Glossary of Acronyms 


 
ACRONYM
DEFINITION
BPM
Business Product Manager
BPO
Business Process Owner
CMCT
Change Management Core Team
CSA
Chief Solutions Architect
DCS
Detailed Change Specification (refers strictly to requirements specification. Its core content is the following: from a functional design point of view, and only from this point of view, what is the desired change –– the delta.)
ESDM
Enterprise Software Development and Maintenance (i.e., DevOps)
IM
Interface Model
IT
Information Technology
ITBA
IT Business Analyst
LDM
Logical Data Model
MCEA
Mission-Critical Enterprise Application
ODA
Ongoing Development Activity
PCCB
Product Change Control Board
PMO
Project Management Office
QA
Quality Assurance
RA
Release Activity (can be equated to activity that occurs within a sprint/bolt)
RD
Requirements Definition
RDM
Requirements Definition and Management (RD + RM)
RDMF
Requirements Definition and Management (RDM) Framework
RM
Requirements Management
SCR
System Change Request (aka Product Backlog Item (PBI,) Backlog Item, Change Request (CR,) etc.)
SDLC
Software Development Life Cycle
SIT
System Integration Testing
SME
Subject Matter Expert
UAT
User Acceptance Testing
UCM
Use Case Model