Top Acronyms in Project Management

APM : Association for Project Management

APMP : Association for Project Management Professional

BAC : Budget at Completion

BAU : Business as Usual

CCB : Change Control Board

CMMI : Capability Maturity Model Integration

COE : Center of Excellence

CPM : Critical Path Method

CRM : Customer Relationship Management

EAC : Estimate at Completion

EEF : Enterprise Environmental Factors

EVM : Earned Value Management

Gantt : Gantt Chart

KPI : Key Performance Indicator

MoM : Minutes of Meeting

MSRP : Microsoft Project

OPA : Organizational Process Assets

OPM3 : Organizational Project Management Maturity Model

PDU : Professional Development Unit

PERT : Program Evaluation and Review Technique

PM : Project Management

PMO : Project Management Office

PMP : Project Management Professional

PR : Project Review

PRINCE2 : PRojects IN Controlled Environments

QA : Quality Assurance

R&D : Research and Development

RACI : Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed

RFI : Request for Information

RFP : Request for Proposal

RFQ : Request for Quotation

ROI : Return on Investment

SLA : Service Level Agreement

SMART : Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound

SOW : Statement of Work

SWOT : Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

WBS : Work Breakdown Structure