TABLE OF CONTENTS The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this standard:
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute | |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | |
| ASQ | American Society for Quality | |
| CAGE | Commercial and Government Entity | |
| CM | Configuration Management | |
| CMM | Capability Maturity Model | |
| CMMI | Capability Maturity Model Integration | |
| CSA | Configuration Status Accounting | |
| DUNS | Data Universal Numbering System | |
| EIA | Electronic Industries Alliance | |
| GEIA | Government Electronics and Information Technology Association | |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission | |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization | |
| RFC | Request For Change | |
| RFV | Request For Variance | |
| SEI | Software Engineering Institute |
