Abbreviations

ABC

Augmented Basic Contractual (model)

ABDAKA

Contract templates for consultancy

ARA

Actor – Resource – Activity model

ASP

Application Service Provider

BPR

Business Process Re-engineering

CD-ROM

Compact Disk – Read Only Memory

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CMM

Capability Maturity Model

COO

Chief Operating Officer

COTS

Commercial (also Common)-Off-The-Shelf software

CP

Control Point

D-ABC

Dynamic – Augmented Basic Contractual (model)

EC

European Community

ESCROW

Deposit held in trust or as security

FAR

Federal Acquisition Regulations System

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

ID

Identification

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IMP

International Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (Group)

IPR

Intellectual Property Rights

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

IT

Information Technology

IT2000

Terms and Conditions for IT Procurement in Finland

MMS

Main milestone

MOTS

Modified-Off-The-Shelf software

NDA

Non Disclosure Agreement

NTNU

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

OCM

Original software Component Manufacturer

OEM

Original Equipment Manufacturer

R&D

Research and Development

RFI

Request for Information

RFP

Request for Proposal

SITO

Organization of Swedish IT-companies

SME

Small and medium size company

SP&I

Solution Provider and Integrator

SPICE

Software Process Improvement and dEtermination

SW

Software

TCE

Transaction Cost Economics

UB

Unbinding Contract

UCITA

Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act

U.S.

United States

USA

United States of America

USPTO

United States Patent and Trademark Office

VAR

Value Added Reseller

VP

Vice President

VRML

Virtual Reality Modeling Language

WM

Written Memoranda