Control
• PMO Governance Model
• Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Healthcare Interoperability

• HL7 vs FHIR
• Healthcare Interoperability

Banking & Commerce

• Core Banking Modernization
• SBP Cloud Outsourcing Framework
• Headless Commerce

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