Appendix A. Abbreviations

These are abbreviations that are used in this book and not found in the PMBOK. You should use the PMBOK for standard abbreviations.

ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute

APAccounts Payable

ARAccounts Receivable

DoDDepartment of Defense

FVFuture Value

GERTGraphic Evaluation and Review

HIPPAHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

IRRInternal Rate of Return

ISOInternational Organization for Standardization

ITInformation Technology

MBWAManagement By Walking Around

PDCAPlan, Do, Check, Act

PERTProgram Evaluation and Review Technique

PMIProject Management Institute

RM&CRisk Monitoring and Control

ROIReturn on Investment

SPCStatistical Process Control

T&MTime and Material

TRBTechnical Review Board