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The following is a list of acronyms and abbreviations which are used within the ‘‘Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK).’’ If you notice any acronyms that should be added, please include this in your review, using the “Discussion” tab above.
Acronym | Definition |
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AADL | Architecture Analysis and Design Language |
ACM | Association for Computing Machinery |
ACS | Automated Case Support |
AECL | Atomic Energy of Canada |
AF | Architecture Framework |
AFI | Air Force Instruction (USA) |
AHP | Analytical Hierarchy Process |
AIA | Aerospace Industries Association |
AIT | Analysis and Integration Team |
ALT | Accelerated Life Testing |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
APPEL | Academy Program/Project & Engineering Leadership |
B2B | Business to Business |
B2C | Business to Consumer |
BKCASE | Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering |
BPM | Business Process Modeling |
BPMN | Business Process Modeling Notation |
BSS | Business Support Systems |
CAS | Complex Adaptive System |
CASE | Complex Adaptive Systems Engineering |
CDF | Cumulative Distribution Function |
CDR | Critical Design Review |
CE | Compromising Emission |
CM | Configuration Management |
CMMI | Capability Maturity Model Integration |
COTS | Commercial-off-the-Shelf |
CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
CSF | Critical Success Factor |
CSI | Continuous Service Improvement |
DAU | Defense Acquisition University (USA) |
DIA | Denver International Airport |
DIS | Distributed Interactive Simulation |
DLA | Defense Logistics Agency |
DMAIC | Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control |
DoD | Department of Defense (DoD) |
DoDAF | Department of Defense Architecture Framework (USA) |
DoDD | Department of Defense Directive (USA) |
DoDI | Department of Defense Instruction (USA) |
DoJ | Department of Justice (USA) |
e-TOM | Enhanced-Telecomm Operations |
EA | Enterprise Architecture |
ECHA | European Chemicals Agency |
ECP | Engineering Change Proposal |
EISA | Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (USA) |
EMC | Electromagnetic Capability |
EMI | Electromagnetic Interference |
EMP | Electromagnetic Pulse |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency (USA) |
ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
ES | Engineered Systems |
ESE | Enterprise Systems Engineering |
F3I | Form, Fit, Function, and Interface |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA) |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration (USA) |
FFBD | Functional Flow Block Diagram |
FMECA | Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis |
FoS | Federation of Systems |
FRACAS | Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System |
FUML | Foundational Subset for Executable UML Models |
G2b | Government to Business |
G2C | Government to Consumer |
G2G | Government to Government |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GQM | Goal-Question-Metric |
GRCSE | Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering |
GST | General System Theory |
HAZMAT | Hazardous Materials |
HCI | Human-Computer Interaction |
HRO | High Reliability Organization |
HSI | Human Systems Integration |
ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
IDEF0 | Integration Definition for Functional Modeling (IDEF0) |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
INCOSE | International Council on Systems Engineering |
IP | Internet Protocol |
IPDT | Integrated Product Development Team |
IPR | In-Progress Review |
IPT | Integrated Product Team |
IT | Information Technology |
ITIL | Information Technology Infrastructure Library |
ITS | Intelligent Transportation System |
ITS-ETO | Intelligent Transport System-Emergency Transportation Operation |
ITSM | Information Technology Services Management |
ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
IV&V | Integration, Verification, and Validation |
KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
KSAA | Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Attitudes |
LCC | Life Cycle Cost |
LCM | Life Cycle Management |
LSE | Lean Systems Engineering |
MARTE | Modeling and Analysis for Real-Time and Embedded Systems |
MBSE | Model-Based Systems Engineering |
MDA® | Model-Driven Architecture |
MOD | Ministry of Defence |
MODAF | Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (UK) |
MOE | Measure of Effectiveness |
MOP | Measure of Performance |
MOS | Mean Opinion Score |
MOSES | Model Oriented Systems Engineering |
MRM | Marketing Resource Management |
MSA | Measurement System Analysis |
MSRB | Management Safety Review Board |
MSTI | Miniature Seeker Technology Integration |
MTBF | Mean Time Between Failures |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA) |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NETMA | NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA) |
NLP | Neuro-Linguistic Programming |
OAM&P | Operations, Administration, Management, and provisioning |
OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
OPD | Object Process Diagrams |
OPL | Object Process Language |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (USA) |
OSS | Operations Support Systems |
OWL | Web Ontology Language |
P&L | Profit and Loss |
PDCA | Plan, Do, Check, Act |
PDR | Preliminary Design Review |
PFR | Problem Failure Report |
PHS&T | Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation |
PM | Project Management |
PMBOK™ | Project Management Body of Knowledge |
PMI | Project Management Institute |
POET | Political, Operational, Economic, and Technical |
PQMI | Process Quality Management and Improvement |
PRR | Production Readiness Review |
PSM | Practical Software and Systems Measurement |
PSS | Product-Service System |
QAS | Quality Assurance System |
QoE | Quality of Experience |
QoS | Quality of Service |
QVT | Query View Transformations |
RACI | Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed |
RAM | Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability |
RARA | Roles, Authorities, Responsibilities, and Accountabilities |
RBD | Reliability Block Diagram |
RDF | Resource Description Framework |
REA | Responsible Engineering Authority |
REACH | Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals |
REP | Risk Element Plan |
ReqIF | Requirements Interchange Format |
RF | Radio Frequency |
RHP | Risk Handling Plan |
RMP | Risk Management Plan |
ROI | Return on Investment |
RUP | Rational Unified Process |
SaaS | Software as a Service |
SBA | Service-Based Application |
SBS | System Breakdown Structure |
SCM | Software Configuration Management |
ScSE | Service-Centric Systems Engineering |
SDP | Service Design Process |
SE | Systems Engineering |
SEAC | Systems Engineering Assessment and Control |
SEBoK | Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge |
SEI | Software Engineering Institute |
SEIT | Systems Engineering and Integration Team |
SEMP | Systems Engineering Management Plan |
SEP | Systems Engineering Plan |
SFR | System Functional Review |
SKLTS | Standard Korean Light Transit System |
SLA | Service Level Agreement |
SLDC | Services Development Life Cycle |
SLE | Service Life Extension |
SLEP | Service Life Extension Program |
SLM | Service Level Management |
SLOC | Source Lines of Code |
SLR | Service Level Requirement |
SOA | Service Oriented Architecture |
SOAD | Service Oriented Analysis and Design/Decision Modeling |
SoI | System of Interest |
SOMA | Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture |
SOP | Service Operations Plan |
SoS | System of Systems |
SPC | Statistical Process Control |
SRR | System Requirements Review |
SSDP | Service Systems Development Process (SSDP) |
SSE | Service Systems Engineering |
SSME | Service System Management and Engineering |
SSS | Service Support Systems |
SVR | System Verification Review |
SwE | Software Engineering |
SWEBOK | Software Engineering Body of Knowledge |
SWG | Safety Working Group |
SwSE | Software Systems Engineering |
SysML | Systems Modeling Language |
TCSE | Telecommunication Systems Engineering |
TLP | Technology Readiness Level |
TM | Technical Management |
TOGAF | The Open Group Architecture Framework |
TPM | Technical Performance Measure |
TRR | Technical Readiness Review |
TSE | Traditional Systems Engineering |
UML | Unified Modeling Language |
V&V | Verification and Validation |
VCF | Virtual Case File |
WBS | Work Breakdown Structure |
WS | Web Services 2.0 |
WS-PBEL | Web Services Business Process Execution Language |
XMI | XML Metadata Interchange |