Appendix B. Acronyms
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ARC Appraisal Requirements for CMMI
CAM Capacity and Availability Management (process area)
CAR Causal Analysis and Resolution (process area)
CCB configuration control board
CL capability level
CM Configuration Management (process area)
CMF CMMI Model Foundation
CMM Capability Maturity Model
CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration
CMMI-ACQ CMMI for Acquisition
CMMI-DEV CMMI for Development
CMMI-SVC CMMI for Services
CMU Carnegie Mellon University
CobiT Control Objectives for Information and related Technology
COTS commercial off-the-shelf
CPI cost performance index
CPM critical path method
DAR Decision Analysis and Resolution (process area)
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DoD Department of Defense
EIA Electronic Industries Alliance
EIA/IS Electronic Industries Alliance/Interim Standard
FCA functional configuration audit
FMEA failure mode and effects analysis
GG generic goal
GP generic practice
IBM International Business Machines
IDEAL Initiating, Diagnosing, Establishing, Acting, Learning
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
INCOSE International Council on Systems Engineering
IPD-CMM Integrated Product Development Capability Maturity Model
IRP Incident Resolution and Prevention (process area)
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISO/IEC International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission
IT information technology
ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library
ITSCMM Information Technology Services Capability Maturity Model
IWM Integrated Work Management (process area)
MA Measurement and Analysis (process area)
MDD Method Definition Document
ML maturity level
MTBF mean time between failure
NDIA National Defense Industrial Association
OID Organizational Innovation and Deployment (former process area)
OLA operating level agreement
OPD Organizational Process Definition (process area)
OPF Organizational Process Focus (process area)
OPM Organizational Performance Management (process area)
OPP Organizational Process Performance (process area)
OT Organizational Training (process area)
PCA physical configuration audit
P-CMM People Capability Maturity Model
PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PPQA Process and Product Quality Assurance (process area)
PWS performance work statement
QFD Quality Function Deployment
QWM Quantitative Work Management (process area)
REQM Requirements Management (process area)
RSKM Risk Management (process area)
RSS rich site summary
SaaS software as a service
SAM Supplier Agreement Management (process area)
SCAMPI Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement
SCON Service Continuity (process area)
SD Service Delivery (process area)
SECAM Systems Engineering Capability Assessment Model
SECM Software Engineering Capability Model
SEI Software Engineering Institute
SG specific goal
SLA service level agreement
SOA service-oriented architecture
SOO statement of objectives
SOW statement of work
SP specific practice
SPI schedule performance index
SSD Service System Development (process area)
SSE-CMM Systems Security Engineering Capability Maturity Model
SST Service System Transition (process area)
STSM Strategic Service Management (process area)
SW-CMM Capability Maturity Model for Software or Software Capability Maturity Model
SWOT strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
WBS work breakdown structure
WMC Work Monitoring and Control (process area)
WP Work Planning (process area)