Glossary

The working vocabulary of technology leadership — software development, architecture, operations, and the flow of work between them — defined by the people who lead the field: the authors of IT Revolution's books and the speakers on its conference stages. Every entry is a primary source, credited: an author's own published words, or a speaker's own words from the talk. Some of these words look ordinary — flow, vulnerability, technical debt — but each carries a precise meaning in this field, and where our experts disagree, the senses sit side by side.

755 terms, in our authors' and speakers' own words — 134 defined by more than one voice, not always the same way.

#

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Z

One membership. The whole library.

Every book and audiobook, the video library, the courses, and the MCP. The papers stay free.

Start membership