Glossary

This glossary explains the terms and acronyms used throughout the manual and playbooks. Each entry keeps definitions simple, notes why the concept matters, flags common pitfalls, and provides references.

Browse by category:

• Metrics — DORA and related delivery measures
• Reliability — SLI/SLO, MTTR, error budgets
• Delivery — CI/CD, GitOps, progressive delivery, flags
• Architecture — 12-Factor, stateless, idempotency
• Platform — product mindset, golden paths, catalogs
• Supply Chain — SBOM, SLSA, provenance, signing
• Kubernetes — tooling and policies
• Organization — team topologies and cognitive load
• AI — agents, prompts, evaluation, access

Use this as a companion reference while reading the manual; follow the links at the bottom of each entry to learn more.