| Acronym |
Term |
| AM |
Acquisition Manager |
| APPL |
NASA's Academy of Program and Project Leadership |
| ATRR |
Acceptance Test Results Review (Flight Software Branch) |
| ATRR |
Acceptance Test Readiness Review |
| CCB |
Configuration Control Board |
| CM |
Configuration Management |
| CMM |
Capability Maturity Model |
| CMMI |
Capability Maturity Model Integration |
| CMO |
Configuration Management Officer |
| COTS |
Commercial Off-the-Shelf |
| CR |
Change Request |
| CSC |
Computer Sciences Corporation |
| CSCI |
Computer Software Configuration Item |
| CSM |
Center for Systems Management |
| DCR |
Discrepancy or Change Request |
| DE |
Development Engineer |
| DTL |
Development Team Lead |
| EPG |
Engineering Process Group |
| ETVX |
Entry/Task/Verification/Exit |
| EVM |
Earned Value Management |
| FCA |
Functional Configuration Audit |
| FSB |
Flight Software Branch |
| FSW |
Flight Software |
| GOTS |
Government Off-the-Shelf |
| GPG |
Goddard Procedures and Guidelines |
| GPR |
Goddard Procedural Requirement |
| GQIM |
Goal Question Indicator Metric |
| GQM |
Goal Question Metric |
| GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
| HQ |
NASA Headquarters |
| ICD |
Interface Control Document |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IRD |
Interface Requirements Document |
| ISD |
Information Systems Division |
| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
| IV&V |
Independent Verification and Validation |
| JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| LCC |
Life-Cycle Cost |
| ME |
Maintenance Engineer |
| MTL |
Maintenance Team Lead |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NCR |
Non-Conformance Report |
| NET |
NASA Engineering Training |
| NPD |
NASA Policy Document |
| NPD |
NASA Program Directive |
| NPG |
NASA Procedures and Guidelines |
| NPR |
NASA Procedural Requirement |
| OCE |
Office of Chief Engineer |
| PCA |
Physical Configuration Audit |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PDL |
Product Development Lead |
| PDT |
Product Development Team |
| PE |
Process Engineer |
| PG |
Procedures and Guidelines |
| PMC |
Project Monitoring and Control |
| PP |
Product Plan |
| PPQA |
Product and Process Quality Assurance |
| PSM |
Practical Software Measurement |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QIC |
Quality Improvement Consultants, Inc |
| QMS |
Quality Management System |
| RFA |
Request for Action |
| RID |
Review Item Disposition |
| RM |
Risk Management |
| SA |
Software Assurance |
| SE |
System Engineer |
| SED |
Software Engineering Division |
| SEI |
Software Engineering Instititute |
| SM |
Software Manager |
| SMP |
Software Management Plan |
| SPI |
Software Process Improvement |
| SPIP |
Software Process Improvement Project |
| SQA |
Software Quality Assurance |
| SQE |
Software Quality Engineer |
| STE |
Simulator/Tools Engineer |
| STR |
Software Technology Researcher |
| SW |
Software |
| SWG |
Software Working Group |
| SYM |
System Manager |
| TBD |
To Be Determined |
| TBS |
To Be Supplied |
| TE |
Test Engineer |
| TTL |
Test Team Lead |
| ViTS |
Video Teleconferencing System |
| WBS |
Work Breakdown Structure |
