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Common Acronyms

No. Abbreviations
Description
AC
Actual Cost
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ACWP
Actual Cost of Work Performed
2.
AD
Activity Description
3.
ADM
Arrow Diagramming Method
4.
AE
Apportioned Effort
5.
AF
Actual Finish date
6.
AOA
Activity-on-Arrow
7.
AON
Activity-on-Node
8.
AS
Actual Start date
9.
BAC
Budget at Completion
10.
BCWP
Budgeted Cost of Work Performed
11.
BCWS
Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
12.
BOM
Bill Of Materials
13.
CA
Control Account
14.
CAP
Control Account Plan
15.
CCB
Change Control Board
16.
COQ
Cost of Quality
17.
CPF
Cost-Plus-Fee
18.
CPFF
Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee
19.
CPI
Cost Performance Index
20.
CPIF
Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee
21.
CPM
Critical Path Method
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CPPC

Cost-Plus-Percentage of Cost

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CV

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CWBS

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DD

Cost Variance
Contract Work Breakdown
Structure
Data Date
Duration
Duration
Early Finish date
Expected Monetary Value
Early Start date
Estimate to Complete
Earned Value
Earned Value Management
Earned Value Technique
Finish-to-Finish
Free Float
Firm-Fixed-Price

DU
DUR
EF
EMV
ES
ETC
EV
EVM

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FF
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FMEA

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PMBOK

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PMIS

Project Management Information

System

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PMO

Program Management Office

PMO

Project Management Office

PMP

Project Management Professional

PS

IFB

Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

Fixed-Price-Incentive-Fee
Finish-to-Start
Invitation for Bid

LFD

Late Finish date

LOE

Level of Effort

LS

Late Start date

OBS

Organizational Breakdown Structure

OD

Original Duration

PC

Percent Complete

PCT

Percent Complete

PDM

Precedence Diagramming Method

PF

Planned Finish date

PM

Project Management

PM

Project Manager
Project Management Body of
Knowledge

FPIF
FS

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PSWBS

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PV

Planned Start date

Project Summary Work Breakdown
Structure
Planned Value

QA

Quality Assurance

QC

Quality Control

RAM

Responsibility Assignment Matrix

RBS

Resource Breakdown Structure

RBS

Risk Breakdown Structure

RD

Remaining Duration

RFP

Request for Proposal

RFQ

Request for Quotation

SF

Scheduled Finish date

SF

Start-to-Finish

SOW

Statement of Work

SPI

Schedule Performance Index

SS

Scheduled Start date

SS

Start-to- Start

SV

Schedule Variance
Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities, and Threats

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TC

Target Completion date

TF

Target Finish date

TF

Total Float

T&M

Time and Material

TQM

Total Quality Management

TS

Target Start date

VE

Value Engineering

WBS

Work Breakdown Structure

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