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<tr valign="top"><td width="15%">'''Term'''</td><td>'''Meaning'''</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td width="15%">'''Term'''</td><td>'''Meaning'''</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>AOA</td><td>analysis of alternatives</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>BCA</td><td>business case analysis</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>CBA</td><td>cost benefit analysis</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>CMMI</td><td>Capability Maturity Model Integration</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>COBIT</td><td>Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>conceptual design</td><td>Describes the proposed solution in a functional manner that could be easily understood by a future user, including what the solution will look like and how it will behave</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>conceptual design</td><td>Describes the proposed solution in a functional manner that could be easily understood by a future user, including what the solution will look like and how it will behave</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>CSP</td><td>cost schedule performance</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>domain</td><td>A specific sphere of activity or knowledge. A domain can correspond to the boundaries of an organization, a job function, or even a particular task.</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>domain</td><td>A specific sphere of activity or knowledge. A domain can correspond to the boundaries of an organization, a job function, or even a particular task.</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>domain elicitation</td><td>Collecting the right information from SMEs, stakeholders, or consumers about how the solution should function</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>domain elicitation</td><td>Collecting the right information from SMEs, stakeholders, or consumers about how the solution should function</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>GSC</td><td>global standards collaboration</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>HITSR</td><td>Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>ICT</td><td>Information and communications technology</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>IEEE</td><td>Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>INCITS</td><td>International Committee for Information Technology Standards</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>ISO</td><td>International Organization for Standardization</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>ITIL</td><td>IT infrastructure library </td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>ITSC</td><td>information technology support center</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>LCCE</td><td>life cycle cost estimate</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>logical design</td><td>Defines objects, entities, their attributes, and their relationships. It also describes the business rules associated with these entities</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>logical design</td><td>Defines objects, entities, their attributes, and their relationships. It also describes the business rules associated with these entities</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>MOE</td><td>measures of effectiveness </td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>NIST</td><td>National Institute of Standards and Technology</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>physical design</td><td>Also called the technical design. Where the conceptual and logic designs are converted to a definition of how the solution will be implemented in hardware, software, and potentially other media. The physical design is developed by the construction team not by the requirements team.</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>physical design</td><td>Also called the technical design. Where the conceptual and logic designs are converted to a definition of how the solution will be implemented in hardware, software, and potentially other media. The physical design is developed by the construction team not by the requirements team.</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>RFI </td><td>request for information </td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>RFP </td><td>request for proposal</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>RFQ</td><td>request for quotation</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>RFT</td><td>request for tender</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>SFIA</td><td>Skills Framework for the Information Age</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>SME</td><td>Subject matter expert</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>SME</td><td>Subject matter expert</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>solution</td><td>A set of changes to the current state of an enterprise that will enable the enterprise to meet a need, solve a problem, or take advantage of an opportunity</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>solution</td><td>A set of changes to the current state of an enterprise that will enable the enterprise to meet a need, solve a problem, or take advantage of an opportunity</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>SWOT</td><td>Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities. and threats involved in a project or in a business venture</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>SWOT</td><td>Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities. and threats involved in a project or in a business venture</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>TOGAF</td><td>The Open Group Architecture Framework </td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
 
<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
 
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Revision as of 23:32, 27 August 2015

TermMeaning
AOAanalysis of alternatives
BCAbusiness case analysis
CBAcost benefit analysis
CMMICapability Maturity Model Integration
COBITControl Objectives for Information and Related Technology
conceptual designDescribes the proposed solution in a functional manner that could be easily understood by a future user, including what the solution will look like and how it will behave
CSPcost schedule performance
domainA specific sphere of activity or knowledge. A domain can correspond to the boundaries of an organization, a job function, or even a particular task.
domain elicitationCollecting the right information from SMEs, stakeholders, or consumers about how the solution should function
GSCglobal standards collaboration
HITSRHealthcare Information Technology Standards Panel
ICTInformation and communications technology
IEEEInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
INCITSInternational Committee for Information Technology Standards
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
ITILIT infrastructure library
ITSCinformation technology support center
LCCElife cycle cost estimate
logical designDefines objects, entities, their attributes, and their relationships. It also describes the business rules associated with these entities
MOEmeasures of effectiveness
NISTNational Institute of Standards and Technology
physical designAlso called the technical design. Where the conceptual and logic designs are converted to a definition of how the solution will be implemented in hardware, software, and potentially other media. The physical design is developed by the construction team not by the requirements team.
RFI request for information
RFP request for proposal
RFQrequest for quotation
RFTrequest for tender
SFIASkills Framework for the Information Age
SMESubject matter expert
solutionA set of changes to the current state of an enterprise that will enable the enterprise to meet a need, solve a problem, or take advantage of an opportunity
SWOTStrengths, weaknesses, opportunities. and threats involved in a project or in a business venture
TOGAFThe Open Group Architecture Framework