B. Abbreviations

ABB
Architecture Building Block
ACMM
Architecture Capability Maturity Model
ADM
Architecture Development Method
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
API
Application Platform Interface
ARTS
Association for Retail Technology Standards
BMM
Business Motivation Model
BPM
Business Process Management
BPMN
Business Process Modeling Notation
BTEP
The Canadian Government Business Transformation Enablement Program
CMM
Capability Maturity Models
CMMI
Capability Maturity Model Integration
COBIT
Control OBjectives for Information and related Technology
COTS
Commercial Off-The-Shelf applications
CRM
Customer Relationship Management
CRUD
Create/Read/Update/Delete
CSF
Critical Success Factor
DBA
Database Administrator
DBMS
Database Management System
DoC
US Department of Commerce
DoD
US Department of Defense
DoDAF
Department of Defense Architecture Framework
EAI
Enterprise Application Integration
EDIFACT
(United Nations) Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce, and Transport
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
ETL
Extract, Transform, Load
FICO
Fair Isaac Corporation
FTE
Full-Time Equivalent
GOTS
Government Off-The-Shelf applications
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
ICAM
Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing
ICOM
Inputs, Controls, Outputs, and Mechanisms/Resources
IDEF
Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing (ICAM) DEFinition
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
III-RM
Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model
IPD-CMM
Integrated Product Development Capability Maturity Model
ISACA
Information Systems Audit and Control Association
ISACF
Information Systems Audit and Control Foundation
ISO
International Standards Organization
IT
Information Technology
ITGI
IT Governance Institute
ITIL
Information Technology Infrastructure Library
ITPMF
IT Portfolio Management Facility
J2EE
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
KPI
Key Performance Indicator
LAN
Local Area Network
MDA
Model-Driven Architecture
MSP
Managing Successful Programs
NASCIO
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
OECD
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OGC
UK Office of Government Commerce
OLA
Operational-Level Agreement
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
OMG
Object Management Group
ORB
Object Request Broker
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
OSOA
Open Service-Oriented Architecture
P-CMM
People Capability Maturity Model
PDF
Portable Document Format
PMBOK
Project Management Body of Knowledge
PRINCE
PRojects in Controlled Environments
QoS
Quality of Service
RAS
Remote Access Services
RFC
Request For Change
RFI
Request for Information
RFP
Request for Proposal
RM
Reference Model
SA-CMM
Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model
SBB
Solution Building Block
SCA
Service Component Architecture
SCAMPI
Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement
SDO
Service Data Objects
SE-CMM
Systems Engineering Capability Maturity Model
SEI
Software Engineering Institute
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language
SIB
Standards Information Base
SLA
Service-Level Agreement
SMART
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound
SOA
Service-Oriented Architecture
SPEM
Software Processing Engineering Metamodel
SW-CMM
Capability Maturity Model for Software
SysML
Systems Modeling Language
TAFIM
Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management
TRM
Technical Reference Model
UML
Unified Modeling Language
WAN
Wide Area Network
XML
Extensible Markup Language

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