Here is an ever growing list of acronyms commonly used in connection with the Mu2e project.
Many of these acronyms have general applicability in the fields of science, engineering, administration, and project management.
If you can't find an acronym in the table below, try the following very useful site:
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| AC | Actual Cost (AC = ACWP) |
| ACNET | Accelerator Controls NETwork |
| ACWP | Actual Cost of Work Performed |
| ADC | Analog to Digital Converter |
| A/E | Architectural/Engineering |
| AIP | Accelerator Improvement Project |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| AOC | Acquisition Oversight Committee (Mu2e Solenoids) |
| APD | Avalanch PhotoDiode |
| APM | (DOE Office of) Acquisition and Project Management (formerly OECM) |
| ASIC | Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| AY $k | Actual Year $k (kilo-dollars) |
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| BAC | Budget At Completion |
| BBQ | Base Band Tune (Q) |
| BCM | Bugeted Cost Midrange |
| BCR | Baseline Change Request |
| BCWP | Bugeted Cost of Work Performed |
| BCWS | Bugeted Cost of Work Scheduled |
| BLM | Beam Loss Monitor |
| BOD | Beneficial Occupancy Date |
| BOE | Basis Of Estimate |
| BOM | Bill Of Materials |
| BPF | Band Pass Filter |
| BPM | Beam Position Monitor |
| B&R | Budget & Reporting |
| BSSB | Beam Switch Sum Box |
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| CA | Control Account |
| CAM | Control Account Manager |
| CB | Current Budget |
| CCB | Change Control Board |
| CD | Critical Decision |
| CDR | Conceptual Design Report |
| CE | Conversion Electron |
| CHW | CHilled Water |
| CL | Confidence Level |
| CLFV | Charged Lepton Flavor Violation |
| CML | Current Mode Logic |
| CMM | Coordinate Measuring Machine |
| COB | Close Of Business |
| CPI | Cost Performance Index (CPI = BCWP/ACWP) |
| CR | Change Request |
| CPR | Contract Performance Reports |
| CRV | Cosmic Ray Veto |
| CTC | Chargeable Task Code |
| CUB | Central Utility Building |
| CV | Cost Variance (CV = BCWP - ACWP) |
| CV% | Cost Variance (CV% = CV/BCWP *100%) |
| CX | Categorical eXclusion |
| CY | Calendar Year |
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| DAQ | Data AcQuisition (system) |
| DCCT | DC Current Transformer |
| D&D | Demolition & Decommissioning |
| 3D BBQ | Direct Diode Detection Base-Band Q (accelerator tune measurement instrumentation) |
| DDS | Direct Digital Synthesizer |
| DHP | Distribution High Power |
| DIO | Decay In Orbit |
| DOE | (US) Department Of Energy |
| DPA | Displacements Per Atom |
| DR | Delivery Ring |
| DS | Detector Solenoid |
| DSB | (Mu2e) Detector Service Building |
| D/S/C | (Fermilab) Division / Section / Center |
| DVM | Digital VoltMeter |
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| EA | Eviromental Assessment |
| EAC | Estimate At Completion (ACWP + ETC) |
| EDIA | Engineering, Design, Inspection, Administration |
| ELAM | Extraction LAMbertson (magnet) |
| ESAAB | Energy Systems Acquisition Advisory Board (DOE) |
| ES&H | Environment, Safety & Health |
| ESS | Electrical Safety System |
| ESS | Electro-Static Septum |
| ETC | Estimate to Completion |
| EU | Estimate Uncertainty |
| EV | Earned Value (EV = BCWP) |
| EVMS | Earned Value Management System |
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| FEA | Finite Element Analysis |
| FEE | Front End Electronics |
| FESHM | Fermilab ES&H Manual |
| FMC | FPGA Mezzanine Card |
| FONSI | Finding Of No Significant Impact |
| FPGA | Field-Programmable Gate Array |
| FRA | Fermi Research Alliance |
| FRCM | Fermilab Radiological Controls Manual |
| FSO | Fermilab Site Office |
| FTBF | Fermilab Test Beam Facility |
| FTE | Full Time Equivalent (1 FTE = 1768 hours/year) |
| FWHM | Full Width at Half Maximum |
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| G&A | General and Administrative |
| G&A | Grief and Aggravation |
| GPP | General Plant Project |
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| HA | Hazard Analysis |
| HAR | Hazard Analysis Report |
| HDPE | High Density PolyEthylene |
| HEPAP | High Energy Physics Advisory Panel |
| HRM | Hot-link Rack Monitor |
| HRS | Heat and Radiation Shield |
| HTS | High Temperature Superconducting |
| HV | High Vacuum (10-3 - 10-7 torr) |
| HV | High Voltage |
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| ICE | Independant Cost Estimate |
| ICR | Independant Cost Review |
| ICW | Industrial Cooling Water |
| IDR | Independant Design Review |
| IFB | Instrumentation Feed-through Bulkhead |
| INA | Internal Neutron Absorber |
| IPM | Ion Profile Monitor |
| IPR | Independant Project Review |
| IPT | Integrated Project Team |
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| JSA | Job Safety Analysis |
| JHA | Job Hazard Analysis |
| KPP | Key Performance Parameter |
| LEED | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design |
| LCW | Low Conductivity Water |
| LLRF | Low Level RF |
| LOE | Level Of Effort |
| LOTO | Lock Out Tag Out |
| LVDS | Low Voltage Data Signal |
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| MBS | Muon Beam Stop |
| MCR | Main Control Room |
| MI | Main Injector |
| MIBS | Main Injector Beam Sync |
| MIE | Major Item(s) of Equipment (Project) |
| M&O | Managing & Operating |
| MOU | Memorandum Of Understanding |
| MR | Management Reserve |
| M&S | Materials and Services |
| MSS | Master Sub-Station |
| MTTF | Mean Time To Failure |
| MW | Multi-Wire (chamber) |
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| NCE | Nuclear Counter Effect |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
| OAPM | Office of Acquisition and Project Management (DOE - formerly OECM) |
| OBS | Organizational Breakdown Structure |
| ODH | Oxygen Deficiency Hazard |
| OECM | Office of Engineering & Construction Management (DOE - changed name to OAPM) |
| OH | OverHead |
| OHAP | Organization and Human Asset Plan |
| OHEP | Office of High Energy Physics (DOE) |
| OPC | Other Project Costs |
| OPTO | Other Paid Time Off |
| ORC | Operational Readiness Clearance |
| ORR | Operational Readiness Review |
| OSTI | Office of Science and Technical Information (DOE) |
| OTS | Off The Shelf |
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| P5 | Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel |
| PARS | Project Assessment and Reporting System |
| PCB | Printed Circuit Board |
| PDF | Probability Density Function |
| PED | Project Engineering and Design |
| PEP | Project Execution Plan |
| PHAR | Preliminary Hazard Analysis Report |
| PHP | Panel High Power |
| PID | Particle IDentification |
| PMB | Performance Measurement Baseline |
| PMG | Project Management Group |
| PM | Project Manager |
| PMP | Project Management Plan |
| PMT | Performance Measurement Type |
| PMT | Photo Multiplier Tube |
| PO | Purchace Order |
| POG | Performance Oversight Group |
| POT | Proton(s) On Target |
| PP | Planning Package |
| PRA | Primavera Risk Analysis |
| PS | Production Solenoid |
| PSS | Project Support Services (FNAL - formerly OPMO) |
| PV | Planned Value (PV = BCWS) |
| PV | Price Variance |
| PV | Principle Value (Integration) |
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| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QC | Quality Control |
| QPS | Quench Protection System |
| RAL | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| RAM | Responsibility Assignment Matrix |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| RAW | RadioActive Water (system) |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| RFKO | RF KnockOut |
| RFI | Request For Information |
| RFP | Request For Proposal |
| RFQ | Request For Quote |
| RLS | Resource Loaded Schedule |
| RMC | Radiative Muon Capture |
| ROC | Read-Out Controller |
| RPC | Radiative Pion Capture |
| RPOS | Radial POSition (of the beam) |
| RR | Recycler Ring |
| RRBS | Recycler Ring Beam Sync |
| RRR | Residual Resistivity Ratio -- "Triple R" |
| RSS | Radiation Safety System |
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| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
| SAD | Safety Assessment Document |
| SC | (DOE Office of) SCience |
| SEM | Secondary Emission Monitor |
| SEWS | Site Emergency Warning System |
| SiPM | Silicon PhotoMultiplier |
| SME | Subject Matter Expert |
| SOW | Statement Of Work |
| SPI | Schedule Performance Index (SPI = BCWP/BCWS) |
| SPS | Special Process Spares |
| STFC | Science & Technology Facilities Council (RAL) |
| STM | Stopping Target Monitor |
| SV | Schedule Variance (SV = BCWP - BCWS) |
| SV% | Schedule Variance (SV% = SV/BCWS *100%) |
| SWF | Salary, Wages & Fringe |
| SWIC | Segmented Wire Ion Chamber |
| SWPPP | Storm Water Pollution Protection Plan |
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| TB | Tech Board |
| TCLK | Tevatron CLocK |
| TCMI | Transverse Mode Coupling Instability |
| TDR | Technical Design Report |
| TEC | Total Estimated Cost |
| TLA | Three Letter Acronym |
| TLM | Total Loss Monitor |
| T&M | Time and Material |
| TOF | Time Of Flight |
| ToT | Time over Threshold |
| TPC | Total Project Cost |
| TPG | Thermal Pyrolytic Graphite |
| TS | Transport Solenoid |
| TV | Total Value (TV = BAC) |
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| UB | Undistributed Budget |
| UHV | Ultra-High Vacuum (< 10-7 torr) |
| URA | Universities Research Association |
| VAC | Variance At Completion (VAC = BAC - EAC) |
| VAR | Variance Analysis Report |
| VE | Value Engineering |
| VOF | Vacation OPTO Fringe |
| VPSP | Vacuum Pump Spool Piece |
| WAD | Work Authorization Document |
| WBS | Work Breakdown Structure |
| WCM | Wall Current Monitor |
| WIP | Work In Progress |
| WLS | Wave Length Shifting |
| WP | Work Package |
| WPM | Work Package Manager |
| WYE | Work Year Equivalent (Same as FTE - usually applied to contractor work) |
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This file last modified Friday, 31-Jul-2015 11:36:39 CDT
