Glossary
The National Project Management System (NPMS) for IT-Enabled Projects provides users with lists of current English acronyms, terms, expressions and official titles taken from NPMS documents.
The fields featured in the Glossary and Definitions lists are finance, administration, project management and informatics related. It is designed for anyone preparing NPMS documents.
A
- AD
- Approval document
- ADM
- Assistant Deputy Minister
- AFR
- Approved feasibility report
- APPP
- Approved preliminary project plan
- ARB
- Architecture Review Board IM/IT
- ASoR
- approved statement of requirements
B
- BOC
- Business Operations Committee
C
- CAB
- Change Advisory Committee
- CI
- Continual Improvement
- CIO
- Chief Information Officer
- CIR
- Continual Improvement Representative
- CIT
- Continual improvement team
- CO
- Change Order or Contract Officer
- COD
- Close out document
- CODA
- Close out document approval
- COE
- Centre of Expertise
D
- DISC
- Departmental IM/IT Steering Committee
- DG
- Director General
- DM
- Design Manager
- DP
- Departmental Policy
- DPC
- Departmental Policy Committee
E
- E-CAB
- Enterprise change advisory board
- E-DRM
- Enterprise Document and Records Management
- ELF
- Electronic Forms
- EPA
- Effective project approval
F
- FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions
- FIP
- Federal Identity Program
- FR
- Feasibility report
- FRA
- Feasibility report approval
H
- HR
- Human Resources
I
- IAR
- Investment analysis report
- ICOD
- Identification close out document
- IDP
- Integrated Design Process
- IMB
- Investment Management Board
- IM/IT
- Information Management / Information Technology
- IT
- Information Technology
K
- KA
- Knowledge Area
M
- MAF
- Management Accountability Framework
- MERX
- Electronic Tendering Service
- MOU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- MRO
- Ministers' Regional Office
N
- NCA
- National Capital Area
- NPMS
- National Project Management System
O
- OGD
- Other Government Department
P
- PCRA
- Project complexity and risk assessment
- PDO
- Project Delivery Office
- PM
- Project Management
- PMAC
- Project Management Advisory Council
- PMBOK®
- Project Management (Institute) Body of Knowledge
- PMD
- Project Management Directorate
- PMI
- Project Management Institute
- PMO
- Project Management Office
- PMP
- Project Management Professional or project management plan
- PMPA
- Project management plan approval
- PPA
- Preliminary project approval
- PPP
- Preliminary project plan
- PPPA
- Preliminary project plan approval
- PRAC
- Project Review Advisory Committee
- PRB
- Project Review Board
- PSR
- Project Status Report
- PTO
- Product Turn-Over
- PWGSC/PSPC
- Public Services and Procurement Canada
Q
- QA
- Quality Assurance
R
- RFP
- Request for proposal
- RM
- Regional Manager
- RMP
- Risk Management Plan
- RPP
- Revised Project Plan
S
- SoR
- Statement of requirements
- SOW
- Statement of Work
- SPM
- Senior Project Manager
- SSA
- Specific service agreement
T
- TB
- Treasury Board
- TBS
- Treasury Board Secretariat
- TOA
- Turn-over approval
- TOR
- Terms of Reference
W
- WBS
- Work Breakdown Structure
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