| 1 % Rule |
An item in a migration that has usage below 1% |
| 3sd |
Three Stage Document – a transition management tool |
| 5mm |
Our 5mm methodology – a transition framework for cloud conversions |
| BA |
Business Analyst – a role in a typical project |
| BPR |
Business Process Review |
| BSxx |
Backup Set – our term for a set of client data |
| CAS |
Campaign Appeal Strategy – a structure behind a campaign taxonomy |
| CG |
Convio Product Common Ground |
| CGE |
Convio Product Common Ground Enterprise |
| CRUD |
Create Read Udpate Delete (the 4 basic actions available on any database table) |
| CSV |
Comma Separated Value |
| DBOR |
Database of Record |
| DFA |
Dataframe Assessment |
| DLSR |
Declarative Lookup Rollup Summaries, a free app for Salesforce to create rollup summaries in a declarative way |
| DNC |
Do Not Convert – our favorite part of any data conversion! |
| DS |
Data Source – a system or file containing in-scope data |
| DSID |
Data Source ID – the unique ID assigned to any one data source |
| EATL |
Extract Analysis Transform Load – welcome to our world! |
| ECO |
Engineering Change Order – a vehicle for change management on software, integration or data changes to a system. |
| EM |
Engagement Manager – a role in a typical project |
| ERD |
Entity Relationship Diagram – see link for more |
| ETL |
Extract Transform Load – welcome to our world! |
| FE |
Blackbaud Product Financial Edge donor management system |
| FMP |
Filemaker Pro Database |
| FUP |
Follow-up |
| GAPPS |
Google Apps |
| Grok |
To completely share the line of thinking with another entity |
| GTM |
Go To Meeting – an online web conference service |
| iPaas |
Integration Platform as a Service |
| KWxx |
Kalenderwoche – or Calendar Week – refers to the ISO Week Date in any one 12 month period, typically 52 but sometimes 53. The # of the week goes where the xx are represented so that KW42 is the 42nd week of the year |
| LDV |
Large Data Volumes |
| LOE |
Level of Effort |
| MFI |
Master Field ID – a key to our 5mm methodology stage 2 setup |
| MOC |
Measure of Complexity: 1=Low 3=Middle 5=High |
| OCU |
Our Current Understanding |
| OGS |
Ongoing Support |
| OOTB |
Out Of The Box |
| PCH |
Pre-Contract Hours -hours spent on a project before a contract is in house |
| PM |
Project Manager – a role in a typical project |
| PMO |
Project Management Office – a key function of a project team |
| POC |
Point of Contact OR of Proof Concept |
| PPM |
Project Plan Management |
| PSU |
Project Status Update – a weekly update typically in document form |
| QA |
Quality Assurance/Test |
| RCA |
Root Cause Analysis |
| RE |
Blackbaud Product Raiser’s Edge donor management system |
| RI |
Reports Inventory – list of salient reports in a conversion; provides important Apples-to-Apples baseline for testing a conversion. |
| ROF |
Report of Findings |
| SA |
Solution Architect – a role in a typical project |
| SDD |
Solution Design Document |
| SF |
Salesforce |
| SFA |
Salesforce Automation |
| SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
| SI |
Solution Integrator(aside from Yes in many romantic languages) |
| SOA |
Service Oriented Architecture |
| TA |
Technical Architect – a role in a typical project |
| TBD |
To be determined |
| TLA |
Three Letter Acronym |
| TOI |
Transfer of Information |
| TTC |
Tiny Test Conversion – caveat emptor! |
| UAT |
User Acceptance Testing |
| UET |
Unique Entry Table – for any column in a table – the list of unique values therin |
| xField |
Our nickname for custom fields used for conversion testing |
| xForm |
Transformation – as in data transformation logic and process |
| xLate |
Translate – as in data translation process and tools |
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| HBDC |
Honey Badger Don’t Care |
| iPOS |
Interim Piece of S*** |
| PEBKAC |
Problem exists between keyboard and chair |
| PITAS |
Pain In The A** System |
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