19A. ACRONYMS

4GL: Fourth Generation Language

ACEIT: Automated Cost Estimating Integrated Tools

ACWP: Actual Cost of Work Performed

AMS: Acquisition Management System

BCWP: Budgeted Cost of Work Performed

BCWS : Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled

BFP: Basic Feature Point

CDRL: Contract Data Requirements List

CDR: Critical Design Review

CER: Cost Estimating Relationship

CMM: Capability Maturity Model

CO: Contracting Officer

COCOMO: COnstruction COst Model

COCOTS: COnstruction COTS

COTS: Commercial-off-the Shelf

CPM: Critical Path Method

C/SCSC: Costs/Schedule Control System Criteria

CSC: Computer Software Component

CSCI: Computer Software Configuration Item

CSU: Computer Software Unit

DDE: Dynamic Data Exchange

DoD: Department of Defense

EA: Evolutionary Acquisition

EI: External Inputs

EIF: External Interfaces

EO: External Outputs

EQ: External Inquiries

EVMS: Earned Value Management System

FAA CEH: FAA Cost Estimating Handbook

FAA PH: FAA Pricing Handbook

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions

FCA: Functional Configuration Audit

FPA: Function Point Analysis

FPC: Function Point Count

FPH: FAA Pricing Handbook

GAO: U.S. General Accounting Office

GUI: Graphical User Interface

HWCI: Hardware Configuration item

HOL: Higher Order Language

ICE: Independent Cost Estimate

IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IFPUG: International Function Point User's Group

ILF: Internal Files

IRS: Interface Requirement Specification

IS: Information System

KDSI: Thousands Delivered Source Instructions

LAN: Local Area Network

LCC: Life Cycle Cost

MTTD: Mean-Time-To-Detect

NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCCA: Naval Center for Cost Analysis

NRaD: United States Navy’s Naval Command, Control, Surveillance Center, RDT&E Division, Software Engineering Process Office

OLE: Object Linking and Embedding

OO: Object Oriented

OOA: Object Oriented Analysis

OOD: Object Oriented Design

O&M: Operations and Maintenance

PC: Personal Computer

PCA: Physical Configuration Audit

PERT: Program Evaluation and Review Technique

RAM: Random Access Memory

REVIC: Revised Enhanced Version of Intermediate COCOMO

SASET: Software Architecture, Sizing, and Estimating Tool

SDD: Software Design Document

SDP: Software Development Plan

SDR: Software Design Review

SEER-SEM: System Evaluation and Estimation of Resources Software Estimating Model

SEF: Software Estimation File

SEI: Software Engineering Institute

SER: Size Estimating Relationship

SIR: Screening Information Request

SLIM: Software Life Cycle Model

SLOC: Source Lines of Code

SRR: Systems Requirements Review

SRS: Software Requirements Specification

SSCAG: Space Systems Cost Analysis Group

SSR: Software Specification Review

SSS: System Segment Specification

STSC: Software Technology Support Center

VHOL: Very High Order Language

WBS: Work Breakdown Structure