Acronyms

The following is a list of acronyms and abbreviations which are used within the SEBoK.

SEBoK Acronyms. (Table Developed for BKCASE)

Acronym	Definition
A
AADL	Architecture Analysis and Design Language
AAS	Advanced Automation System
ACM	Association for Computing Machinery
ACS	Automated Case Support
ADM	Architecture Development Method
AECL	Atomic Energy of Canada
AF	Architecture Framework
AFI	Air Force Instruction (USA)
AHP	Analytical Hierarchy Process
AIA	Aerospace Industries Association
AIAA	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (USA)
AIT	Analysis and Integration Team
ALT	Accelerated Life Testing
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
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)
B
B2B	Business to Business
B2C	Business to Consumer
BDD	Block Definition Diagram
BKCASE	Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering
BOK	Body of Knowledge
BPM	Business Process Modeling
BPMN	Business Process Modeling Notation
BSI	British Standards Institution
BSS	Business Support Systems
C
C&A	Certification and Accreditation
CAS	Complex Adaptive System
CASE	Complex Adaptive Systems Engineering
CCB	Change Control Board
CDF	Cumulative Distribution Function
CDR	Critical Design Review
CDRL	Contractor Data Requirements List
CE	Compromising Emission
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
COSYSMO	Constructive Systems Engineering Cost Model
COTS	Commercial-off-the-Shelf
CBK	Common Body of Knowledge
CPI	Continuous Process Improvement
CRM	Customer Relationship Management
CSF	Critical Success Factor
CSI	Continuous Service Improvement
D
DAU	Defense Acquisition University (USA)
DCR	Design Certification Review
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
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)
E
EA	Enterprise Architecture
EC	European Commission
ECP	Engineering Change Proposal
ECHA	European Chemicals Agency
ECP	Engineering Change Proposal
ECR	Engineering Change Request
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)
EMC	Electromagnetic Capability
EMI	Electromagnetic Interference
EMP	Electromagnetic Pulse
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
ERB	Engineering Review Board
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
ES	Engineered Systems
ESE	Enterprise Systems Engineering
e-TOM	Enhanced-Telecomm Operations
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
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
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
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
HNA	Host Nation Approval
HNC	Host Nation Coordination
HRO	High Reliability Organization
HSI	Human Systems Integration
I
ICM	Incremental Commitment Model
ICSM	Incremental Commitment Spiral Model
ICT	Information and Communications Technology
IDEF0	Integration Definition for Functional Modeling
IBD	Internal Block Diagram
IE	Industrial Engineering
IEC	International Electronical 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
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
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
ISOC	Internet Society
ISSS	International System Safety Society
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
K
KA	Knowledge Area
KPI	Key Performance Indicator
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
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
MBSE	Model-Based Systems Engineering
MCDA	Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
MDA®	Model-Driven Architecture
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	Methods/Methodologies, Processes, and Tools
MRAR	Mishap Risk Assessment Report
MRM	Manufacturing Resource Management
MSA	Measurement System Analysis
MSRB	Management Safety Review Board
MSTI	Miniature Seeker Technology Integration
MTBF	Mean Time Between Failures
N
NAHB	National Association of Home Builders
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NDI	Non-Developmental Item
NEPA	National Environmental Policy Act
NETMA	NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency
NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)
NLP	Neuro-Linguistic Programming
NPD	New Product Development
NPDP	New Product Development Process
NSA	National Security Agency
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
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer
OGC	Office of Government Commerce (UK)
OPM	Object Process Methodology
OPD	Object Process Diagram
OPL	Object Process Language
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
OWL	Web Ontology Language
P
P3I	Pre-Planned Production Improvement
P&L	Profit and Loss
PBD	Physical Block Diagram
P-CMM	People Capability Maturity Mode
PD	Product Development
PDCA	Plan, Do, Check, Act
PDF	Portable Document Format
PDR	Preliminary Design Review
PESTAL	Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, and Legal
PFR	Problem Failure Report
PHS&T	Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation
PM	(1) Project Management (2) Project Manager
PMBOK™	Project Management Body of Knowledge
PMI	Project Management Institute
PMP	(1) Project Management Professionals (2) Project Management Plan
PMO	Project Management Office
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
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
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
RoHS	Restriction on Hazardous Substances (USA)
ROI	Return on Investment
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
SBA	Service-Based Application
SBS	System Breakdown Structure
SAE	Society of Automotive Engineers
SART	System Analysis & Real Time
SBS	System Breakdown Structure
SCM	Software Configuration Management
ScSE	Service-Centric Systems Engineering
SDO	Standards Development Organization
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
SEM	Systems Engineering Management
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
SVR	System Verification Review
SOLE	Society of Logistics Engineers
SOMA	Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture
SOO	Statement of Objectives
SOP	Service Operations Plan
SoS	System of Systems
SOW	Statement of Work
SPAC	Spectrum Planning and Policy Advisory Committee
SPC	Statistical Process Control
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
SSME	Service System Management and Engineering
SSP	(1) Source Selection Plan (2) System Security Plan
SSPP	System Safety Program Plan
SSS	Service Support Systems
SVR	System Verification Review
SwE	Software Engineering
SWEBOK	Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
SWG	Safety Working Group
SwE	Software Engineering
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
TPM	Technical Performance Measure
TPS	Toyota Production System
TQM	Total Quality Management
TRL	Technology Readiness Level
TRR	Technical Readiness Review
TSE	Traditional Systems Engineering
U
UL	Underwriters Laboratory
UML	Unified Modeling Language
UN	United Nations
USAF	United States Air Force
V
V&V	Verification and Validation
VCF	Virtual Case File
W
WBS	Work Breakdown Structure
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
X
XMI	XML Metadata Interchange
XML	Extensible Markup Language

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