| Acronym |
Definition |
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| AC |
Actual Cost |
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| ACWP |
Actual Cost of Work Performed |
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| AD |
Activity Description |
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| ADM |
Arrow Diagramming Method |
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| AE |
Apportioned Effort |
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| AF |
Actual Finish date |
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| AOA |
Activity On Arrow |
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| AON |
Activity On Node |
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| AS |
Actual Start date |
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| BAC |
Budget At Completion |
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| BCWP |
Budgeted Cost of Work Performed |
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| BCWS |
Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled |
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| BOM |
Bill Of Materials |
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| CA |
Control Account |
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| CAP |
Control Account Plan |
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| CCB |
Change Control Board |
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| COQ |
Cost of Quality |
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| CPAF |
Cost Plus Award Fee |
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| CPF |
Cost Plus Fee |
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| CPFF |
Cost Plus Fixed Fee |
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| CPI |
Cost Performance Index |
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| CPIF |
Cost Plus Incentive Fee |
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| CPM |
Critical Path Method |
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| CPPC |
Cost Plus Percentage of Cost |
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| CV |
Cost Variance |
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| CWBS |
Contract Work Breakdown Structure |
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| DD |
Data Date |
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| DU |
Duration |
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| DUR |
Duration |
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| EAC |
Estimate at Completion |
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| EF |
Early Finish Date |
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| EMV |
Expected Monetary Value |
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| ES |
Early Start Date |
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| ETC |
Estimate to Complete |
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| EV |
Earned Value |
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| EVM |
Earned Value Management |
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| EVT |
EVT |
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| FF |
Finish To Finish |
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| FF |
Free Float |
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| FFP |
Firm Fixed Price |
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| FMEA |
Failure Mode and Effect Analysis |
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| FPEFA |
Fixed Price with Economic Price Adjustment |
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| FPIF |
Fixed Price Incentive Fee |
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| FS |
Finish to Start |
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| IFB |
Invitation For Bid |
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| LF |
Late Finish Date |
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| LOE |
Level of Effort |
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| LS |
Late Start Date |
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| OBS |
Organizational Breakdown Structure |
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| OD |
Original Duration |
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| PC |
Percent Complete |
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| PCT |
Percent Complete |
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| PDM |
Precedence Diagramming Method |
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| PF |
Planned Finish Date |
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| PM |
Project Management |
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| PM |
Project Manager |
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| PMBOK |
Project Management Body of Knowledge |
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| PMIS |
Project Management Information System |
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| PMO |
Program Management Office |
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| PMO |
Project Management Office |
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| PMP |
Project Management Professional |
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| PS |
Planned Start date |
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| PSWBS |
Project Summary Work Breakdown Structure |
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| PV |
Planned Value |
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| QA |
Quality Assurance |
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| QC |
Quality Control |
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| RACI |
Responsibile, Accountable, Consult, and Inform |
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| RAM |
Responsibility Assignment Matrix |
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| RBS |
Resource Breakdown Structure |
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| RBS |
Risk Breakdown Structure |
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| RD |
Remaining Duration |
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| RFI |
Request for Information |
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| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
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| RFQ |
Request for Quotation |
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| SF |
Scheduled Finish Date |
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| SF |
Start to Finish |
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| SOW |
Statement of Work |
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| SPI |
Schedule Performance Index |
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| SS |
Scheduled Start date |
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| SS |
Start to Start |
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| SV |
Schedule Variance |
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| SWOT |
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats |
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| TC |
Target Completion date |
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| TF |
Target Finish Date |
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| TF |
Total Float |
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| T&M |
Time and Material |
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| TQM |
Total Quality Management |
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| TS |
Target Start Date |
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| VE |
Value Engineering |
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| WBS |
Work Breakdown Structure |
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