P

Part

One piece, or two or more pieces joined together which are not normally subjected to disassembly without destruction or impairment of designed use [examples: gear, screws, transistors, capacitors, integrated circuits].

PD

Product Development

PDR

Preliminary Design Review

Performance

A quantitative measure characterizing a physical or functional attribute relating to the execution of a mission/operation or function.

PM

Program Manager

PMI

Project Management Institute

Policy

A guiding principle, typically established by senior management, which is adopted by an organization or project to influence and determine decisions.

PPP

Point-to-Point Protocol

Process

An organized set of activities

Process Area

A cluster of related practices in an area that, when implemented collectively, satisfies a set of goals considered important for making improvement in that area. All CMMI process areas are common to both continuous and staged representations.

Product

A product is a given set of items. The set could consist of system, sub-system, hardware or software items, and their documentation.

Project

An undertaking requiring concerted effort, which is focused on developing and/or maintaining a specific product. The product may include hardware, software, and other components. Typically, a project has its own funding, cost accounting, and delivery schedule with the acquirer [customer].

Project architecture

High-level design

Project life cycle

See Life cycle

Project Plan

A description [what is to be done, what funds are available, when it will be done and by whom] of the entire set of tasks that the project requires.