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Project Server Acronyms

Project Server users, as well as project managers, encounter acronyms on a daily basis. Here is a list of commonly used acronyms and their meanings.

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+ A

AC - Actual Cost

ACWP - Actual Cost of Work Performed

ADM - Arrow Diagramming Method

ALAP - As Late As Possible

AOA - Activity-On-Arrow

+ B

B2B - Business to Business

BCR - Benefit-to-Cost Ratio

BCWP - Budgeted Cost of Work Performed

BCWS - Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled

+ C

CACN - Cost Account Change Notice

CAPS - Control Account Plans

CER - Cost Estimating Relationships

CIPOC - Client, Input, Process, Output, Client

CMM - Capability Maturity Model

CPI - Cost Performance Index

CPM - Critical Path Method

CSF - Critical Success Factors

CSOW - Contract Statement of Work

CV - Cost Variance

CWBS - Contract Work Breakdown Structure

+ D

DOD - United States Department of Defense

DSDM - Dynamic Systems Development Methodology

DTUPC - Design to Unit Production Cost

+ E

EAC - Estimate At Completion

ECP - Engineering Change Proposal

EDP - Electronic Data Processing

EF - Early Finish

EQ - Emotional Quotient

ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning

ES - Early Start

ETC - Estimate To Complete

EV - Earned Value

EV - Expected Value

EVM - Earned Value Management

+ F

FDD - Feature-Driven Development

FF - Finish-to-Finish

FNET - Finish No Earlier Than

FNLT - Finish No Later Than

FS - Finish-to-Start

+ G

GAO - Government Accounting Office

GERT - Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique

+ I

IFB - Invitation for Bid

IPM - Integrated Project Management

IPT - Integrated Project Team

IRR - Internal Rate of Return

+ J

JIT - Just-In-Time

+ K

KPA - Key Process Area

KPI - Key Performance Indicators

+ L

LCC - Life-Cycle Costing

LF - Late Finish

LOE - Level-of-Effort

LRC - Linear Responsibility Chart

LRE - Latest Revised Estimate

LRS - Latest Revised Schedule

LS - Late Start

LSE - Latest Schedule Estimate

+ M

MBO - Management-By-Objective

MCCS - Management Cost and Control System

MFO - Must Finish On

MIS - Management Information System

MPM - Manager of Project Managers

MPS - Master Production Schedule

MSO - Must Start On

MTBF - Mean-Time-Between-Failure

+ N

NPV - Net Present Value

+ O

OBS - Organizational Breakdown Structure

OC - Operating Characteristic

+ P

PDCA - Plan-Do-Check-Act Model

PDM - Precedence Diagram Method

PDR - Project Definition Report

PERT - Project Evaluation Review Technique

PLC - Project Life Cycle

PMBOK - Project Management Body of Knowledge

PMI - Project Management Institute

PMIS - Project Management Information System

PMO - Project Management Office

PMP - Project Management Plan

PMP - Project Management Professional

PND - Project Network Diagram

PRINCE - Projects in Controlled Environments

PRISM - Project Review by Senior Management

PV - Price Variance

PWA - Project Web Access

+ Q

QPM - Quantitative Process Management

+ R

RAD - Rapid Application Development

RAM - Responsibility Assignment Matrix

RE - Requirements Engineering

RFP - Request for Proposal

RFQ - Request For Quotation

RMP - Risk Management Plan

ROI - Return On Investment

RUP - Rational Unified Process

+ S

SAC - Schedule At Completion

SBU - Strategic Business Units

SDLC - Software Development Life Cycle

SDLC - System Development Life Cycle

SEI - Software Engineering Institute

SF - Start-to-Finish

SIPOC - Supplier-Input-Process-Output-Customer

SLA - Support Level Agreement

SME - Subject Matter Expert

SNET - Start No Earlier Than

SNLT - Start No Later Than

SOW - Statement of Work

SPC - Statistical Process Controls

SPI - Schedule Performance Index

SQM - Software Quality Management

SS - Start-to-Start

SSADM - Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method

SV - Schedule Variance

SWD - Subdivided Work Descriptions

+ T

T&M - Time and Material

TAAF - Test-Analyze-And-Fix

TOR - Terms of Reference

TPM - Technical Performance Measurement

TQM - Total Quality Management

+ U

UAT - User Acceptance Test

URS - User Requirements Statement

UV - Usage Variances

+ V

VAC - Variance At Completion

+ W

WBS - Work Breakdown Structure

+ X

XP - Extreme Programming

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