Appendix 2

Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in Project Management

Abbreviation Meaning Usage
ACC Annual Capital Charge Finance
ACWP Actual Cost of Work Performed EVA
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution Construct
ANB Adjudicator Nominating Body Construct
AoA Activity on Arrow CPA
AoN Activity on Node CPA
APM Association for Project Management PM
ARM Availability, Reliability, Maintainability MOD
BC Business Case PM
BCWP Budgeted Cost of Work Performed EVA
BCWS Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled EVA
BoK Body of Knowledge PM
BOQ Bill of Quantities Construct
BS British Standard General
BSI British Standards Institution General
CAD Computer Aided Design General
CAM Computer Aided Manufacture General
CAR Contractor’s All Risk

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