ACRONYMS and ABBREVIATIONS USED

The abbreviations and acronyms used in the PMS are defined as follows:

AB - Allocated Baseline.
ATLAS - Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems.
BBS - Baseline Build Standard.
CB - Co-ordination Board.
CCB - Configuration Control Board.
CDA - Coordinating Design Authority.
CDR - Critical Design Review.
CDRL - Contract Data Requirement List.
CI - Configuration Item.
CIDS - Critical Item Development Specification.
CM - Configuration Management.
CMP - Configuration Management Plan.
COTS - Commercial Off-the shelf.
CP - Change Proposal.
CR - Change Request.
CSCI - Computer Software Configuration Item.
CWBS - Contract Work Breakdown Structure.
DA - Design Authority.
DBS - Design Build Standard.
DBDD – Database Design Description
DCB - Development Component Baseline.
DDP - Declaration of Design Performance.
DID - Data item description.
DRB - Design Requirements Baseline.
DRL - Data Requirements List.
ECP - Engineering Change Proposal.
EPP - Development/Engineering Programme Plan.
FB - Functional Baseline.
FCA - Functional Configuration Audit.
FQR - Formal Qualification Review.
HOL – High Order Language
HWCI - Hardware Configuration Item.
HDP - Hardware Development Plan.
ICD - Interface Control Drawing or Documentation.
ICM - Interface Co-ordination Meeting.
ICO - Integration and Checkout.
IDD – Interface Design Description
ILS - Integrated Logistics Support.
IRS – Interface Requirements Specification
LRI - Line Replaceable Item
same as Line Replaceable Unit.
LRU - Line Replaceable Unit.
MEA - Maintainability Engineering Analysis.
MIL-STD – Military Standard
MRI - Master Record Index.
NDI - Non-Developmental Items.
OCD - Operational Concept Document
PAS - Product Acceptance Test Specification.
PB - Product Baseline.
PBBS - Physical Baseline Build Standard.
PCA - Physical Configuration Audit.
PCR - Problem/Change Report.
PI - Prime Item.
PIDS - Prime Item Development Specification.
PMP - Project Management Plan/System.
PMS - Project Management System.
PRM - Project Review Meeting.
PRR - Production Readiness Review.
QA - Quality Assurance.
REA - Request for Engineering Assistance.
RFP - Request for Proposal.
RU - Replaceable Unit.
SCN - Specification Change Notice.
SDE - System Development Environment.
SDL - Software Development Library.
SDP - Software Development Plan.
SDR - System Design Review.
SDRB - Software Design Review Board.
SDS - Software Development Standards.
SECB - Systems Engineering Control Board.
SEM - Systems Engineering Management.
SEMG - Systems Engineering Management Group
SEMM - Systems Engineering Management Meeting.
SEM - Software Engineering Manual.
SEMP - System Engineering Management Plan.
SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language.
SOW - Statement of Work.
SRR - System Requirement Review.
SSR - Software Specification Review.
SVD - Software Version Description.
TDS - Technical Documentation Standard.
TPM - Technical Performance Measurement.
TRD - Test Requirements Document.
TRR - Test Readiness Review.
UMC - Under Ministry Control.
UUT - Unit-Under-Test.
VCM - Version Compatibility Matrix.

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