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The NASA Cost Estimating & Analysis, Schedule Management, and EVM communities worked together to create a comprehensive list of PP&C acronyms.

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A

AA                 Associate Administrator

AACE            Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering

AATE            Architectural Assessment Tool—enhanced

ABC              Agency Baseline Commitment

AC                 Actual Cost

ACE              Automated Cost Estimator

ACEIT           Automated Cost Estimating Integrated Tool

ACO              Administrative Contracting Officer

ACWP           Actual Cost of Work Performed

ADA              U.S. Anti-Deficiency Act or Americans with Disabilities Act

ADM             Arrow Diagramming Method

AFES            NASA’s Award Fee Evaluation System

AFCAA         Air Force Cost Analysis Agency

AFCRUH      Air Force Cost Risk and Uncertainty Handbook

AFRC           NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center

AFSCN         Air Force Satellite Control Network

AHP              Analytic Hierarchy Process

AIA               American Institute of Architects

AIAA             American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

AIS               Automated Information System

AI&T             Assembly, Integration, and Test

ALAP            As Late As Possible

ALR              Audit Liaison Representative

ANOVA         Analysis of Variance

ANSI             American National Standards Institute

AO                Announcement of Opportunity

AOA             Analysis of Alternatives

AoA              Activity on Arrow

AON             Activity on Node

APAC           Agency Programmatic Analysis Capability

APMC          Agency Program Management Council

APPEL         Academy of Program and Project Leadership

ARC             NASA Ames Research Center

ASAP           As Soon As Possible

ASM             Acquisition Strategy Meeting

ASP              Acquisition Strategy Planning

ASTM           American Society for Testing and Materials

AT                Actual Time

ATP             Authority/Authorization to Proceed

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B

BAC             Budget at Completion

BCA             Business Case Analysis

BCR             Baseline Change Request

BCWP          Budgeted Cost of Work Performed

BCWR          Budgeted Cost for Work Remaining

BCWS          Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled

BD                NASA HQ OCFO Budget Division

BEI               Baseline Execution Index

BoE              Basis of Estimate

BOL              Beginning of Life

BOM             Bill of Materials

BP                Best Practice

BPR             Baseline Performance Review

BST              Beginning of System Test

BY                Base Year

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C

CA                Control Account

CAD             Cost Analysis Division

CADRe        Cost Analysis Data Requirement

CAIG            Cost Analysis Improvement Group

CAIV            Cost As an Independent Variable

CAM            Control Account Manager

CAP             Control Account Plan or Corrective Action Plan

CAR             Corrective Action Request

CBA             Cost Benefit Analysis

CBB             Contract Budget Baseline

CBE             Current Best Estimate

CBI              Confidential Business Information

CBS             Cost Breakdown Structure

CCB             Configuration Control Board

CCE             Current Cost Estimate

CCM             Critical Chain Method

CDF              Cumulative Distribution Function

CDR             Critical Design Review

CDRL           Contract Data Requirements List

CEA             Cost Estimation and Analysis

CEH             NASA Cost Estimating Handbook

CEI              Current Execution Index

CER             Cost Estimating Relationship

CES             Cost Element Structure

CFD             Cash Flow Diagram

CFO             Chief Financial Officer

CFOU          Chief Financial Officer University

CFU             Cost of First Unit

CL                Confidence Level (one-dimensional modeling)

CLIN             Contract Line Item Number

CM               Configuration Management

CMC             Center Management Councils

CM/DM         Configuration Management and Data Management

CMO             Center Management and Operations

CNF              Cost-No-Fee (contract type)

CNSI             Classified National Security Information

CO                Contracting Officer

COBRA         Complexity-Based Requirements Analysis

COCOMO     Constructive Cost Model

CoF               Construction of Facilities

CONOPS     Concept of Operations

ConstY         Constant Year Dollars

COR             Contracting Officer’s Representative

COTR           Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative

COTS           Commercial-Off-The-Shelf

CPAF           Cost Plus Award Fee

CPARS         Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System

CPFF            Cost Plus Fixed Fee

CPI               Cost Performance Index

CPIF             Cost Plus Incentive Fee

CPLI             Critical Path Length Index

CPM             Critical Path Method

CPR             Contractor Performance Report

CPTF            Critical Path Total Float

CR                Continuing Resolution

CRADA         Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

CRF              Capital Recovery Factor

CRM             Continuous Risk Management          

CSLA            Commercial Space Launch Act

CSRUH        Joint Cost and Schedule Risk and Uncertainty Handbook

CurrY           Current Year Dollars

CV                Coefficient of Variation

CWBS          Contractor Work Breakdown Structure

CY                Calendar Year or Constant Year or Current Year

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D

DA                Decision Authority

DAU              U.S. Defense Acquisition University

DCAA            Defense Contract Audit Agency

DCF               Discounted Cash Flow

DCI               (GAO) Data Collection Instrument

DCMA           Defense Contract Management Agency

DCPLX          Development Complexities

DDE              Dynamic Data Exchange

DDT&E         Design Development Test and Evaluation

DEL              Payload Delivery

DES              Discrete Event Simulation

DI-MGMT-81861          Data Item Description, Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR)

DID                Data Item Description

DL                 Design Life

DM                Decision Memorandum & Data Manager

DODI             Department of Defense Instruction

DPMC           Mission Directorate Program Management Council

DPMR           Deputy Project Manager/Resources

DQI               Data Quality Indicator

DR                Data Requirements & Decommissioning Review

DRD              Data Requirements Description

DSN              Deep Space Network

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E

E2O              Earth-to-Orbit

EA                 Economic Analysis or Environmental Assessment

EAC              Estimate at Completion

EAR              Export Administration Regulations

ECASG         Executive Cost Analysis Steering Group

EIA                Electronic Industries Alliance

EIA-748         Electronic Industries Alliance – 748

EIS                 Environmental Impact Statement

EIV                 Errors in Variables

EM                 Engineering Model

ENR               Engineering News Record

EOC              Elements of Cost

EOL               End of Life

EOM              End of Mission

EOY               End-of-Year

EPR               Estimated Price Reports

ES                  Earned Schedule

EST               End of System Test

ESA               European Space Agency

ETC               Estimate to Complete

EUAC            Equivalent Uniform Annual Cost

EUAW            Equivalent Uniform Annual Worth

EV                 Earned Value

EVM              Earned Value Management

EVM FP        Earned Value Management Focal Point

EVM FPWG  Earned Value Management Focal Point Working Group

EVMS           Earned Value Management System

ExAOCM      Exploration Architectures Operations Cost Model

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F

FA                 Formulation Agreement

FAD              Formulation Authorization Document

FAR              Federal Acquisition Regulations

FBS              Functional Breakdown Structure

FDO             Fee Determination Official

FFP              Firm Fixed-Price

FFRDC         Federally Funded Research and Development Center

FICA             U.S. Federal Insurance Contributions Act

FLA              First Launch Availability

FMR             Financial Management Requirements

FNET            Finish No Earlier Than

FNLT            Finish No Later Than

FP&D            Facility Planning and Design

FPA              Focal Plane Array

FPAF            Fixed Price with Award Fee (contract type)

FPAM           Focal Plane Array Business-as-Should-Be Cost Model

FPI                Fixed Price Incentive (contract type)

FPIF              Fixed-Price Incentive Fee

FPR              Facility Project Requirements

FRR              Flight Readiness Review

FTE               Full Time Equivalent

FV                 Future Value

FY                 Fiscal Year

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G

G&A              General and Administrative (expense)

GAO             Government Accountability Office

GDS             Ground Data System

GEM-FLO     Generic Environment for Modeling Future Launch Vehicle Operations

GFE              Government Furnished Equipment

GFI               Government Furnished Information

GFP              Government Furnished Property

GPE              Governmentwide Point of Entry

GPMC          Governing Program Management Council

GR&A           Ground Rules & Assumptions

GRC             NASA Glenn Research Center

GSA              U.S. General Services Administration

GSE              Ground Support Equipment

GSFC           Goddard Space Flight Center

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H

HMI               Hit or Miss Index

HOT              Hands-On Training

HQ                Headquarters

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I

I&T               Integration and Test

IA                  Independent Assessment

IAA                Interagency Agreement

IBR               Integrated Baseline Review

ICAM            Industrial Base Capability Assessment

ICC               Initial Operating Capability

ICD               Interface Control Document

ICE               Independent Cost Estimate, In-house Cost Estimate

ICSAT          Integrated Cost and Schedule Analysis Tool

ICSRA          Integrated Cost Schedule Risk Analysis

IDC               Indefinite-Delivery Contract

IDIQ              Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (contract vehicle)

IdMAX           Identity Management and Account Exchange

IEAC             Independent Estimate At Completion

IG                 Inspector General

IMP               Integrated Master Plan

IMS               Integrated Master Schedule

IPMD            Integrated Program Management Division

IPMR            Integrated Program Management Report

IPT               Integrated Product/Project Team

IPA               U.S. Intergovernmental Personnel Act

IPAO             Independent Program Assessment Office       

IPMR            Integrated Program Management Report

IR                 Infrared

IRR               Internal Rate of Return

IRT               Independent Review Team

ISS                International Space Station

IT                  Information Technology

ITAR             International Traffic in Arms Regulations

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J

JACS            Joint Analysis of Cost and Schedule

JCL               Joint Confidence Level

JPL               Jet Propulsion Laboratory

JSC              Johnson Space Center

JSCC            Joint Space Cost Council

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K

KDP              Key Decision Point

KDR              Key Driving Requirement

KPP              Key Performance Parameter

KSC              NASA (John F.) Kennedy Space Center

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L

LaRC            NASA Langley Research Center

LCC              Life Cycle Cost

LCCE            Life-Cycle Cost Estimate

LCR              Life Cycle Review

LOA              Letter of Agreement

LOGO           Limit of Government Obligation

LOE              Level of Effort

LRD              Launch Readiness Date

LSBF            Least Square Best Fit

LV                 Launch Vehicle

LVCM           Launch Vehicle Cost Model

LxC               Likelihood x Consequence

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M

M                  Million

MA                Management Agreement

MADCAM      Microwave and Digital Cost Analysis Model

MAUT           Multi-Attribute Utility Theory

MCC             Mission Control Center

MCPLX         Manufacturing Complexities

MCR             Mission Concept Review

MD                Mission Directorate

MDAA           Mission Directorate Associate Administrator

MDR             Mission Definition Review

MDR/SDR    Mission Definition Review or System Definition Review

MEL              Master Equipment List

MESSOC     Model for Estimating Space Station Operations Costs

MFO             Must Finish On

MOA            Memorandum of Agreement

MODA         Mission Operations and Data Analysis

MOU            Memorandum of Understanding

MOY            Middle-of-Year

MPAR          Major Program Annual Report

MPE-ZPB    Minimum Percentage Error–Zero Percentage Bias

MR               Management Reserve

MRR             Mission Readiness Review

MS                Microsoft

MSE             Mean Squared Error

MSFC           Marshall Space Flight Center

MSO             Must Start On

MSOD          Mission Support Office Director

MSR             Monthly Status Review

MUPE          Minimum Unbiased Percentage Error

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N

N2                NASA budget database

NAFCOM     NASA Air Force Cost Model

NAII              NASA Advisory Implementing Instruction

NAMS          NASA Access Management System

NAR             Non-Advocate Review

NAS             National Academy of Sciences

NASA           National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA FAR   NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation

NCG            NRO Cost Group

NDA             Non-Disclosure Agreement

NEO             Near-Earth Object

NF                NASA Form

NFS             NASA FAR Supplement

NDIA            National Defense Industrial Association

NICM           NASA Instrument Cost Model

NID               NASA Interim Directives

NOA             New Obligation Authority

NODIS         NASA Online Directive Information System

NPD             NASA Policy Directive

NPR             NASA Procedural Requirements

NPV             Net Present Value

NRA             NASA Research Announcement

NRE             Non-Recurring Engineering

NRO             National Reconnaissance Office

NRRS           NASA Records Retention Schedule

NSCKN        NASA Safety Center Knowledge Now

NSPD           National Security Presidential Directive

NSM            NASA Structure Management

NTP             Notice to Proceed/Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

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O

O&M            Operations and Maintenance

O&S             Operations and Support

OBS             Organization Breakdown Structure

OCC             NASA HQ Office of the Chief Counsel

OCE             NASA HQ Office of the Chief Engineer

OCFO           NASA HQ Office of the Chief Financial Officer

OCM             Operations Cost Model

ODBC           Open Database Connectivity

ODC              Other Direct Cost

OGC              NASA HQ Office of General Counsel

OIG               NASA HQ Office of the Inspector General

OIIR              NASA HQ Office of International and Interagency Relations

OIS-D           Operational Intercom System—Digital

OJT               On-the-Job Training

OLIA             NASA HQ Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs

OLS              Ordinary Least Squares

OMB             Office of Management and Budget

ONCE           One NASA Cost Engineering Database

OoE              Office of Evaluation

OPR             Office of Primary Responsibilities

OPRA           Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis

ORR             Operational Readiness Review

OTS              Over Target Schedule

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P

P/p                Program/project

P/pM             Program/project Manager

P/S                Planner/Scheduler

PA&E            Program Analysis and Evaluation Office

PAR              Program Assessment Review

PBB              Project Budget Base

PBR              President’s Budget Request

PBS              Product Breakdown Structure

PCA              Project Commitment Agreement

P-CAM         Project Control Account Managers

PCC             Program Cost Commitment

PCEC           Project Cost Estimating Capability (tool)

PCLS            Probabilistic Cost-Loaded Schedule

PCM             Project Control Milestone

PDF              Probability Density Function

PDM             Precedence Diagramming Method

PDR              Preliminary Design Review

PDRI             Project Definition Rating Index

PE                 Principal Engineer

PEB              Performance Evaluation Board

PEP              Performance Evaluation Plan

PER              Preliminary Engineering Report/Phasing Estimating Rela

PERT            Program Evaluation Review Technique

PFA               Program/project Formulation Agreement

PI                  Principal Investigator

PIR                Program Implementation Review

PLS               Partial Least Squares

PM                Program/Project Manager

PMB             Performance Measurement Baseline

PMBOK        Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge

PMC             Program Management Council

PMCM          Parametric Mission Cost Model

PMI              Project Management Institute

PMP             Project Management Plan

PMT             Performance Measurement Techniques

PO               Purchase Order

POC             Point of Contact

PP&C           Project Planning and Control

PPBE           Program Planning Budget Execution

PPR             Periodic Project Review

PR                Purchase Requisition

PRA             Probabilistic Risk Assessment

PRR             Preliminary Requirements Review

P/S               Planner/Scheduler

PSM             Procurement Strategy Meeting

PSR             Program Status Review

PV                Present Value

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Q

QA               Quality Assurance

QRA             Quantitative Risk Analysis

QSR             Quarterly Status Review

QTIPS          Quantitative Techniques Incorporating Phasing and Schedule

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R

R2                 Coefficient of Determination

R&D              Research and Development

R&T              Research and Technology

RAM             Responsibility Assignment Matrix

RBS              Resource Breakdown Structure

RCA             Root Cause Analysis

RDT&E         Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

Rec/Del        Receivable/Deliverable

REDSTAR    Resource Data Storage and Retrieval

RFA              Request for Action

RFI               Request for Information

RFP              Request for Proposal

RFQ              Request for Quotation

RID               Review Item Discrepancy

RIDM            Risk-Informed Decision Making

RLS              Resource-Loaded Schedule

RMP             Risk Management Plan

RMS             Risk Management System

ROM             Rough Order of Magnitude

ROR             Rate of Return

RP                Recommended Practice

RSAT           Risk Scenario Automation Tool

RSD             Relative Standard Deviation

RTG             Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator

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S

SAA              Space Act Agreement

SAAM           Space Act Agreement Maker (system)

SAP              Systems Application Products (financial system)

SATERN       System for Administration, Training, and Educational Resources for NASA

SBU              Sensitive But Unclassified

SCAT            Software Cost Analysis Tool

SCoPe          Schedule Community of Practice

SDR              System Definition Review

SE                 Systems Engineering or Standard Error of Estimate

SE&I             Systems Engineering and Integration

SEB              Source Evaluation Board

SEMP           Systems Engineering Management Plan

SEPM           Systems Engineering/Program Management

SER              Schedule Estimating Relationship

SERRA         Schedule Estimating Relationship Risk Assessment

SID               Strategic Investments Division

SIES             Supervision, Inspection, Engineering, and Services

SIR               System Integration Review

SIV               Savings/Investment Ratio

SLOC           Software Lines of Code

SLR              Simple Linear Regression

SMA             Safety and Mission Assurance

SMART        Schedule Management and Relationship Tool

SMD             Science Mission Directorate

SME             Subject Matter Expert

SMH             (NASA) Schedule Management Handbook

SMP             Schedule Management Plan

SNET           Start No Earlier Than

SNLT            Start No Later Than

SNPPCM      Space Nuclear Power/Propulsion Cost Model

SOPI            Standing Operating Procedure Instructions

SOW            Statement of Work

SP                 Special Publication

SPG              Strategic Planning Guidance

SPI                (Time Based) Schedule Performance Index

SRA              Schedule Risk Analysis

SRB              Standing Review Board

SRR              System Requirements Review

SS                 Subsystem

SSC              NASA (John C.) Stennis Space Center

SSCM           Small Satellite Cost Model

SSE              Sum of Squared Errors

SSR              Sum of Squared Regression

SSI                Schedule Sensitivity Index

SST              Sum of Squared Total

STAT            Schedule Test and Assessment Tool

STE              Special Test Equipment

SUA              Software Usage Agreement

SV                 Schedule Variance

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T

T&E               Test and Evaluation

T&M              Time and Materials (contract type)

TA                 Task Agreement

TAB              Total Allocated Budget

TBD              To Be Determined

TBE              Technical Baseline Estimate

TBR              To Be Resolved

TCO              Total Cost of Ownership

TCPI             To Complete Performance Index

TCSR           Technical, Cost, Schedule, and Risk (report)

TD                Time Dependent (cost)

TDRSS         Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System

TF                 Total Float

TFCI             Total Float Consumption Index

TI                  Time Independent (cost)

TSC              Technical Schedule Cost

TOA              Total Obligation Authority

TOC             Total Ownership Cost

ToR              Terms of Reference

TPM             Technical Performance Measure

TPOC           Technical Point of Contact

TRANSCOST      Space Transportation Cost Model

TRL              Technology Readiness Level

TY                Then Year

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U

UB                Undistributed Budget

U/C               Uncertainty

UCA              Undefinitized Contract Action

UFE              Unallocated Future Expense(s)

UID               Unique Identifiers

USCM           Unmanned Spacecraft Cost Model

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V

VAI                Vision Analytics, Inc.

VBA              Visual Basic for Application

VAC              Variance at Completion

VHSIC/VLSI  Very High Speed Integrated Circuits/Very Large Scale Integration

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W

WAD             Work Authorization Document

WBS             Work Breakdown Structure

WP               Work Package

WYE             Work Year Equivalent

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Z

ZPB/MPE      Zero Percent Bias/Minimum Percent Error also known as ZMPE