Glossary – September 2021

By LogiGear Staff | Sep 20, 2021September 21, 2021 | Glossary

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Continuous integration and continuous deployment merge development with testing, allowing developers to build code collaboratively, submit it to the master branch, and check for issues.

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Digital Modernization

Digital modernization is the adoption of new technology. It involves upgrading systems, platforms and software to meet today’s modern needs.

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Digital Transformation

The adoption of digital technology to transform services or businesses, through replacing nondigital or manual processes with digital processes or replacing older digital technology with newer digital technology. Digital solutions may enable–in addition to efficiency via Automation–new types of innovation and creativity, rather than simply enhancing and supporting traditional methods.

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Full Stack Development

Full stack development: It refers to the development of both front end(client side) and back end(server side) portions of web application

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Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) is a set of organization and workflow patterns for implementing agile practices at enterprise scale. The framework is a body of knowledge that includes structured guidance on roles and responsibilities, how to plan and manage the work, and values to uphold.

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