AI glossary - terms beginning with P

This hub lists the enterprise AI glossary terms in the Impetora reference that begin with the letter P. Each entry links to a full vendor-neutral definition with how the concept applies in regulated enterprise work.

3 terms

What P-words matter in enterprise AI?

Pilot Phase

Methodology

The pilot phase is the staged build of a working AI system on a narrow, real workflow with real data, evaluated against success criteria agreed in discovery.

Production Phase

Methodology

The production phase is the deployment, operation, and continuous improvement of an AI system in live use, with the controls and monitoring required for the workflow's risk class.

Prompt Engineering

Architecture

Prompt engineering is the practice of designing, testing, and versioning the instructions given to a language model to elicit reliable, evaluable outputs.

Updated 2026-04-27. Markdown twin: /md/glossary/letter/p.