| 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 |
