Commonly used terms at Unicis. If you hear an acronym you do not recognise, check here first.
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| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| **Accountability Chart** | An org chart organised by function (seats), not by people. |
| Annual Planning | Full-day session once per year to rewrite the V/TO and set Annual Rocks. |
| Core Values | The 5 values that describe how Unicis already operates at its best: Openness by default, Trust through compliance, Small team big ownership, EU-first mindset, Honest over comfortable. See V/TO. |
| IDS | Identify, Discuss, Solve — the structured 3-step process used in L10 meetings to resolve issues. An issue is not solved until it has a To-Do with a named owner and a due date. |
| Issues List | A running log of obstacles, opportunities, disagreements, and open questions. Maintained in OpenProject and worked through in every L10 meeting. |
| L10 (Level 10 Meeting) | The weekly 90-minute execution meeting with a fixed 7-segment agenda: Segue, Scorecard, Rocks, Headlines, To-Dos, IDS, Conclude. Rated out of 10 at the end. |
| Quarterly Session | Half-day meeting at the start of each quarter to review Rocks, update the V/TO, and set new priorities. |
| Rock | A company-level quarterly priority. SMART, takes the full quarter, and is either Done or Not Done — no partial credit. Each person has 1–7 Rocks (3 is ideal). |
| Scorecard | A weekly snapshot of business health metrics. Each metric has one owner and a weekly target. Red metrics go on the Issues List. Goal: 13 consecutive weeks of green. See Scorecard. |
| Segue | The first 5 minutes of an L10 meeting where each person shares one piece of good news (personal or professional) to set a positive tone. |
| V/TO (Vision/Traction Organizer) | The single source of truth for where Unicis is going and how we will get there. Contains Core Values, Core Focus, 10-Year Target, 3-Year Picture, 1-Year Plan, and Marketing Strategy. |
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| BE (Business Edition) | The proprietary version of the Unicis Platform with enterprise features. Hosted on GitLab. |
| CE (Community Edition) | The open-source version of the Unicis Platform. Hosted on GitHub. |
| DRI | Directly Responsible Individual — the single person accountable for a given area, tool, or process. Not necessarily the person doing the work. |
| EOS | Entrepreneurial Operating System — the management framework Unicis uses to run the company (V/TO, Rocks, L10 meetings, Scorecard). |
| Unician | A member of the Unicis team (employee, contractor, or core contributor). |
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| DPA | Data Processing Agreement — a contract outlining how customer data is processed and protected. |
| MVSP | Minimum Viable Secure Product — the baseline security controls Unicis uses for all products and services. See Controls. |
| MNDA | Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement — a contract protecting confidential information shared between Unicis and another party. |
| SBOM | Software Bill of Materials — a formal record of all components and dependencies in a software product. |
| SOC | Security Operations Centre — the systems and processes for monitoring and responding to security incidents. See SOC Plan. |
| SoA | Statement of Applicability — a document listing which controls from a security framework apply to the organisation. |
| ToM | Technical and Organisational Measures — the security and privacy measures implemented to protect data. |
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| CalVer | Calendar Versioning — the versioning scheme used for Unicis Platform (e.g. v2026-05). |
| CI/CD | Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment — automated pipelines for building, testing, and deploying software. |
| DAST | Dynamic Application Security Testing — automated security scanning of running applications. |
| GA | General Availability — the official stable release of a software product. |
| PR | Pull Request — a proposal to merge a set of code changes from one branch into another. |
| QA | Quality Assurance — the process of testing software to ensure it meets requirements and is free of defects. |
| SAST | Static Application Security Testing — automated security scanning of source code. |
| SDLC | Software Development Lifecycle — the stages of software development from planning to release. See SDLC. |
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| API | Application Programming Interface — a software intermediary that allows applications to communicate with each other. |
| GRC | Governance, Risk, and Compliance — the integrated approach to managing these three disciplines. |
| OKR | Objectives and Key Results — a goal-setting framework used to track objectives and measurable outcomes. |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement — a commitment defining expected response and resolution times for support requests. |