Site Structure

We use three different “information perspectives” to organize topics on our site, so you can select the most suitable one each time.

Our topic organization and navigation also make it very clear where topics fit in the larger IT picture, which helps tremendously with understanding how IT works.

We do this with:

Please read more about each one in their respective section below.

We use a “Function Layers” approach to organize topics in the IT Dictionary and Job Profiles sections. These represent a breakdown of a “typical” IT organization into pieces you can intuitively understand.

The IT Functions represent seven core IT responsibilities that you find in all large IT organizations. The “Layers” are essentially sub-functions within these IT Functions that break things down further.

For example, Security Solutions is an IT Function with Security Management and User Access Management as its two sub-function Layers.

We discuss the full details of our Function Layers in the Intro to IT and IT Functions pages!

Many users will interact with IT Professionals who have a specific role. We provide clear Job Profiles to describe the essence of their work, along with the tools and processes they use to get their job done.

For example, if you are working with a Quality Assurance specialist on User Acceptance Testing for a new system, our Job Profile for that QA role will provide a practical overview of their work.

As a Premium Membership Feature, we go one step further with Job Term Lists, which provide handy “cheat sheets” of typical terms and tools associated with an IT job and links to the related topics in the IT Dictionary.

So, if you want to quickly look up several typical topics for a Java Developer job, the Term List for that IT role is your “one-stop” dashboard.

We organize IT topics this way because listing all relevant and common IT topics by IT Job is practical for organizing this information.

Check out our Job Profiles section for quick insights into how IT Professionals do their work!

We use Concept Tags to assign every topic to one or more “families” of related items, which represent core IT concepts.

When doing so, we purposely use angles of view that range from “narrow” to “wide angle”. For example, the Microsoft .NET Developer topic is part of three core concepts: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Technologies, and Software Development.

We include a Tag Index link in the main menu, so you can also easily locate topics starting with a high-level Concept Tag instead of an individual topic. 

As you navigate the Tag Index page, please consider whether you want a narrow or more broadly defined topic family!

Tech Job Terms is a unique interactive IT Handbook that can help you expand your IT understanding.

To accomplish this, we provide clear information, an intuitively organized site structure, and powerful options for navigating all topics!