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SEBoK v. 2.1, released 31 October 2019
The following is a list of acronyms and abbreviations which are used within the SEBoK.
Acronym | Definition | |
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A | ||
AADL | Architecture Analysis and Design Language | |
AAS | Advanced Automation System | |
ABD | Architecture Block Diagram | |
ACM | Association for Computing Machinery | |
ACS | Automated Case Support | |
ADM | Architecture Development Method | |
AECL | Atomic Energy of Canada | |
AF | Architecture Framework | |
AF CSE | Air Force Center for Systems Engineering (USA) | |
AFI | Air Force Instruction (USA) | |
AFIT | Air Force Institute of Technology (USA) | |
AFRI | Air Force Research Lab (USA) | |
AHP | Analytical Hierarchy Process | |
AIA | Aerospace Industries Association | |
AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (USA) | |
AIT | (1) Analysis and Integration Team
(2) Assembling, Integrating, and Testing | |
ALT | Accelerated Life Testing | |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute | |
AP-233 | Application Protocol for Systems Engineering Data Exchange | |
API | Application Program Interface | |
APPEL | Academy Program/Project & Engineering Leadership | |
ASAECP | Aerospace Systems Architecting and Engineering Certificate Program | |
ASHE | American Society of Hospital Engineering | |
ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | |
ASQ | American Society for Quality | |
ASTM | American Society for Testing & Materials | |
AT&L | Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (US DoD) | |
ATAM | Architecture Trademark Analysis Method | |
ATC | Air Traffic Control | |
B | ||
B2B | Business to Business | |
B2C | Business to Consumer | |
B2G | Business to Government | |
BCRM | Business Capability Road Map | |
BDD | Block Definition Diagram | |
BIT | Built-in Test | |
BKCASE | Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering | |
BOK | Body of Knowledge | |
BPM | (1) Business Process Modeling
(2) Business Process Management | |
BPMN | Business Process Modeling Notation | |
BSI | British Standards Institution | |
BSS | Business Support System | |
C | ||
C&A | Certification and Accreditation | |
C2 | Command and Control | |
C4ISR | Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Information, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance | |
CAA | Certification and Accreditation | |
CAS | (1) Complex Adaptive System
(2) Collision Avoidance System | |
CASE | Complex Adaptive Systems Engineering | |
CBK | Common Body of Knowledge | |
CCB | Change Control Board | |
CCR | Configuration Change Requirement | |
CDF | Cumulative Distribution Function | |
CDR | Critical Design Review | |
CDRL | Contractor Data Requirements List | |
CE | Compromising Emission | |
CI | Continuous Improvement | |
CIMOSA | Computer Integrated Manufacturing Open System Architecture | |
CIO | Chief Information Officer | |
CISSP | Certified Information Systems Security Professional | |
CM | Configuration Management | |
CMM | Capability Maturity Model | |
CMMI | Capability Maturity Model Integration | |
CO | Contract Officer | |
COCOMO | Constructive Cost Model | |
CONOPS | Concept of Operations | |
CorBoK | Core Body of Knowledge (see also GRCSE) | |
COSYSMO | Constructive Systems Engineering Cost Model | |
COTS | Commercial-off-the-Shelf | |
CPC | Corrosion Prevention and Control | |
CPI | Continuous Process Improvement | |
CRM | Customer Relationship Management | |
CSF | Critical Success Factor | |
CSI | Continuous Service Improvement | |
CST | Critical Systems Thinking | |
D | ||
D/C IM | Design/Construction Interface Manual | |
DAU | Defense Acquisition University (USA) | |
DCR | Design Certification Review | |
DE | Digital Engineering | |
DFD | Data Flow Diagram | |
DFX | Design for “X” | |
DHS | Department of Homeland Security (USA) | |
DIA | Denver International Airport | |
DIS | Distributed Interactive Simulation | |
DLA | Defense Logistics Agency | |
DMADV | Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify | |
DMAIC | Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control | |
DMSMS | Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages | |
DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid | |
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) | |
DoT | Department of Transporation (USA) | |
DSM | Design Structure Matrix | |
DTC | Design to Cost | |
E | ||
E&M | Electrical and Machinery | |
EA | Enterprise Architecture | |
EC | European Commission | |
ECP | Engineering Change Proposal | |
ECHA | European Chemicals Agency | |
ECP | Engineering Change Proposal | |
ECR | Engineering Change Request | |
EDP | Evaluation and Discussion Point | |
EE&A | Enterprise Evaluation and Assessment | |
EESH | Energy, Environmental, Safety and Health Management | |
eFFBD | Enhanced Functional Flow Block Diagram | |
EIS | Environmental Impact Statement | |
EISA | Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (USA) | |
EM | Enterprise Modeling | |
EMC | Electromagnetic Capability | |
EMI | Electromagnetic Interference | |
EMP | Electromagnetic Pulse | |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency (USA) | |
ERB | Engineering Review Board | |
ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning | |
ES | Engineered System | |
ESE | Enterprise Systems Engineering | |
e-TOM | Enhanced-Telecomm Operations Map | |
F | ||
F3I | Form, Fit, Function, and Interface | |
FAA | Federal Aviation Administration (USA) | |
FAST | Function Analysis System Technique | |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA) | |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission (USA) | |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration (USA) | |
FDIR | Failure Detection, Identification, and Recovery | |
FEAF | Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (USA) | |
FEEP | Foreign Excess Personal Property | |
FFBD | Functional Flow Block Diagram | |
FMEA | Failure Modes and Effects Analysis | |
FMECA | Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis | |
FONSI | Finding of No Significant Impact | |
FoS | Federation of Systems | |
FPMR | Federal Property Management Regulation | |
FRACA | Failure Reporting and Corrective Actions | |
FRACAS | Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System | |
FRP | Full-Rate Production | |
FUML | Foundational Subset for Executable UML Models | |
G | ||
G2B | Government to Business | |
G2C | Government to Consumer | |
G2G | Government to Government | |
GAO | Government Accountability Office (USA) | |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product | |
GERAM | Generalize Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology | |
GIGO | Garbage In Garbage Out | |
GOTS | Government-off-the-Shelf | |
GPS | Global Positioning System | |
GQM | Goal-Question-Metric | |
GRCSE | Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering | |
GST | General System Theory | |
H | ||
HAZMAT | Hazardous Materials | |
HCI | Human-Computer Interaction | |
HEMP | High-altitude Electromagnetic Pulse | |
HLA | High-Level Architecture | |
HMI | Human-Machine Interface | |
HNA | Host Nation Approval | |
HNC | Host Nation Coordination | |
HRO | High Reliability Organization | |
HSI | Human Systems Integration | |
HST | Hubble Space Telescope | |
HWCI | Hardware Configuration Item | |
HWIL | Hardware in the Loop | |
I | ||
IBD | Internal Block Diagram | |
IBM | International Business Machines | |
ICM | Incremental Commitment Model | |
ICSM | Incremental Commitment Spiral Model | |
ICT | Information and Communications Technology | |
IDEF0 | Integration Definition for Functional Modeling | |
IE | Industrial Engineering | |
IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission | |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |
IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force | |
IFSR | International Federation for Systems Research | |
IID | Incremental and Iterative Development | |
ILS | Integrated Logistics Support | |
IM | Information Management | |
IMS | Integrated Master Schedule | |
INCOSE | International Council on Systems Engineering | |
IOC | Initial Operating Capability | |
IP | (1) Internet Protocol
(2) Intellectual Property | |
IPDP | Integrated Product Development Process | |
IPDT | Integrated Product Development Team | |
IPR | In-Progress Review | |
IPS | Integrated Product Support | |
IPT | Integrated Product Team | |
IPV6 | Internet Protocol Version 6 | |
IRAC | Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee | |
IRL | Integration Readiness Level | |
ISDT | Integrated Service Development Team | |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization | |
ISOC | Internet Society | |
ISP | Internet Service Provider | |
ISSS | (1)International System Safety Society
(2)International Society for the Systems Sciences (3)Initial Sector Suit System | |
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 | |
K | ||
KA | Knowledge Area | |
KPI | Key Performance Indicator | |
KPP | Key Performance Parameter | |
KSAA | Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Attitudes | |
L | ||
LCC | Life Cycle Cost | |
LCM | Life Cycle Management | |
LEfSE | Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering | |
LORA | Level of Repair Analysis | |
LRU | Line Replaceable Unit | |
LSE | (1) Lean Systems Engineering
(2) Lead Systems Engineer | |
LSE WG | Lean Systems Engineering Working Group (INCOSE) | |
M | ||
MA | Mission Analysis | |
MARTE | Modeling and Analysis for Real-Time and Embedded Systems | |
MBE | Model-Based Engineering | |
MBRA | Model-Based Risk Analysis | |
MBSE | Model-Based Systems Engineering | |
MCDA | Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis | |
MDA® | Model-Driven Architecture | |
ME | Mission Engineering | |
MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
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 | |
MPT | (1)Methods, Processes, and Tools
(2)Methodologies, Processes, and Technologies | |
MRAR | Mishap Risk Assessment Report | |
MRL | Manufacturing Readiness Level | |
MRM | Manufacturing Resource Management | |
MS | Meta-System | |
MSA | Measurement System Analysis | |
MSRB | Management Safety Review Board | |
MSTI | Miniature Seeker Technology Integration | |
MTBF | Mean Time Between Failures | |
MTTR | Mean Time to Repair | |
N | ||
NAHB | National Association of Home Builders | |
NAO | National Audit Office (UK) | |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA) | |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | |
NDI | Non-Developmental Item | |
NDIA | National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) | |
NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act | |
NERC | North American Electric Reliability Corporation | |
NETMA | NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency | |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA) | |
NLP | Neuro-Linguistic Programming | |
NOAA | National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency | |
NPD | New Product Development | |
NPDP | New Product Development Process | |
NSA | National Security Agency | |
NSD | New service Development | |
NSOI | Narrower System-of-Interest | |
NSPE | National Society of Professional Engineers | |
NSTISSI | National Security Telecommunications Information Systems Security Issuance | |
NTIA | National Telecommunications and Information Administration (USA) | |
O | ||
O&S | Operations and Support | |
OAM&P | Operations, Administration, Management, and provisioning | |
OCR | Operations Commitment Review | |
OECD | Organization for Economic Co-Operative Development | |
OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer | |
OGC | Office of Government Commerce (UK) | |
OITL | Operator in the Loop | |
OMC | Operation/Maintenance/Closeout | |
OMG | Object Management Group | |
OODA | Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act | |
OPD | Object Process Diagram | |
OPL | Object Process Language | |
OPM | Object Process Methodology | |
OR | Operations Research | |
ORMS | Operations Research and Management Science | |
OSAT | On-site Acceptance Test | |
OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense (USA) | |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (USA) | |
OSM | Office of Spectrum Management | |
OSS | Operations Support Systems | |
OT&E | Operational Test and Evaluation | |
OTP | Operations Technical Plan | |
OWL | Web Ontology Language | |
P | ||
P&L | Profit and Loss | |
P3I | Pre-Planned Production Improvement | |
PaaS | Platform as a System | |
PAPL | Program/Project Approved Parts List | |
PBD | Physical Block Diagram | |
PBSE | Pattern-Based Systems Engineering | |
P-CMM | People Capability Maturity Mode | |
PD | Product Development | |
PDCA | Plan, Do, Check, Act | |
Portable Document Format | ||
PDR | Preliminary Design Review | |
PERA | Purdue Enterprise Reference Architecture | |
PESTEL | Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, and Legal | |
PEVQ | Perceptual Evaluation of Video Quality | |
PfM | Portfolio Management | |
PFR | Problem Failure Report | |
PHS&T | Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation | |
PM | (1) Project Management
(2) Project Manager | |
PMBOK™ | Project Management Body of Knowledge | |
PM/FI | Performance Monitoring/Fault Location | |
PMI | Project Management Institute | |
PMP | (1) Project Management Professionals
(2) Project Management Plan | |
PMO | Project Management Office | |
PMP | Parts, Materials, and Processes | |
PMPCB | PMP Control Board | |
POET | Political, Operational, Economic, and Technical | |
POM | Proof of Manufacture | |
PQMI | Process Quality Management and Improvement | |
PQT | Production Qualification Testing | |
PRR | Production Readiness Review | |
PSE | Product Systems Engineering | |
PSM | Practical Software and Systems Measurement | |
PSQM | Perceptual Speech Quality Measure | |
PSS | (1)Product-Service System
(2)Problem Solution System | |
PT | Product Team | |
PUB | Public Utilities Board (Singapore) | |
Q | ||
QAS | Quality Assurance System | |
QFD | Quality Function Deployment | |
QoE | Quality of Experience | |
QoS | Quality of Service | |
QVT | Query View Transformations | |
R | ||
R&D | Research and Development | |
R&M | Reliability and Maintainability | |
RAA | Responsibility, Authority, and Accountability | |
RACI | Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed | |
RAM | Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability | |
RAMS | Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety | |
RAMSS | Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety, and Security | |
RARA | Roles, Authorities, Responsibilities, and Accountabilities | |
RB | Radio-communication Bureau | |
RBD | Reliability Block Diagram | |
RCM | Reliability Centered Maintenance | |
RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (USA) | |
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 | |
RFP | Request For Proposal | |
RHP | Risk Handling Plan | |
RMP | Risk Management Plan | |
RMT | Reliability, Maintenance, and Testability | |
RoHS | Restriction on Hazardous Substances (USA) | |
ROI | Return on Investment | |
ROSE | Risk-Oriented Systems Engineering | |
RR | Radio Regulations | |
RRB | Radio Regulations Board | |
RSG | Radio-communication Study Groups | |
RUP | Rational Unified Process | |
S | ||
SaaS | Software as a Service | |
SADT | Structured Analysis Design Technique | |
SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers | |
SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers | |
SART | System Analysis & Real Time | |
SBA | Service-Based Application | |
SBD | Set-Based Design | |
SBS | System Breakdown Structure | |
SCM | Software Configuration Management | |
ScSE | Service-Centric Systems Engineering | |
SD | Systems Dynamics | |
SDO | Standards Development Organization | |
SDLC | Service Development Life Cycle | |
SDP | Service Design Process | |
SE | Systems Engineering | |
SEAC | Systems Engineering Assessment and Control | |
SEBoK | Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge | |
SeCSE | Service Centric Systems Engineering | |
SEI | Software Engineering Institute | |
SEIT | Systems Engineering and Integration Team | |
SEM | Systems Engineering Management | |
SEMP | Systems Engineering Management Plan | |
SEP | Systems Engineering Plan | |
SFR | System Functional Review | |
SGIP | Smart Grid Interoperability Panel | |
SIS | Software-Intensive System | |
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 | |
SMC | Systems, Man, and Cybernetics | |
SOA | Service Oriented Architecture | |
SOAD | Service Oriented Analysis and Design/Decision Modeling | |
SoI | System-of-Interest | |
SOMA | Service Oriented Modeling and Architectures | |
SOLE | Society of Logistics Engineers | |
SOMA | Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture | |
SOO | Statement of Objectives | |
SOP | Service Operations Plan | |
SoS | System of Systems | |
SoSE | System of Systems Engineering | |
SOSM | Systems of Systems Methodology | |
SOW | Statement of Work | |
SPAC | Spectrum Planning and Policy Advisory Committee | |
SPC | Statistical Process Control | |
SPM | Service Performance Measure | |
SRA | Strategic Rail Authority (UK) | |
SRD | Service Requirements Document | |
SRL | System Readiness Level | |
SRR | System Requirements Review | |
SSDP | Service Systems Development Process | |
SSE | (1) Service Systems Engineering
(2) Security Systems Engineering | |
SSEMP | System Security Engineering Management Plan | |
SSM | Soft Systems Methodology | |
SSME | Service System Management and Engineering | |
SSP | (1) Source Selection Plan
(2) System Security Plan | |
SSPP | System Safety Program Plan | |
SSS | Service Support Systems | |
STAMP | System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes | |
STEEPLED | Social, Technical, Economic, Environmental, Political, Legal, Ethical and Demographic | |
STI | Science, Technology, and Industry Forum | |
STP | Strategic Technical Planning | |
SVR | System Verification Review | |
SWCI | Software Configuration Item | |
SwE | Software Engineering | |
SWEBOK | Software Engineering Body of Knowledge | |
SWG | Safety Working Group | |
SWIL | Software in the Loop | |
SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis | |
SwSE | Software Systems Engineering | |
SysML | Systems Modeling Language | |
T | ||
TCSE | Telecommunication Systems Engineering | |
TM | Technical Management | |
TOC | Total Ownership Cost | |
TOGAF | The Open Group Architecture Framework | |
TOVE | Toronto Virtual Enterprise (Canada) | |
TPM | Technical Performance Measure | |
TPS | Toyota Production System | |
TQM | Total Quality Management | |
TRL | Technology Readiness Level | |
TRR | Technical Readiness Review | |
TSE | Traditional Systems Engineering | |
TSI | Total Systems Intervention | |
TSP | Technology and Standards Planning | |
U | ||
UC | Use Case | |
UL | Underwriters Laboratory | |
UML | Unified Modeling Language | |
UN | United Nations | |
UPDM | Unified Profile for DoDAF and MODAF | |
USAF | United States Air Force | |
USB | Universal Serial Bus | |
V | ||
V&V | Verification and Validation | |
VCF | Virtual Case File | |
VERAM | Virtual Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology | |
VHDL | VHSIC Hardware Description Language | |
VHSIC | Very-High-Speed Integration Circuit | |
VIN | Vehicle Identification Number | |
W | ||
WBS | Work Breakdown Structure | |
WCML | West Coast Main Line (UK) | |
WCRM | West Coast Route Modernisation (UK) | |
WIP | Work in Progress | |
WRC | World Radio-communication Conference | |
WS | Web Services 2.0 | |
WSOI | Wider System-of-Interest | |
WS-PBEL | Web Services Business Process Execution Language | |
WWII | World War II | |
WWW | World Wide Web | |
X | ||
XMI | XML Metadata Interchange | |
XML | Extensible Markup Language |