The project management industry is teeming with abbreviations. In the railroad industry, for example, completely different terms are used than in the pharmaceutical industry. The following overview attempts to bring some light into the darkness without claiming to be exhaustive.
wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | Letter | Abbreviation | German term | English term |
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1 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | A&E | Architecture and engineering firm (general planner) | |
2 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | AA | Start-to-start link | |
3 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | AC | Actual cost | |
4 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | ACWP | Actual Cost of Work Performed | |
5 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | AE | Start-end link | |
6 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | AEG | General Railway Act | |
7 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | AFC | Approved for Construction | |
8 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | AFD | Approved for Design | |
9 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | AG | Client | |
10 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | AG | Working group | |
11 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | AHO | Committee of Engineers and Architects for the Fee Structure | |
12 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | ALV | Plant manager:r | |
13 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | Ä | ÄM | Change management | |
14 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | ON | Contractor | |
15 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | AP | Implementation planning | |
16 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | ARGE | Working group | |
17 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | ASL | Approved supplier lists | |
18 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | AST | Task | |
19 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | A | ATWS | Automatic warning system | |
20 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BAC | Budget at Completion | |
21 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BAFO | Best and final offer | |
22 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BAST | Operational tasks | |
23 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BC | Business Case | |
24 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BCWP | Budgeted Cost of Work Performed | |
25 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BCWS | Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled | |
26 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BE | Construction site equipment | |
27 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BEST | Operational interlocking simulation | |
28 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BetrA | Operating and construction instructions | |
29 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BifH | Construction approval in financial terms | |
30 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BImSchG | Federal Immission Control Act | |
31 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BMA | Fire alarm system | |
32 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BNETZA | Federal Network Agency | |
33 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BoE | Base of Estimate | |
34 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BOM | Bill of materials | |
35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BoVEK | Soil utilization and disposal concept | |
36 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BSC | Balanced Score Card | |
37 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BÜB | Rail construction supervisor | |
38 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BUV | Requirements plan implementation agreement | |
39 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | B | BVB | Authorized to submit building documents | |
40 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | C | C&Q | Commissioning and Qualification | |
41 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | C | CA | Control Account | |
42 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | C | CAP | Control Account Plan | |
43 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | C | CAPEX | Capital expenditure (investment project) | |
44 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | C | CBS | Cost Breakdown Structure | |
45 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | C | CCB | Change Control Board | |
46 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | C | CCM | Contract and Claims Management | |
47 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | C | CEF | Continuous Ecological Functionality (-Measures) | |
48 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | C | CFR | Cost And Freight | |
49 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | C | CIF | Cost Insurance Freight | |
50 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | hallo@arnebrockmann.com | 19.01.2024 16:35 | C | CIP | Carriage Insurance Paid | |
Letter | Abbreviation | German term | English term |