The project management industry is teeming with abbreviations. In the railway 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.
| Letter | Abbreviation | German term | English term |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | A&E | Architecture and engineering firm (general planner) | |
| A | AA | Start-to-start link | |
| A | AC | Actual cost | |
| A | ACWP | Actual Cost of Work Performed | |
| A | AE | Start-end link | |
| A | AEG | General Railway Act | |
| A | AFC | Approved for Construction | |
| A | AFD | Approved for Design | |
| A | AG | Client | |
| A | AG | Working group | |
| A | AHO | Committee of Engineers and Architects for the Fee Structure | |
| A | ALV | Plant manager:r | |
| Ä | ÄM | Change management | |
| A | AN | Contractor | |
| A | AP | Implementation planning | |
| A | ARGE | Working group | |
| A | ASL | Approved supplier lists | |
| A | AST | Task definition | |
| A | ATWS | Automatic warning system | |
| B | BAC | Budget at Completion | |
| B | BAFO | Best and final offer | |
| B | BAST | Operational tasks | |
| B | BC | Business Case | |
| B | BCWP | Budgeted Cost of Work Performed | |
| B | BCWS | Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled | |
| B | BE | Construction site equipment | |
| B | BEST | Operational interlocking simulation | |
| B | BetrA | Operating and construction instructions | |
| B | BifH | Construction approval in financial terms | |
| B | BImSchG | Federal Immission Control Act | |
| B | BMA | Fire alarm system | |
| B | BNETZA | Federal Network Agency | |
| B | BoE | Base of Estimate | |
| B | BOM | Bill of materials | |
| B | BoVEK | Soil utilisation and disposal concept | |
| B | BSC | Balanced Score Card | |
| B | BÜB | Construction supervisor railway | |
| B | BUV | Requirements plan implementation agreement | |
| B | BVB | Authorised draftsman | |
| C | C&Q | Commissioning and Qualification | |
| C | CA | Control Account | |
| C | CAP | Control Account Plan | |
| C | CAPEX | Capital expenditure (investment project) | |
| C | CBS | Cost Breakdown Structure | |
| C | CCB | Change Control Board | |
| C | CCM | Contract and Claims Management | |
| C | CEF | Continuous Ecological Functionality (-Measures) | |
| C | CFR | Cost And Freight | |
| C | CIF | Cost Insurance Freight | |
| C | CIP | Carriage Insurance Paid |