Tech Workplace Dictionary

Specific observable conditions that a change must satisfy to be accepted.

The documented inputs outputs behaviors and guarantees consumers can rely on from an API.

An urgent narrowly scoped change made to correct a production problem.

A proposal to merge a set of code changes into another branch.

A required set of checks or criteria that must pass before work advances to the next stage.

A previously working behavior that breaks after a change.

A test that checks existing behavior still works after a change.

A classification of how much impact an incident or defect has.

A small set of checks confirming that critical functionality works well enough for deeper testing.

A testing model favoring many fast focused tests and fewer broad end-to-end tests.

A short description of desired value from the perspective of a user or stakeholder.