5.2. B. Acronyms

API
application program interface

ARC
Appraisal Requirements for CMMI

CAD
computer-aided design

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-DEV
CMMI for Development

CMMI-DEV+IPPD
CMMI for Development +IPPD


COTS
commercial off the shelf

CPI
cost performance index

CPM
critical path method

CSCI
computer software configuration item

DAR
Decision Analysis and Resolution (process area)

DoD
Department of Defense

EIA
Electronic Industries Alliance

EIA/IS
Electronic Industries Alliance/Interim Standard

EPG
engineering process group

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

INCOSE
International Council on Systems Engineering

IPD-CMM
Integrated Product Development Capability Maturity Model

IPM
Integrated Project Management (process area)

IPM+IPPD
Integrated Project Management +IPPD (process area)

IPPD
integrated product and process development

ISO
International Organization for Standardization

ISO/IEC
International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission

MA
Measurement and Analysis (process area)

MDD
Method Definition Document

ML
maturity level

NDI
nondevelopmental item

NDIA
National Defense Industrial Association
Keywords : NDIA

OID
Organizational Innovation and Deployment (process area)

OPD
Organizational Process Definition (process area)

OPD+IPPD
Organizational Process Definition +IPPD (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

PCA
physical configuration audit

PERT
Program Evaluation and Review Technique

PI
Product Integration (process area)

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)

RD
Requirements Development (process area)

REQM
Requirements Management (process area)

ROI
return on investment

RSKM
Risk Management (process area)

SA-CMM
Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model

SAM
Supplier Agreement Management (process area)

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

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

TS
Technical Solution (process area)

URL
uniform resource locator

VAL
Validation (process area)

VER
Verification (process area)

WBS
work breakdown structure