Glossary

  • Scrum

    Scrum is an Agile framework that helps teams organize complex work, deliver usable results in short cycles, and improve continuously based on feedback. Scrum is most often used in software and product development, but its principles can apply to any work where requirements may change, problems are complex, and teams…

  • SEO

    SEO, or search engine optimization, is the practice of improving a website, webpage, or piece of digital content so it can be more easily discovered, understood, and ranked by search engines. In simple terms, SEO helps answer two questions: SEO is most often associated with Google, but the same general…

  • Stakeholder

    A stakeholder is any person, group, organization, or community that can affect, be affected by, or has an interest in a decision, project, product, policy, or business outcome. In simple terms, a stakeholder is someone who has something at stake. The term is widely used in business, project management, product…

  • Telework

    Telework is a work arrangement in which an employee performs job duties from a location outside the traditional workplace, using technology to stay connected with colleagues, managers, systems, and customers. In most cases, telework happens from home, but it can also take place from a satellite office, coworking space, or…

  • Time Zone

    A time zone is a region of the world that follows the same standard time. It tells people what the local clock time is in a particular place. For example, when it is 9:00 a.m. in New York, it may be 6:00 a.m. in Los Angeles and 2:00 p.m. in…

  • UX

    UX stands for user experience. It refers to the overall experience a person has when interacting with a product, service, website, app, platform, or system. UX is not limited to how something looks. It includes how easy, useful, efficient, accessible, and satisfying the experience feels from the user’s point of…

  • Wi-Fi

    Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that allows devices to connect to a local network and, in most cases, access the internet without using physical cables. It is the technology that lets a laptop stream video from a home router, a smartphone browse the web in a coffee shop, or…

  • Wired Connection

    A wired connection is a physical link between devices that uses a cable to transmit data, power, audio, video, or other signals. Instead of sending information through the air, as wireless technologies do, a wired connection relies on a direct path through materials such as copper wire, coaxial cable, or…

  • Wireframe

    A wireframe is a simplified visual blueprint of a digital interface, such as a website page, mobile app screen, software dashboard, or product flow. It shows the basic structure of the interface before the team commits to final visual design, branding, or development. In practical terms, a wireframe answers questions…