| Term | Definition |
| AC | Actual Costs (See ACWP) |
| ACWP | Actual Cost of Work Performed (see AC) |
| AE | Apportioned Effort |
| AUW | Authorized Unpriced Work (see UCA) |
| B&R | Budget and Reporting |
| BAC | Budget at Completion |
| BCR | Baseline Change Request |
| BCWP | Budgeted Cost for Work Performed (see EV) |
| BCWR | Budgeted Cost of Work Remaining (see PVR) |
| BCWS | Budgeted Cost for Work Scheduled (see PV) |
| BEI | Baseline Execution Index |
| CA | Control Account |
| CAG | Compliance Assessment Governance |
| CAM | Control Account Manager |
| CAMP | Corrective Action Management Plan |
| CAP | Control Account Plan |
| CAR | Corrective Action Request |
| CAS | Cost Accounting Standards |
| CBB | Contract Budget Base |
| CCB | Change Control Board |
| CCD | Contract Completion Date |
| CD | Critical Decision |
| CEAC | Comprehensive Estimate at Completion |
| CFA | Cognizant Federal Agency |
| CFE | Contractor Furnished Equipment |
| CFSR | Contract Funds Status Report |
| CLIN | Contract Line Item Number |
| COM | Cost of Money |
| CP | Critical Path or Cost Plus |
| CPAF | Cost Plus Award Fee |
| CPFF | Cost Plus Fixed Fee |
| CPIF | Cost Plus Incentive Fee |
| CPI_E | Cost Performance Index (efficiency) |
| CPI_P | Cost Performance Index (productivity) |
| CPM | Critical Path Method |
| CRC | Compliance Reference Crosswalk |
| CTC | Contract Target Cost |
| CV | Cost Variance |
| DB | Distributed Budget |
| DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| DEAR | DOE Acquisition Regulations |
| DID | Data Item Description |
| DIQ | Data Integrity and Quality |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOE PM | DOE Project Management |
| DQI | Data Quality Indicator |
| DR | Discrepancy Report |
| EAC | Estimate at Completion |
| ECD | Estimated Completion Date |
| ECRSOP | EVMS Compliance Review Standard Operating Procedure |
| EF | Early Finish |
| EFCOG | Energy Facility Contractors Group |
| EIA | Electronic Industries Alliance |
| EIR | External Independent Review |
| EOC | Element of Cost |
| EPASOP | EVMS and Project Analysis Standard Operating Procedure |
| ES | Early Start |
| ETC | Estimate to Complete |
| EV | Earned Value or Accomplishment (see BCWP) |
| EVM | Earned Value Management |
| EVMS | Earned Value Management System |
| EVT | Earned Value Technique |
| FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulations |
| FF | Finish-to-Finish or Free Float |
| FFP | Firm Fixed Price |
| FM | Functional Manager |
| FPD | Federal Project Director |
| FPI | Fixed Price Incentive |
| FS | Finish-to-Start |
| G&A | General and Administrative |
| GAO | Government Accountability Office |
| GASP | Generally Accepted Scheduling Principles |
| GFE | Government Furnished Equipment |
| HDV/CI | High-Dollar Value/Critical Item |
| IBR | Integrated Baseline Review |
| IEAC | Independent Estimate at Completion |
| IECD | Independent Estimated Completion Date |
| IMP | Integrated Master Plan |
| IMS | Integrated Master Schedule |
| IP2M | Integrated Project/Program Management |
| IPMR | Integrated Program Management Report |
| IPT | Integrated Product Team |
| LF | Late Finish |
| LOE | Level of Effort |
| LS | Late Start |
| METRR | Maturity and Environment Total Risk Rating |
| M&O | Management and Operations |
| MR | Management Reserve |
| MTD | Month to Date |
| NCC | Negotiated Contract Cost |
| NDIA | National Defense Industrial Association |
| NNSA | National Nuclear Security Administration |
| NTE | Not to Exceed |
| O&M | Operations and Maintenance |
| OBS | Organizational Breakdown Structure |
| ODC | Other Direct Costs |
| OH | Overhead (or Indirect Costs) |
| OTB | Over Target Baseline |
| OTS | Over Target Schedule |
| PARS | Project Assessment and Reporting System |
| PASEG | Planning and Scheduling Excellence Guide |
| PB | Performance Baseline |
| PBB | Project Budget Base |
| PCD | Planned or Project Completion Date |
| PEP | Project Execution Plan |
| PF | Performance Factor |
| PM | Project Manager |
| PMB | Performance Measurement Baseline |
| PMI | Project Management Institute |
| PMO | Project Management Office (Contractor's) |
| PMSO | Project Management Support Office (DOE) |
| PO | Purchase Order |
| PP | Planning Package |
| PR | Purchase Requisition |
| PV | Planned Value (same as BCWS) |
| PVR | Planned Value Remaining (same as BCWR) |
| QBD | Quantifiable Backup Data |
| RAM | Responsibility Assignment Matrix |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| ROP | Rules of Performance |
| SD | System Description |
| SF | Start-to-Finish |
| SLPP | Summary Level Planning Package |
| SOV | Schedule of Values |
| SOW | Statement of Work |
| SPA | Single Point Adjustment |
| SP&A | Scheduled, Performed, and Actuals (BCWS, BCWP, and ACWP) |
| SPI | Schedule Performance Index |
| SRA | Schedule Risk Assessment |
| SS | Start-to-Start |
| SV | Schedule Variance |
| SVT | Schedule Visibility Task |
| SWO | Stop Work Order |
| TAB | Total Allocated Budget |
| TCPI | To Complete Performance Index |
| TEC | Total Estimated Cost |
| TF | Total Float |
| TPC | Total Project Cost |
| UB | Undistributed Budget |
| UCA | Undefinitized Contract Action (see AUW) |
| VAC | Variance at Completion |
| VAR | Variance Analysis Report |
| WAD | Work Authorization Document |
| WBS | Work Breakdown Structure |
| WP | Work Package |