AC: actual cost
ANCI: Annual net cash inflows
BAC: budget at completion
CEO: chief executive officer
CFO: chief financial officer
CIO: chief information officer
CMMI: Capability maturity model integration
COBOL: Common Oriented Business Language
CPI: cost performance index
CV: cost variance
EMEA: Europe, Middle East, and Africa
EPMO: enterprise program management office
ESL: English as a second language
ETC: estimate to complete
EV: earned value
HVAC: heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
IP: intellectual property
IRR: internal rate of return
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
IT: information technology
KPI: key performance indicator
M&A: mergers and acquisitions
NPV: net present value
OBS: organizational breakdown structure
OPM3®: Organizational Project Management Maturity Model
PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
PERT: Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PgMP®: Program Management Professional
PMBOK® Guide: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
PMI®: Project Management Institute
PMIS: program management information system
PMO: program management office
PMP®: Project Management Professional
PPM: project portfolio management
PV: planned value
PWBS: program work breakdown structure
R&D: research and development
R&M: reliability and maintainability
RACI: responsible, accountable, consulted, informed
RFI: Request for Information
RFP: Request for Proposal
RFQ: Request for Quotation
ROI: return on investment
SMART: specific, measurable, actual, reliable and time-based
SME: subject matter expert
SPC: statistical process control
SPI: schedule performance index
SV: schedule variance
SWOT: strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-threats
VOC: Voice of the customer
WBS: work breakdown structure
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