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Acronyms Flashcards

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ADR

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Alternative Dispute Resolution

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AON

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Activity-on-Node

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BCR

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Benefit Cost Ratio

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CA

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Control Account

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CBR

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Cost Benefit Ratio

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CCB

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Change Control Board

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CCS

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Change Control System

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COQ

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Cost Of Quality

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CPAF

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Cost Plus Award Fee

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CPF

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Cost Plus Fee

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CPFF

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Cost Plus Fixed Fee

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CPIF

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Cost Plus Incentive Fee

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CR

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Change Request / Cost Reimbursable (contract)

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DOE

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Design of Experiments

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EF

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Early Finish Date

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EMV

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Expected Monetary Value

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ES

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Early Start Date

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FF

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Finish-to-Finish

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FFP

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Firm Fixed Price

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FP-EPA

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Fixed Price With Economic Price Adjustment

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FPIF

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Fixed Price Incentive Fee

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FS

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Finish-to-Start

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IFB

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Invitation For Bid

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ISO

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International Organization for Standardization

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JAD

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Joint Application Development (or Design)

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JIT

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Just in Time

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KPI

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Key Performance Indicator

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LF

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Late Finish Date

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LOE

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Level Of Effort

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LS

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Late Start Date

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OBS

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Organizational Breakdown Structure

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PDCA

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Plan Do Check Act

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PDM

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Precedence Diagramming Method

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PERT

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Program Evaluation and Review Technique

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PMB

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Performance Measurement Baseline

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QA

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Quality Assurance

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QC

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Quality Control

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QFD

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Quality Function Deployment

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RACI

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Responsible, Accountable, Consult, And Inform

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RAM

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Responsibility Assignment Matrix

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RBS

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Resource Breakdown Structure / Risk Breakdown Structure

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RFI

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Request For Information

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RFP

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Request For Proposal

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RFQ

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Request For Quotation

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ROM

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Rough Order of Magnitude

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SF

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Start-to-Finish

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SME

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Subject Matter Expert

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SOW

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Statement Of Work

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SS

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Start-to-Start

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SWOT

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Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, And Threats

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T&M

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Time And Material

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TQM

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Total Quality Management

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VAC

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Variance at Completion

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VOC

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Voice of the Customer

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WBS

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Work Breakdown Structure

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CI

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Configuration Item

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RTY

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Rolled Throughput Yield

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NDA

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Non Disclosure Agreement

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COTS

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Commercial off-the-shelf

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RPN

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Risk Priority Number

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SYD

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Sum of the Years Digit (a depreciation calculation method)

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ANSI

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American National Standards Institute

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CM

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Configuration Management

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DU

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DUR

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ID

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Activity Identifier

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ITTO

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Inputs, Tools and Techniques, Outputs

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MOU

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Memorandum of Understanding

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SIPOC

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Supplier Input Process Output Customer

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SLA

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Service Level Agreement

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BSR

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Buyer Share Ratio

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RCA

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Root Cause Analysis

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PBP

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Payback Period

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DfX

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Design for X

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IT

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Information Technology

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TOR

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Terms of Reference

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PMCD

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Project Manager Competency Development (Framework)

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ES

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Earned Schedule

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AT

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Actual Time

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TPM

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Total Productive Maintenance

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TOC

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Theory of Constraints

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EI

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Emotional Intelligence

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PESTLE

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Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, Environmental

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TECOP

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Technical, Environmental, Commercial, Operational, Political

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VUCA

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Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity

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MOA

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Memoranda of Agreement

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BIM

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Building Information Model

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MSA

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Master Services Agreement

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BCA

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Benefit Cost Analysis

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DB

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Design Build

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DBB

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Design Bid Build

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DBO

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Design Build Operate

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BOOT

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Build Own Operate Transfer

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DMAIC

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Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control (Six Sigma methodology)

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MVP

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Minimum Viable Product

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MMF

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Minimum Marketable Feature

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What is the acronym to describe the characteristics of effective feedback?

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Balanced, Observed, Objective, Specific, and Timely (BOOST)

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What is the acronym to describe the characteristics of effective goals?

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Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely (SMART)

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ATDD

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Acceptance Test-Driven Development

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BDD

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Behavior-Driven Development

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BRD

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Business Requirement Documents

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DoD

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Definition of Done

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DoR

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Definition of Ready

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DSDM

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Dynamic Systems Development Method

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XP

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eXtreme Programming

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MBTI

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Myers Briggs Type Indicator

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SAFe®

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Scaled Agile Framework

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NPS

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Net Promoter Score

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CFD

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Cumulative Flow Diagram

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CPM

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Critical Path Method

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AC

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Actual Cost

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BAC

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Budget At Completion

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CPI

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Cost Performance Index

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CV

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Cost Variance

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EAC

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Estimate At Completion

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ETC

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Estimate To Complete

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EV

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Earned Value

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EVM

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Earned Value Management

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PV

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Planned Value / Present Value

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SPI

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Schedule Performance Index

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SV

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Schedule Variance

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TCPI

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To-Complete Performance Index

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EVA

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Earned Value Analysis / Economic Value Added

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OPM

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Organizational Project Management

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PM

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Project Manager / Project Management

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PMBOK®

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Project Management Body Of Knowledge

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PMI®

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Project Management Institute

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PMO

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Project Management Office

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PTA

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Point of Total Assumption

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EEF

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Enterprise Environmental Factors

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OPA

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Organizational Process Assets

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PMIS

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Project Management Information System

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EPV

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Expected Present Value

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FV

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Future Value

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IRR

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Internal Rate of Return

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NPV

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Net Present Value

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ROI

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Return on Investment

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