List of abbreviations
The project management industry is teeming with abbreviations. The railway sector, for example, uses completely different terms from the pharmaceutical industry. The following overview attempts to shed some light on them, without claiming to be exhaustive.
Letter | Abbreviation | German term | English term |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | A&E | Architecture and Engineering firm (general planner) | |
| A | AA | Anfang-Anfang-Verknüpfung | |
| A | AC | Actual Cost | |
| A | ACWP | Actual Cost of Work Performed | |
| A | AE | Anfang-Ende-Verknüpfung | |
| A | AEG | Allgemeines Eisenbahngesetz | |
| A | AFC | Approved for Construction | |
| A | AFD | Approved for Design | |
| A | AG | Auftraggeber | |
| A | AG | Arbeitsgruppe | |
| A | AHO | Ausschuss der Ingenieure und Architekten für die Honorarordnung | |
| A | ALV | Anlagenverantwortliche:r | |
| Ä | ÄM | Änderungsmanagement | |
| A | AN | Auftragnehmer | |
| A | AP | Ausführungsplanung | |
| A | ARGE | Arbeitsgemeinschaft | |
| A | ASL | Approved supplier lists | |
| A | AST | Aufgabenstellung | |
| A | ATWS | Automatisches Warnsystem | |
| B | BAC | Budget at Completion | |
| B | BAFO | Best and final offer | |
| B | BAST | Betriebliche Aufgabenstellung | |
| B | BC | Business Case | |
| B | BCWP | Budgeted Cost of Work Performed | |
| B | BCWS | Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled | |
| B | BE | Baustelleneinrichtung | |
| B | BEST | Betriebliche Stellwerkssimulation | |
| B | BetrA | Betriebs- und Bauanweisung | |
| B | BifH | Baufreigabe in finanzieller Hinsicht | |
| B | BImSchG | BundesImmissionsSchutzGesetz | |
| B | BMA | Brandmeldeanlage | |
| B | BNETZA | Bundesnetzagentur | |
| B | BoE | Base of Estimate | |
| B | BOM | Bill of materials | |
| B | BoVEK | Boden-Verwertungs- und EntsorgungsKonzept | |
| B | BSC | Balanced Scorecard | |
| B | BÜB | Bauüberwacher Bahn | |
| B | BUV | Bedarfsplanumsetzungsvereinbarung | |
| B | BVB | Bauvorlageberechtigter | |
| C | C&Q | Commissioning and Qualification | |
| C | CA | Control Account | |
| C | CAP | Control Account Plan | |
| C | CAPEX | Capital expenditure (Investment Project) | |
| C | CBS | Cost Breakdown Structure | |
| C | CCB | Change Control Board | |
| C | CCM | Contract and Claims Management | |
| C | CEF | Continuous Ecological Functionality (-Measures) | |
| C | CFR | Cost and Freight | |
| C | CIF | Cost, Insurance and Freight | |
| C | CIP | Carriage and Insurance Paid To |