APPENDIX A

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Glossary of Acronyms

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer and essayist

All of the acronyms used in this book are collected together here in one place for your reading convenience.

AC Actual Cost
ACWP Actual Cost of Work Performed
ADC Aid to Dependent Children
APF Adaptive Project Framework
APM Agile Project Management
APPM Agile Project Portfolio Management
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ASD Adaptive Software Development
ATP Acceptance Test Procedure
B2B Business to Business
B2C Business to Customer
BABOK Business Analysis Body Of Knowledge
BA/PM Business Analyst Project Manager
BCG Boston Consulting Group
BCWP Budgeted Cost of Work Performed
BCWS Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
BPI Business Process Improvement
BPM Business Process Manager
BPMN Business Process Management Notation
CBAP Certified Business Analyst Professional
CCPM Critical Chain Project Management
CIO Chief Information Officer
CMM Capability Maturity Model
CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integrated
CoA Chart of Accounts
COS Conditions Of Satisfaction
COTS Commercial Off the Shelf Software
CPI Cost Performance Index
CPIM Continuous Process Improvement Model
CSF Critical Success Factor
CT Core Team
CV Cost Variance
DSDM Dynamic Systems Development Model
E Expected Task Duration
EF Early Finish of a Task
EPM Effective Project Management
EPSO Enterprise Project Support Office
ES Early Start of a Task
EV Earned Value
EVA Earned Value Analysis
FDD Feature-Driven Development
FF Finish to Finish Task Dependency
FFP Firm Fixed Price
FS Finish to Start task dependency
FTE Full-Time Equivalent
GPS Global Positioning System
HRMS Human Resource Management System
IIBA International Institute of Business Analysis
INSPIRE INitiate, SPeculate, Incubate, REview
IRR Internal Rate of Return
IT Information Technology
JAD Joint Application Design
JPPS Joint Project Planning Session
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LF Late Finish of a Task
LS Late Start of a Task
LSI Learning Styles Inventory
MoSCoW Must Have, Should Have, Could Have, Wouldn't it be Nice to Have
MPx Emertxe Project Management
MTC Milestone Trend Chart
NASA National Aeronautics & Space Administration
OJT On the Job Training
OPM3 Organizational Project Management Maturity Model
PC Personal Computer
PCS Process Control System
PDM Precedence Diagramming Method
PDP Professional Development Plan
PDQ Pizza Delivered Quickly
PDS Project Description Statement
PERT Project Evaluation and Review Technique
PM/BA Project Manager Business Analyst
PMBOK Project Management Body Of Knowledge
PMCA Project Manager Competency Assessment
PMCoE Project Management Community of Excellence
PMCoP Project Management Community of Practice
PMI Project Management Institute
PMLC Project Management Life Cycle
PMM Project Management Maturity
PMMA Project Management Maturity Assessment
PMMM Project Management Maturity Model
PMO Project Management Office
PMP Project Management Professional
PO Project Office
POS Project Overview Statement
PQM Process Quality Matrix
PSO Project Support Office
PV Planned Value
QA Quality Assurance
R&D Research & Development
R&R Rest and Recuperation
RAD Rapid Application Development
RASCI Responsible, Approves, Supports, Consults, Informs
RBS Requirements Breakdown Structure
RFI Request For Information
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
RFP Request For Proposal
RFQ Request For Quote
ROI Return On Investment
RUP Rational Unified Process
Scrum Scrum is not an acronym
SDLC Systems Development Life Cycle
SEI Software Engineering Institute
SF Start to Finish Task Dependency
SLA Service Level Agreement
SME Subject Matter Expert
SPI Schedule Performance Index
SS Start to Start Task Dependency
ST Super Team
SV Schedule Variance
SWAG Scientific Wild A** Guess
SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
TBD To Be Determined
TOA Task On the Arrow
TON Task On the Node
TPM Traditional Project Management
UML Universal Modeling Language
WAG Wild A** Guess
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
xPM Extreme Project Management
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