Abbreviations - Construction Project Scheduling and Control - page 468

PERT program evaluation and review technique
PF project finish
PM project manager, or project management
PMC project management consultant
PMI Project Management Institute, http://www.pmi.org/
PMI-COS Project Management Institute-College of Scheduling,
http://www.pmicos.org/
PMO poject management office
PMP professional project manager (certified by PMI); also used sometimes to
indicate Project Management Plan
PPP public-private partnership
PS project start
PV planned value
QA/QC quality assurance/quality control
QS quantity surveyor

R&D research and development

RDM relationship diagramming method

RFA request for approval

RFI request for information

RFP request for proposal

RFQ request for quotation

ROR rate of return (on an investment)

SC substantial completion

SD standard deviation

SDK software development kit

SF start-to-finish (relationship), or square foot

SFCA square-foot contact area (unit of measure for concrete formwork)

SOG slab on grade

SPI schedule performance index

SQ square (unit of measure for roofs; equal to 100 square feet)

SRF single-restricted float

SS start-to-start (relationship)

SV schedule variance

TB total (planned) budget

TCM total cost management, or time couplings method

TF total float

TIA time impact analysis

TQM total quality management

URF unrestricted float

VAR variance

VE value engineering

VPM vertical production method

WBS work breakdown structure

ZFF zero free float (constraint)

ZTF zero total float (constraint)