Appendix B. Acronyms

ACQ Acquisition constellation

AM Agreement Management (process area)

ANSI American National Standards Institute

API application program interface

ARC Appraisal Requirements for CMMI

ARD Acquisition Requirements Development (process area)

ASR alternative system review

ATM Acquisition Technical Management (process area)

AVAL Acquisition Validation (process area)

AVER Acquisition Verification (process area)

CAR Causal Analysis and Resolution (process area)

CCB configuration control board

CDR critical design review

CL capability level

CM Configuration Management (process area)

CMF CMMI Model Foundation

CMM Capability Maturity Model

CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration

CMMI-ACQ CMMI for Acquisition

CMMI-DEV CMMI for Development

CMMI-SVC CMMI for Services

CMU Carnegie Mellon University

CobiT Control Objectives for Information and related Technology

COTS commercial off-the-shelf

CPI cost performance index

CPM critical path method

DAR Decision Analysis and Resolution (process area)

DEV Development constellation

DHS Department of Homeland Security

DoD Department of Defense

EIA Electronic Industries Alliance

EIA/IS Electronic Industries Alliance/Interim Standard

EVM earned value management

EVMS earned value management system

FCA functional configuration audit

FMEA failure mode and effects analysis

GG generic goal

GP generic practice

IBM International Business Machines

IBR integrated baseline review

IDEAL Initiating, Diagnosing, Establishing, Acting, Learning

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE International Electrical and Electronics Engineers

INCOSE International Council on Systems Engineering

IPD-CMM Integrated Product Development Capability Maturity Model

IPM Integrated Project Management (process area)

ISO International Organization for Standardization

ISO/IEC International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission

IT information technology

ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library

ITR initial technical review

MA Measurement and Analysis (process area)

MDD Method Definition Document

ML maturity level

NDIA National Defense Industrial Association

OID Organizational Innovation and Deployment (former process area)

OPD Organizational Process Definition (process area)

OPF Organizational Process Focus (process area)

OPM Organizational Performance Management (process area)

OPP Organizational Process Performance (process area)

OT Organizational Training (process area)

OTRR operational test readiness review

P-CMM People Capability Maturity Model

PA process area

PCA physical configuration audit

PDR preliminary design review

PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique

PMC Project Monitoring and Control (process area)

PP Project Planning (process area)

PPQA Process and Product Quality Assurance (process area)

PRR production readiness review

QFD Quality Function Deployment

QPM Quantitative Project Management (process area)

REQM Requirements Management (process area)

RSKM Risk Management (process area)

SA-CMM Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model

SCAMPI Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement

SECAM Systems Engineering Capability Assessment Model

SECM Systems Engineering Capability Model

SEI Software Engineering Institute

SFR system functional review

SG specific goal

SP specific practice

SPI schedule performance index

SRR system requirements review

SSAD Solicitation and Supplier Agreement Development (process area)

SSD Service System Development (process area in CMM-SVC)

SSE-CMM Systems Security Engineering Capability Maturity Model

SVC Services constellation

SVR system verification review

SW software

SW-CMM Capability Maturity Model for Software or Software Capability Maturity Model

TRA technology readiness assessment

TRR test readiness review

WBS work breakdown structure