While you learn the ctcLink system, you will come across many acronyms and terminology. Below is a list of the most common acronyms and their meanings:
- 3Cs: Communications, Comments and Checklists
- AAR: Academic Advisement Report
- ADKAR: Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability and Reinforcement
- AM: Absence Management
- AP: Accounts Payable
- AR: Accounts Receivable
- AWE: Approval Workflow Engine
- AWS: Amazon Web Services
- BEN: Benefits
- BPM: Business Process Mapping
- BPFG: Business Process Fit Gap
- BU: Business Unit
- CAP: Change Action Plan
- cDR: ctcLink Document Repository
- CE: Continuing Education
- cELC: ctcLink Executive Leadership Committee
- CEMLI: Configuration, Extension, Modification, Localization and Integration
- CIA: Change Impact Analysis
- CoA: Chart of Accounts
- COMMS: Communications
- CPW: Common Process Workshop
- CS: Campus Solutions
- DG: Deployment Group
- DRS: Department of Retirement Systems
- ER: Expense Report
- ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning
- ES: Executive Sponsor
- ESS: Employee Self-Service
- EUT: End User Training
- EX: Expenses
- FA: Financial Aid
- FIN: Finance
- FMS: Financial Air Management
- FNC: Functional Testing
- FWL: Faculty Workload
- FY: Fiscal Year
- GDA: Global Design Adoption
- GDR: Global Design Review
- GL: General Ledger
- GM: Grants Management
- HCM: Human Capital Management
- HR: Human Resource
- ILT: Instructor Led Training
- KK: Commitment Control
- Legacy: Reference to the system we are replacing (HP, SMS, FMS, etc)
- MSS: Manager Self-Service
- OAA: Online Admissions Application
- OCIO: Office of the Chief Information Officer.
- OCM: Organizational Change Management
- OSECE: Online Student Enrollment for Continuing Education
- OTM: Oracle Test Manager
- OU: Operating Unit
- PAY: Payroll
- PC: Project Costing
- Pcard: Procurement Card
- PI: Principal Investigator
- Pillar: Name for the broad categories of work done in PeopleSoft (HCM, CS, FIN, CE)
- PM: Project Manager
- PMO: Project Management Office
- PO: Purchase Order
- POI: Person of Interest
- PRD: Production Environment
- PS: PeopleSoft
- PWA: Project Web Application
- QA: Quality Assurance
- QARS: Quality Assurance Reporting System
- QRG: Quick Reference Guide
- RTM: Requirements Traceability Matrix
- SF: Student Financials
- SIT: System Integration Testing
- SME: Subject Matter Expert
- SMS: Student Management System
- T&L: Time and Labor
- TA: Travel Authorization
- TAM: Talent Acquisition Management
- TBD: To Be Determined
- TECH: Technical
- TR: Treasury
- TSB: Technology Services Board
- UAT: User Acceptance Testing
- VC: Value Chain
Last Updated August 17, 2021
