Tech Workplace Dictionary

The point where a new user first experiences meaningful product value.

The amount of time attention or working capacity a person or team has available.

Spending disproportionate time debating a simple issue while avoiding harder decisions.

The transfer of design intent assets behavior and context to the people implementing it.

A shared collection of design principles components patterns and standards for building consistent experiences.

Using your own product internally to experience it as a real user would.

The gradual addition of features that makes a product more complex than its purpose requires.

A period reserved for concentrated work with fewer meetings or interruptions.

A professional role focused on direct craft or domain contribution rather than people management.

A framework for understanding the progress people seek when they choose a product or solution.

The smallest product version that can test a meaningful assumption with real users.

The work of reducing uncertainty about user problems solutions value and feasibility before or during delivery.

A preliminary model used to explore or test how a product or interaction might work.

The time between starting with a product and receiving its first meaningful benefit.

A request to make the desired outcome or quality standard concrete.

A simplified representation of a screen's structure content and interaction without final visual detail.