Software Engineering Acronyms

AIP: Application Interface Protocol
ANSI: American National Standards Institute, ISO
APSE: Ada Programming Support Environment
ASQC: American Society for Quality Control, RAB
ATC: Air Traffic Control
BSI: British Standards Institute, ANSI, ISO, RAB
CAATS: Canadian Automated Air Traffic System
CADE: Computer Aided Design and Engineering, CAD, ICAM, CAE
CAD: Computer Aided Design, CADE, ICAM, CAE
CAE: Computer Aided Engineering, CASE, CAD
CCB: Change Control Board
CIM: Computer Integrated Manufacturing, ICAM
CAP: Configuration Audit Plan
CASE: Computer Aided Software Engineering, IPSE, CAE
CDR: Critical Design Review
CDRL: Contract Data Requirement List
CHI: Computer Human Interface, GUI
CI: Configuration Item
CM: Configuration Management
CMM: Capability Maturity Model, SEI, P-CMM
CMP: Configuration Management Plan
CORBA: Common Object Request Broker Architecture
COTS: Commercial Off-the-Shelf
CPM: Critical Path Method
CSC: Computer Software Component
CSCI: Computer System Configuration Item, HWCI
DBDD: Database Design Description
DFD: Data Flow Diagram, ERD
DID: Data Item Description
DM: Document Management
DoD: Department of Defense (American)
DPR: Development Progress Review
FAR: Function Area Representative
FAT: Factory Acceptance Test, SAT
FCA: Functional Configuration Audit
FQR: Formal Qualification Review
ECP: Engineering Change Proposal, SCN
ERD: Entity Relationship Diagram, DFD
FM: Formal Methods
GUI: Graphics User Interface
HF: Human Factor
HWCI: Hardware Configuration Item, CSCI
HR: Human Resources
ICAM: Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing, CAE, CIM
ICD: Interface Control Document
ICSE: Integrate Conference on Software Engineering
IDD: Interface Design Document
IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEF: Information Engineering Facility
IPSE: Integrated Project Support Environment, CASE
IRS: Interface Requirement Specification
IS: Information System
ISDM: Integrated System Development Methodology
ISO: International Standards Organization, ANSI
JSD: Jackson System Development
MMS: Master Milestone Schedule
MTBF: Mean Time Between Failures, MTFR
MTFR: Mean Time to Repair (Recover), MTBF
MTP: Mater Test Plan
NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
OLE: Object Linking and Embedding
NOR: Notice Of Revision
OBS: Organization Breakdown Structure, WBS
OOA: Object-Oriented Analysis, OOD, OOM
OOD: Object-Oriented Design, OOA, OOM
OOM: Object-Oriented Method, OOA, OOD
OSI: Open Systems Interconnection
P-CMM: People Capability Maturity Model, CMM
PCA: Physical Configuration Audit
PDL: Program Design Language
PDL: Program Description Language
PDR: Preliminary Design Review
PERT: Project Evaluation Review Technique
PMP: Project Management Plan
PSP: Personal Software Process
PTR: Program Trouble Report
QA: Quality Assurance, SQA
QAP: Quality Assurance Plan, QA, SQA
RA: Requirement Analysis
RAB: Registry Accreditation Board, BSI, ASQC
RD: Requirements Definition, SRD
RFP: Request For Proposal
RM: Response Manager
RMP: Requirement Management Plan
RS: Requirements Specification, SRS
RSL: Requirements Statement Language
SAD: Software Architecture Document
SAT: Site Acceptance Test, FAT
SCM: Software Configuration Management, SCMP
SCMP: Software Configuration Management Plan, SCM
SCN: Specification Change Notice, ECP
SCOM: Software Center Operator Manual
SADT: Structured Analysis and Design Technique
SDD: Software Design Document
SDF: Software Development Folder
SDM: Software Development Methodology
SDP: Software Development Plan
SDR: System Design Review
SDSP: Software Development Strategy Plan
SE-CMM: Systems Engineering Capability Maturity Model, CMM, SW-CMM
SEI: Software Engineering Institute, CMM
SEMP: Software Engineering Management Plan
SEPG: Software Engineering Process Group
SIOM: Software Input/Output Manual
SIT: System Integration Test
SLOC: Source Line of Code
SOW: Statement of Work
SPICE: Software Process Improvement & Capability dEtermination
SPM: Software Project Management
SPS: Software Product Specification
SQA: Software Quality Assurance, QA, SQAP
SQAP: Software Quality Assurance Plan
SRD: Structured Requirements Document
SRR: System Requirement Review
SRS: Software Requirements Specification, RS, SRD
SRS: System Requirements Specification
SS: Software Specification
SSR: Software Specification Review
STD: Software Test Description
STP: Software Test Plan
STR: Software Test Report
STrP: Software Transition Plan
SUM: Software User Manual
SVD: Software Version Description
SW-CMM: Software Capability Maturity Model, CMM, SE-CMM
TRR: Test Readiness Review
UT: Unit Test
VCRM: Verification Cross Reference Metrics
VDD: Version description Document
VDM: Vienna Definition Method
VMSR: Verification Methods Summary Report
WBS: Work Breakdown Structure
WWW: World Wide Web

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