Appendix B. Acronyms

ANSI American National Standards Institute

API application program interface

ARC Appraisal Requirements for CMMI

CAD computer-aided design

CAR Causal Analysis and Resolution (process area)

CCB configuration control board

CL capability level

CM Configuration Management (process area)

CMU Carnegie Mellon University

CMF CMMI Model Foundation

CMM Capability Maturity Model

CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration

CMMI-ACQ CMMI for Acquisition

CMMI-DEV CMMI for Development

CMMI-SVC CMMI for Services

CobiT Control Objectives for Information and related Technology

COTS commercial off-the-shelf

CPI cost performance index

CPM critical path method

CSCI computer software configuration item

DAR Decision Analysis and Resolution (process ...

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