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What abbreviations do you use as a PM for speedy note-taking

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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
What abbreviations do you use as a PM for speedy note-taking?

Add your list of common abbreviations that may be helpful when note-taking
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica

minus, without
=
equals, is the same as, results in
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does not equal, is not the same as, does not result in
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is approximately equal to, is similar to
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Christine Waite Senior IT Consultant/Freelance Web Designer/Sole P| Creative PlanIT Technologies/CIBC/Sutton Incentive Realty Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
A few:

b/n: between
wth: with
EOD: end of day
FYR: For your review
w/out: without
+/- : and/or
[value]: at least [value]
@: at
mgr: manager
mgmt: management
eg: for example
[word]/n : [word]tion eg: examination = examinat/n
# : number
est : estimate
$: cost (makes sense in context) eg total $, est $
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Denise Canty Agile Coach, Life Coach, Author, Senior Project-Program Manager| Cenden Company Washington, Dc, United States
AB: All bad
AG: All good
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1 reply by George Lewis
Sep 01, 2016 1:22 AM
George Lewis
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Denise - thanks for the input, these are new ones to me...
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Sep 01, 2016 12:39 AM
Replying to Denise Canty
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AB: All bad
AG: All good
Denise - thanks for the input, these are new ones to me...
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Chauncene Henry Los Angeles, Ca, United States
The following is a list of common acronyms and abbreviations that I use when taking notes during meetings:

AD Activity Description
CA Control Account
CCB Change Control Board
COQ Cost Of Quality
DUR Duration
PM Project Manager
PMIIS Project Management Information System
PMO Program/Project Management Office
PS Planned Start Date
QA Quality Assurance
QC Quality Control
SWAG Sophisticated Wild Ass Guess
TS Target Start date
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2 replies by George Lewis and Rami Kaibni
Sep 01, 2016 7:04 AM
George Lewis
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Chauncene, great list you got there...
Sep 01, 2016 9:10 AM
Rami Kaibni
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Chauncene,

SWAG is definitely a new one to me. In what cases do you use it ?
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Sep 01, 2016 1:43 AM
Replying to Chauncene Henry
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The following is a list of common acronyms and abbreviations that I use when taking notes during meetings:

AD Activity Description
CA Control Account
CCB Change Control Board
COQ Cost Of Quality
DUR Duration
PM Project Manager
PMIIS Project Management Information System
PMO Program/Project Management Office
PS Planned Start Date
QA Quality Assurance
QC Quality Control
SWAG Sophisticated Wild Ass Guess
TS Target Start date
Chauncene, great list you got there...
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George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Here are a couple more..

is less than, is smaller than
is greater than, is larger than
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Karthik T Senior Engineering Manager| Nike Bangalore, Karnataka, India
TBC - To be discussed
AC - acceptance criteria
US - User Story
SP - Story Points
DOR - Definition of Ready
DOD - Definition of Done
BC - Burndown chart
CI / CD - Continuous Integration and Continuous deployment
BLG - Backlog
GRM - Grooming
PLN - Planning
syn up - Daily sync up
Retro - Sprint Retrospect
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Raul Trujillo Morales Consultant| ERA GROUP Lambesc, Bouches Du Rhone, France
FYI - for your information
FYEO - For your eyes only
BR - Best regards
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Wendy Champion Farmers Branch, Tx, United States
Aug 31, 2016 9:22 AM
Replying to Elizabeth Harrin
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PM: project manager/project management
pj: project
pg: programme
pf: portfolio
u/s: understood
o/s: outstanding
w/c: week commencing
George is right Elizabeth, great input. In addition to those I also use:
larger, more
less
@ action item
:) ... means I need to add 3 people resources (dots = number to reduce)
:(... means I need to reduce by 3 (see above note)
- move on, move forward, start
? ask a person something
! stop
em email
ph phone call
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