Appendix B. Acronyms

ARC Appraisal Requirements for CMMI

CAM Capacity and Availability Management (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

CMMI-SVC CMMI for Services

CPM critical path method

CobiT Control Objectives for Information and related Technology

COTS commercial off the shelf

CPM critical path method

DAR Decision Analysis and Resolution (process area)

DoD Department of Defense

EIA Electronic Industries Alliance

EIA/IS Electronic Industries Alliance/Interim Standard

FCA functional configuration audit

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)

IRP Incident Resolution and Prevention (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

ITSCMM Information Technology Services Capability Maturity Model

MA Measurement and Analysis (process area)

MDD Method Definition Document

ML maturity level

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)

PCA physical configuration audit

P-CMM People Capability Maturity Model

PA process area

PAL process asset library

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)

PWS performance work statement

QA quality assurance

QFD Quality Function Deployment

QPM Quantitative Project Management (process area)

REQM Requirements Management (process area)

RSKM Risk Management (process area)

SCAMPI Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement

SCON Service Continuity (process area)

SD Service Delivery (process area)

SEI Software Engineering Institute

SG specific goal

SLA service level agreement

SOO statement of objectives

SOW statement of work

SP specific practice

SSD Service System Development (process area)

SST Service System Transition (process area)

STSM Strategic Service Management (process area)

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

WBS work breakdown structure