Appendix G
Acronyms
3CE Cross Command Collaborative Effort
ACAT acquisition categories
AF ICE Air Force Integrated Collaborative Environment
AFOTEC Air Force Operational Test & Evaluation Center
AIS automated information system
AoA analysis of alternatives
ASD agile software development
ASD NII Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration
AT acceptance team
ATEC Army Test & Evaluation Command
BTA Business Transformation Agency
C&A certification and accreditation
C4ISR command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance
CDR critical design review
CHSS commercial off-the-shelf hardware, software, and services
CIO chief information officer
CJCSI Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction
COTS commercial off-the-shelf
DAA designated accrediting authority
DAMS Defense Acquisition Management System
DAPA Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment
DAS Defense Acquisition System
DAU Defense Acquisition University
DEP distributed engineering plant
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DIACAP DOD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process
DNS Domain Name System
DODD Department of Defense Directive
DODI Department of Defense Instruction
DT&E development, test, and evaluation
EA evolutionary acquisition
ERP enterprise resource planning
FDD feature-driven development
FSO Field Security Office
IA information assurance
IA C&A information assurance certification and accreditation
IID iterative, incremental development
IOC initial operating capability
IP Internet Protocol
IPT integrated product team
JCIDS Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
JITC Joint Interoperability Test Command
JMETC Joint Mission Environment Test Capability
JOTS Joint Operation and Tactical System
KPP key performance parameter
LRIP limited rate initial production
MAIS major automated information system(s)
MCRC metrics collection and reporting capability
MDA milestone decision authority
MDAP major defense acquisition program
NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command
NSA National Security Agency
OIPT overarching IPT
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OPTEVFOR Operational Testing and Evaluation Force
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
OT&E operational test and evaluation
PDR preliminary design review
PKI public key infrastructure
PMO program management office
PMT portfolio management team
POR program of record
PPBES Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System
RDECOM Research, Development & Engineering Command
RDT&E research, development, test, and evaluation
SDCI software development and commercial off-the-shelf integration
SDLC software development life cycle
SDREN secret defense research and engineering
SFMPL Submarine Force Mission Planning Library
SoSIL Systems of Systems Integration Laboratory
T&E test and evaluation
TD technology development
TRA technology readiness assessment
TRADOC Training and Doctrine Command
TRL technology readiness level
V&V verification and validation
WIPT working-level IPT
XP extreme programming
