Project Management Acronyms

Project Management Acronyms

AC: Actual Cost
ACWP: Actual Cost of Work Performed
AD: Activity Description
ADM: Arrow Diagramming Method
AE: Apportioned Effort
AF: Actual Finish Date
AOA: Activity-on-Arrow
AON: Activity-on-Node
AS: Actual Start Date
BAC: Budget at Completion
BCWP: Budgeted Cost of Work Performed
BCWS: Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
BOM: Bill of Materials
CA: Control Account
CAP: Control Account Plan
CCB: Change Control Board
COQ: Cost of Quality
CPF: Cost-Plus-Fee
CPFF: Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee
CPI: Cost Performance Index
CPIF: Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee
CPM: Critical Path Method
CPPC: Cost-Plus-Percentage of Cost
CV: Cost Variance
CWBS: Contract Work Breakdonw Structure
DD: Data Date
DU: Duration
DUR: Duration
EAC: Estimate At Completion
EF: Early Finish Date
EMV: Expected Monteray Value
ES: Early Start Date
ETC: Estimate To Complete
EV: Earned Value
EVM: Earned Value Management
EVT: Earned Value Technique
FF: Finish-to-Finish
FF: Free Float
FFP: Firm-Fixed-Price
FMEA: Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
FPIF: Fied Price Incentive Fee
FS: Finish-to-Start
IFB: Invitation for Bid
LF: Late Finish date
LOE: Level of Effort
LS: Late Start date
OBS: Organization 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
PMBOK: Project Managment Body of Knowledge
PMIS: Project Management Information System
PMO: Program Management Office
PMO: Project Management Office
PMP: Project Management Professional
PS: Planned Start date
PSWBS: Project Summary Work Breakdown Structure
PV: 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
SWOT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
TC: Target Completion date
TF: Total Float
T&M: Time and Material
TQM: Total Quality Management
TS: Target Start Date
VE: Value Engineering
WBS: Work Breakdown Structure