WHAT’S WHAT IN IT

1. MANAGEMENT

COBIT
• Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies
• A good-practice framework for IT management and IT governance
ITIL
• Information Technology Information Library
• A set of practices for IT Service Management that focuses on aligning IT services with
business needs

2. ARCHITECTS

TOGAF
• The Open Group Architecture Framework
• A high level approach for designing, planning, implementing and governing IT
architecture

Bredemeyer
• An architectural framework
• Named after Dana Bredemeyer – Founder and President of Bredemeyer Consulting
(IT Architecture Consulting company)

Zachman
• An architectural framework
• Named after John Zachman – CEO of Zachman International (IT Architecture
Consulting company)

SOA
• Service Oriented Architecture
• An architecture based on self-contained services (“pieces of software”)

DoDAF
• Department of Defence Architecture Framework
• Developed by the US Department of Defence

MODAF
• Ministry Of Defence Architecture Framework
• Developed by the UK Ministry of Defence

3. BUSINESS ANALYSTS

RUP
• Rational Unified Process
• Provides guidelines, templates and examples for all aspects and stages of analysis

UML
• Unified Modelling Language
• A general purpose modelling language that provides a standard way to visualise the
design of a solution

ARIS
• Architecture of Integrated Information Systems
• A process modelling tool
 Six Sigma
• A set of techniques and tools for process improvement
• Certification of Green Belt, Black Belt, and Master Black Belt

Visio
• From Microsoft
• Used to generate layouts, diagrams, flowcharts, and network diagrams

4. PROJECT MANAGERS / ADMINISTRATORS

PMBOK
• Project Management Body of Knowledge
• A set of standard terminology and guidelines for project management
• Controlled by the Project Management Institute (PMI)

PRINCE2
• PRojects IN Controlled Environments
• A process-based method for effective project management

MS Project
• A project management software product from Microsoft

EPM
• Enterprise Project Management
• An enterprise-wide project management software product from Microsoft

Visio
• From Microsoft
• Used to generate layouts, diagrams, flowcharts, and network diagrams

5. TESTERS / TEST ANALYSTS

Manual Testing
• A process of testing which is done manually

Automation Testing
• A process of testing which is done with the help of automated tools

ALM
• Application Lifecycle Management
• From HP

LoadRunner
• From HP
• Can simulate thousands of concurrent users to put the application through the rigors of
real-life user loads

Quality Center
• From HP
• Previously known as Test Director

UFT
• Unified Functional Testing
• From HP
• Previously known as QTP (Quick Test Professional) or WinRunner
 Selenium
• For web applications
• Open-source (can be downloaded and used without charge)

SOAP UI
• For SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) applications
• Open-source software (can be downloaded and used without charge)

6. LANGUAGES

Java
• General-purpose programming language
• From Oracle
• “Write once, run anywhere”

J2EE / Java EE / Jakarta EE

• For developing, building and deploying Web-based enterprise applications online
• From Oracle

C
• General purpose programming language
• Low-level language features
• Allows cross-platform programming

C++
• General purpose programming language
• Both high level and low level language features

C#
• Simple, modern, general-purpose programming language
• Part of .Net framework

Visual Basic (VB)

• From Microsoft
• For rapid development of GUI applications

SQL
• Structured Query Language
• special-purpose programming language designed for accessing data in a database

COBOL
• COmmon Business-Oriented Language
• One of the oldest programming languages still in use today
• Mainly mainframe-based

RPG
• High-level programming language
• IBM mini computers
• RPG II and RPG III and RPG 400 for S/36, S/38, AS400

Oracle Forms
• Software product for creating screens that interact with an Oracle database

PL/SQL
• Procedural Language / Structured Query Language
• Oracle's extension of SQL, used exclusively with the Oracle database
7. WEB TOOLS

HTML
• HyperText Markup Language
• Main language for creating web pages and for displaying information in a web browser

XML
• Extensible Markup Language
• Generates web pages

ASP
• Active Server Pages
• From Microsoft

PHP
• Open-source (can be downloaded and used without charge)

JSP
• Java Server Pages
• From Oracle
• Similar to PHP

JavaScript
• From Oracle
• Allows for interaction with the user to alter the document content that is displayed

CSS
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Enables the separation of presentation and content., making it possible to present the
same page in different styles for different devices (on screen, in print, by voice, on Braille-
based tactile devices)

ColdFusion
• Rapid web application development platform

JOOMLA
• Open-source (can be downloaded and used without charge)
• Content Management System (CMS) for publishing web content.

Web Services
• Any piece of software that makes itself available over the internet
• REST Web Services (Representational State Transfer)
• SOAP Web Services (Simple Object Access Protocol

SharePoint
• A web-based information portal, used for document management and storage, and that
provides tools for sharing documents and data across various organizations within a
company's network.

8. DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

MAVEN
• A build automation tool used primarily for Java projects.

ANT
• For automating software build processes in order to speed up development.
 GIT
• A version control system for tracking changes in computer files and coordinating work on
those files among multiple people.

JIRA
• A product that provides bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management functions.

CONFLUENCE
• A simple, powerful website that allows groups or departments to collaborate and share
information quickly.

TOAD
• An Oracle database development and management toolset that reduces the time and
effort developers and DBAs spend on daily tasks.

9. FRAMEWORKS

A software library that provides a basic structure to support the development of applications for a
specific environment.

Spring
• For Java

Hibernate
• For Java

Struts
• For Java
• Open-source (can be downloaded and used without charge)

AngularJS
• Open-source (can be downloaded and used without charge)
• Maintained by Google.

.net
• From Microsoft
• Allows each language to use code written in other languages

Grasshopper
• Allows Visual Basic and C# applications (Microsoft) to run on a Java Application Server.

10. APPLICATION SERVERS

A software framework that provides facilities to create web applications as well as a server
environment to run them on.

JBoss / WildFly
• For Java

Glassfish
• For Java
• Open-source (can be downloaded and used without charge)

Apache Tomcat
• For Java
• Open-source (can be downloaded and used without charge)
 WebLogic
• From Oracle

11. IDE

Integrated Development Environment - a “tool kit”

IntelliJ
• For Java

JBuilder
• For Java

NetBeans
• For Java

Oracle Developer
• For Oracle

Visual Studio
• From Microsoft

Java Swing
• GUI (Graphical User Interface) widget toolkit
• Provides buttons, check boxes, labels, tabbed panels, scroll panes, trees, tables, and lists

12. METHODOLOGIES

The approach used to structure, plan, and control the process of developing an information
system.

Agile
• A framework for software development under which requirements and solutions evolve
through the collaborative effort of self-organising cross-functional teams.

Scrum
• A specific implementation of the Agile framework

Waterfall
• The traditional sequential systems design process of Conceptualisation, Initiation,
Analysis, Design, Construction, Testing, Implementation, and Maintenance

SDLC
• Systems Development Life Cycle

SSADM
• Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method

13. DATABASES

A collection of data that is organized in such a way that it can be easily stored, accessed, and
updated.

Oracle
• Versions 8, 8i, 9i, 10i, 10g, 11g, 12c

SQL Server
• From Microsoft
 Sybase
• From SAP

IMS (DB)
• Information Management System (Data Base)
• From IBM
• For mainframe use

DB2
• From IBM
• For mainframe use

14. MIDDLEWARE

Software that acts as a bridge between an operating system or database and applications,
especially on a network.

Websphere / WebsphereMQ / MQSeries

• From IBM

BizTalk
• From Microsoft

15. TP MONITORS

Transaction Processing Monitor is a control program that monitors the transfer of data between
multiple local and remote terminals to ensure that the transaction processes completely or, if an
error occurs, corrective action is taken.

CICS
• Customer Information Control System
• From IBM

IMS DC
• Information Management System Data Communication
• From IBM

Tuxedo
• Transactions for Unix, Extended for Distributed Operations
• From Oracle

16. BI TOOLS

Business Intelligence (BI) is a set of methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies

that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information used to enable more effective
strategic, tactical, and operational insights and decision-making.

Cognos
• From IBM

Business Objects (BOBJ)

• From SAP

QlikView
• From QlikTech
 SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
• From Microsoft

SAS
• Statistical Analysis System
• Now also has many business solutions (HR, Financial, BI, CRM)

17. REPORTING TOOLS

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

• From Microsoft
• To access data stored in a SQL Server database

Crystal Reports
• From SAP
• Can access data from a wide variety of sources

18. BUSINESS SOFTWARE

SAP
• Leading supplier of Enterprise applications
• SAP ERP, SAP BW, SAP HANA

PeopleSoft
• Initially HRMS
• Then FMS, SCM, CRM, EPM, and others
• Now marketed by Oracle

Oracle Applications
• Based on Oracle database
• ERP, CRM, SCM, FMS, etc

Hogan
• Modular Banking software