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Appendix A - Definitions and Glossary of Acronyms
Pages 127-131

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... Leading Indicators Leading indicators are measures that can predict future performance and allow management to act in a proactive manner. Leadership Team The airport senior executives who set performance goals and manage performance.
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... The performance logic model then tracks implementation -- application of resources to undertaking activities that produce outputs that achieve the intermediate and ultimate outcome goals the airport has set. Performance Basically, monitoring performance, identifying when it is off track, Management evaluating why, and taking action to bring it back to where you want it.
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... . Resources The people, budgets, land, facilities, and equipment that airports apply to undertake activities that produce outputs and achieve the airport's desired outcomes.
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... Glossary of Acronyms ACI Airports Council International ADASP Aviation Direct Access Screening Program AIM Airport Initiatives in Measurement AIP Airport Improvement Program ANSP Air Navigation Service Provider ARFF Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting ASQ Airport Service Quality ATM Air-traffic management ATRS Air Transport Research Society AVP Associate vice president CANSO Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation CATS Compliance Activity Tracking System CEANS Conference on the Economics of Airports and Air Navigation Services CEO Chief executive officer CFO Chief financial officer CII Construction Industry Institute CPEP Cost per Enplaned Passenger CSV Comma-separated values DBE Disadvantaged business enterprise DOT Department of transportation EA Enterprise Architecture EIP Employee incentive program EPAX Enplaned passengers ERP Enterprise Resource Planning ETL Extract, transfer, and load FAF Financial Accounting Foundation FBO Fixed-base operator FISMA Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 FTE Full-time employee GA General aviation GASB Governmental Accounting Standards Board GBWG Global Benchmarking Workgroup GFOA Government Finance Officers Association GPRA Government Performance and Results Act GTAA Greater Toronto Airport Authority GUI Graphic user interface HR Human resources IATA International Air Transport Association ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization IT Information Technology KPA Key performance area KPI Key performance indicator LLL Listen, leverage, learn MAC Metropolitan Airports Commission MNAA Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority NASBO National Association of State Budget Officers NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology O&D Origin and Destination OCE Operations and Customer Experience 134 Appendix A
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... OLAP Online analytical process OMB Office of Management and Budget PAR Performance and Accountability Report PDA Personal digital assistant PM Performance measurement PMRS Performance management and reporting system PRU Performance Review Unit ROLAP Relational online analytical processing SaaS Software as a Service SEA Service Efforts and Accomplishments SPAD Strategic Planning and Airport Development SQL Structured query language SMWBE Small, minority and woman-owned business enterprise SWOT Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats TQM Total Quality Management VIPR Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response Definitions and Glossary of Acronyms 135
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  • lagging indicators

  • management improvement
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  • set performance
  • model propose
  • senior executives
  • statement describing

  • performance goals
  • undertake activities
  • indicators leading
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  • measurable statement

  • quantifiable measures
  • team ments
  • overall airport
  • future results
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  • future performance
  • measure overall
  • measurement team


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