application program interface

Appraisal Requirements for CMMI

computer-aided design

Causal Analysis and Resolution (process area)

configuration control board

capability level

Configuration Management (process area)

Capability Maturity Model

Capability Maturity Model Integration

CMMI for Development

CMMI for Development +IPPD

commercial off the shelf

cost performance index

critical path method

computer software configuration item

Decision Analysis and Resolution (process area)

Department of Defense

Electronic Industries Alliance

Electronic Industries Alliance/Interim Standard

engineering process group

functional configuration audit

generic goal

generic practice

International Business Machines

Initiating, Diagnosing, Establishing, Acting, Learning

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

International Council on Systems Engineering

Integrated Product Development Capability Maturity Model

Integrated Project Management (process area)

Integrated Project Management +IPPD (process area)

integrated product and process development

International Organization for Standardization

International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission

Measurement and Analysis (process area)

Method Definition Document

maturity level

nondevelopmental item

National Defense Industrial Association

Organizational Innovation and Deployment (process area)

Organizational Process Definition (process area)

Organizational Process Definition +IPPD (process area)

Organizational Process Focus (process area)

Organizational Process Performance (process area)

Organizational Training (process area)

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics)

People Capability Maturity Model

process area

physical configuration audit

Program Evaluation and Review Technique

Product Integration (process area)

Project Monitoring and Control (process area)

Project Planning (process area)

Process and Product Quality Assurance (process area)

quality assurance

Quality Function Deployment

Quantitative Project Management (process area)

Requirements Development (process area)

Requirements Management (process area)

return on investment

Risk Management (process area)

Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model

Supplier Agreement Management (process area)

Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement

Systems Engineering Capability Model

Software Engineering Institute

specific goal

specific practice

schedule performance index

Capability Maturity Model for Software or Software Capability Maturity Model

Technical Solution (process area)

uniform resource locator

Validation (process area)

Verification (process area)

work breakdown structure