- ABC
-
 See
Activity Based Costing
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- ABM
- See
Activity Based Management
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- Abstract Resource
- Imaginary
resource introduced so that its
availability and activity
requirement gives an extra means of control. For example, two jobs not being
worked upon simultaneously in order to obviate an accident
hazard.
[D04377]
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APM
BS |
- Abstraction
- The creation of a
view or model that suppresses unnecessary details to focus on a
specific set of details of interest. [D04796]
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RUP |
- AC
- See
Actual Cost
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- Acceleration
- The use of
methods for completing
work in a shorter time than previously
planned or required by the
contract. [D04904]
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PDG |
- Acceptability Criteria
- A limit or limits placed upon the degree of
non-conformance permitted in
material expressed in definitive
operational terms. [D00001]
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MIL-STD 109A
QMPP |
- Acceptable Quality Level ("AQL")
- The maximum
percent defective (or the maximum number of
defects per hundred units) that, for the
purpose of sampling
inspection, can be considered satisfactory as a
process average. [D00002]
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MIL-STD 105
QMPP |
- Acceptance
-
 The act of taking custody
based on satisfactory
verification. [D03972]
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CSM |
- Approval (of
results). [D00003]
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NPMT |
- The act of an
authorized representative of the
government by which the
government, for itself or as agent for another, assumes
ownership of existing identified
supplies tendered or
approves specific
services rendered as
partial or complete
performance of the contract. [D00004]
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02 46.101
QMPP |
- The
formal process of accepting
delivery of a product or a
deliverable. [D00005]
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WST |
- The
formal process of accepting the
delivery of a deliverable or
product normally based on
verifying that it is
in accordance with the
Product Description. [D03584]
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RMW |
- An
action by which the customer accepts
ownership of software
products as a partial or
complete performance of a
contract. [D04679]
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RUP |
- Acceptance Criteria
- Performance
requirements and essential
conditions that have to be achieved before
project deliverables are accepted.
[D04378]
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APM
BS |
- A prioritized list of
criteria that the final
product(s) must meet before the
customer will accept them; a
measurable definition of what must be done for the final
product to be acceptable to the
customer. They should be defined as
part of the project brief and agreed between customer and
supplier no later than the
project initiation stage. They should be
documented in the project initiation document. [D05235]
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PRNC2 |
- Acceptance Letters
- Four (or more)
formal letters written during the final
Stage(s) of a project, i.e.
Systems, Operations,
Security, User and Business Acceptance Letters. [D03585]
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PNG |
- Acceptance Number
- The maximum number of
defects or defective units in the
sample that will permit acceptance of the
inspection lot or batch. [D00006]
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MIL-STD 109A
QMPP |
- Acceptance Review
- A
specification compliance
control gate or check point at which adherence to
expectations of the service or
deliverables is verified. Performed at any level of the
system or process. [D04312]
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- A
control gate at which the buyer determines that the item presented for acceptance complies with its
specification. Acceptance
Reviews occur at all levels in the
system hierarchy. The
verification results are presented as evidence of
specification compliance. [D00007]
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VPM 291-4 |
- A
control gate to ascertain
verification and acceptance. [D03974]
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CSM |
- Acceptance Test
- A predefined
test to prove an equipment will perform the allotted
task. [D00008]
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RMW |
- Tests conducted
in accordance with an
approved verification plan and
approved test procedures.
Tests are best conducted by an
independent organization and witnessed by a representative of the
buyer for compliance with the
test procedure and verification plan. [D03973]
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CSM |
- Formal, pre-defined
test conducted to determine the compliance of the
deliverable item(s) with the acceptance criteria.
[D04566]
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APM
BS |
- Acceptance Test Procedure ("ATP")
- Detailed
step-by-step
instructions for the
setup, operation, and
evaluation of tests. The
procedure includes the
approach to sampling and
statistical quality control. [D03975]
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CSM |
- Acceptance Testing
- Formal
testing conducted to determine whether or not a
system satisfies its acceptance criteria and to enable the
customer to determine whether or not to accept the
system. [D05161]
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SA-CMM |
- Accepted
- The
recorded decision or
formal sign off by the
customer, that an output or sub-output has satisfied the
documented requirements and may be delivered to the
customer or used in the next
part of the process. [D05236]
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TGPM |
- Access
- Ability to enter the
site of the project
works and/or the necessary
project data. [D02343]
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RMW |
- Accommodation
- The provision of suitable space and/or arrange to include additional
requirements without
processing a scope change. [D02344]
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RMW |
- Account
- A listing or statement of fiscal,
corporate or project cost
data. [D02345]
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RMW |
- Accountability
- Being answerable to one's superior in an
organization for the exercise of one's
authority and the performance of one's duties. See also
Responsibility. [D00010]
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CCCP |
- Being answerable for
results. [D00009]
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FWH |
- Accountability Matrix
- See
Responsibility/Accountability Matrix. [D00011]
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- Accountability/Responsibility Matrix
- A
structure which relates the
project organization structure to the
work breakdown structure; assures that each
element of the project scope of
work is assigned to a responsible
individual. [D00012]
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PMK87 |
- Accountable
- Responsible, answerable. [D03976]
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CSM |
- Answerable for success or
failure. [D05237]
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SU |
- Accountant
- A person responsible for maintaining fiscal or
corporate accounts.
Editor's Note: For one who maintains project accounts, see Project Accountant. Note that
skills required for
project accounting are not the same mix as for
corporate accounting. [D02347]
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RMW |
- Accounting
- See Project Accounting. [D02348]
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- Accounts
- In
project accounting, a set of
cost statements that display the
current status of the
project and future status upon
completion. [D02346]
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RMW |
- Accrual
- An unpaid liability (debt) incurred from the receipt of
materials or services, e.g. unpaid
invoices, deliveries,
contractor's time sheets,
progress payments due and payables. [D04905]
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SCL |
- Accrual Accounting
- A
system of accounting in which
expenses are recognized when incurred, and
revenues are recognized when they are known, regardless of the
time when actual
payment of cash is made or received. [D02271]
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RMW |
- Accrual Method
- A
method that determines when the
cost for a resource is incurred, the
fixed costs for tasks, and when
actual costs are charged to a
project. [D00013]
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MSP98 |
- Accrued Cost
- A
cost that is incurred all at once at a
certain time in a
project or gradually, for
instance, over the entire
time a task is being
worked on. [D00014]
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MSP98 |
- Accrued Costs
- Costs that are earmarked for the
project and for which
payment is due, but has not been made.
[D04567]
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APM
BS |
- Accuracy
- A degree of exactness. In
project work, usually expressed as a
range particularly in connection with
estimates of cost and
time. [D02349]
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RMW |
- Achievement
- A
measure of performance or accomplishment to date. [D02350]
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RMW |
- Acquisition
- The obtaining under
contract of supplies and
services to meet the
needs of a project.
Editor's Note: See also
Progressive Acquisition. [D02272]
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RMW |
- The acquiring by
contract with appropriated funds of
supplies or services (including
construction) by and for the use of the
organization through purchase or
lease, whether the supplies or
services are already in existence or must be created, developed,
demonstrated, and evaluated. [D03792]
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GAT |
- The
process of obtaining through
contract. [D05162]
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SA-CMM |
- The
process of obtaining products or
services, whether they are already in existence or must be conceived, developed,
demonstrated, or evaluated. It includes all aspects of
contract administration and
project management. Also called
procurement. [D05238]
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MFC |
- The set of activities performed to procure, develop and maintain a
system. [D05240]
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MSA |
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