Glossary

Researcher at the University of Houston. Vulnerability is not weakness, but uncertainty, risk and exposure without a guaranteed outcome. Without it there is no trust.

The end user's expressed permission for someone else to see or process information about them. In the power market it is the consent that gives a third party access to metering data.

Practice where a company uses its own products and tools internally - validates quality and increases understanding of customer experience.

Google's web-based development tool for experimenting with and building applications on Gemini models.

Subsea power cables connecting the Norwegian electricity grid to Europe - crucial for hydropower exports and imports in dry years.

A learning practice where a person closely follows a more experienced colleague to learn through observation and participation in real work.

American software developer, born 1961. Created Extreme Programming, popularised test-driven development and wrote JUnit. "Make it work, make it right, make it fast" is his, and that is the order we follow.

Experienced person who guides and supports a less experienced person in professional and personal development.

One of the world's largest technology companies - known for Oracle Database, Fusion Middleware and Oracle Cloud. Tvimenning's staff have experience with Oracle platforms.

Oracle's low-code development platform for building web applications directly against Oracle Database - without a heavy application server.

Pattern for handling temporary failures in distributed systems - automatic retry with exponential backoff.

Accumulated costs of quick, short-term technological decisions - makes future development slower and more expensive.

User Experience - the experience and usability of a digital product.