Tech Workplace Dictionary

A structured examination of a code change by someone other than its author.

An analysis that compares groups sharing a starting event or characteristic over time.

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

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

A runtime switch that controls whether selected users receive a behavior or feature.

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

A rotation where designated people respond to urgent service issues outside normal planned work.

A meaningful change in product market or business direction based on learning.

A retrospective document or meeting that records an incident's impact causes response and follow-up actions.

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

A change to internal code structure that preserves its intended external behavior.

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

Reverting a deployment or change to a previously known state.

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