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3.1 Acronyms and Abbreviations
| CMMI®️ | Capability Maturity Model Integration |
| COTS | Commercial Off-The-Shelf |
| GOTS | Government Off-The-Shelf |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IPEP | IV&V Program Execution Plan |
| IV&V | Independent Verification and Validation |
| MOTS | Modified Off-The-Shelf |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NPD | NASA Policy Directive |
| NPR | NASA Procedural Requirements |
| OSMA | HQ Office, Safety and Mission Assurance |
| OSS | Open Source Software |
| SASS | Software Assurance and Software Safety |
| SWE | Software Engineering |
| TA | Technical Authority |
3.2 Definitions
Accredit: The official acceptance of a software development tool, model, or simulation (including associated data) to use for a specific purpose.
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Project Manager: The entity or individual who accepts the resulting software products. Project managers are responsible and accountable for the safe conduct and successful outcome of their program or project in conformance with governing Programmatic requirements. This is usually NASA, but can also refer to the Prime contractor-subcontractor relationship as well.
Provider: A person or entity that provides something.
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