ACQ Acquisition constellation
AM Agreement Management (process area)
ARC Appraisal Requirements for CMMI
ARD Acquisition Requirements Development (process area)
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
CL capability level
CM Configuration Management (process area)
CMM Capability Maturity Model
CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration
CMMI-ACQ CMMI for Acquisition
CMMI-DEV CMMI for Development
COTS commercial off the shelf
CPI cost performance index
CPM critical path method
DAR Decision Analysis and Resolution (process area)
DEV Development constellation
DoD Department of Defense
EDS Electronic Data Systems
EIA Electronic Industries Alliance
EIA/IS Electronic Industries Alliance/Interim Standard
GG generic goal
GP generic practice
IBM International Business Machines
IDEAL Initiating, Diagnosing, Establishing, Acting, Learning
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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
MA Measurement and Analysis (process area)
MDD Method Definition Document
ML maturity level
NDIA National Defense Industrial Association
OID Organizational Innovation and Deployment (process area)
OPD Organizational Process Definition (process area)
OPF Organizational Process Focus (process area)
OPP Organizational Process Performance (process area)
OT Organizational Training (process area)
OUSD (AT&L) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics)
P-CMM People Capability Maturity Model
PA process area
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)
QA quality assurance
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
SECM Systems Engineering Capability Model
SEI Software Engineering Institute
SG specific goal
SP specific practice
SPI schedule performance index
SSAD Solicitation and Supplier Agreement Development (process area)
SW-CMM Capability Maturity Model for Software or Software Capability Maturity Model
WBS work breakdown structure