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 Breakdown Structure

DD

Data Date

DU

Duration

DUR

Duration

EAC

Estimate At Completion

EF

Early Finish Date

EMV

Expected Monetary Value

ES

Early Start Date

ETC

Estimate To Complete

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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

Fixed 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

PMBO

K Project Management 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