Glossary

Persona

The ideal representative user created for an application/website (through feedback, surveys, interviews and experiences). These representative users, which are the result of analysis using a number of tools, actually belong to a fictional character. It is an extremely useful study to get to know your potential user and communicate correctly.

Participatory Design

This design method, first called co-operative and now co-design, is an approach that seeks to involve employees, partners, customers and end users in the process. In this approach, all stakeholders (e.g. customers, employees, partners, consumers) are invited into the design process as a means to better understand and sometimes address their needs.

Plugin

Extensions that add new capabilities and functionality to existing software without affecting its code.

Process Automation

The use of up-to-date technologies and software to automate existing business processes and functions.

Property

It represents the properties and attributes of the elements and objects used in the software development process.

PaaS

Platform as a service (PaaS) is a complete development and deployment environment in the cloud, with resources that allow you to deliver everything from simple cloud-based applications to advanced, cloud-enabled enterprise applications.

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL, an open source and free relational database management system, can run on many different operating systems and is especially preferred for its data integrity, security and performance.