| ATM | Automated Teller Machine |
| BPR | Business-Process Reengineering |
| CBD | Component-Based Development |
| CBT | Computer-Based Training |
| CCB | Change Control Board |
| CCM | Configuration Management, Change Management Measurement |
| CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
| CM | Configuration Management |
| CR | Change Request |
| CRM | Change Request Management |
| DLL | Dynamically Linked Library |
| EJB | Enterprise JavaBeans |
| 4GL | 4th Generation Language |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization (part of U.N.) |
| ICO | Initial Operating Capability |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IKIWISI | I'll Know It When I See It |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| MTTF | Mean Time to Failure |
| MVC | Model-View-Controller |
| OMG | Object Management Group |
| OMT | Object Modeling Technique |
| ORB | Object Request Broker |
| PRA | Project Review Authority |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| ROI | Return on Investment |
| RUP | Rational Unified Process |
| SAD | Software Architecture Description |
| SDP | Software Development Plan |
| SEPG | Software Engineering Process Group |
| SRSs | Software Requirements Specifications |
| UC | Use Case |
| UCM | Unified Change Management |
| UML | Unified Modeling Language |
| WBS | Work Breakdown Structure |