Acronyms_Definitions_and_Terms_MAQCS.xlsx
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The document is an Excel spreadsheet containing acronyms, definitions, and terms primarily related to the Montana Access to Quality Childcare System (MAQCS), involving multiple state agencies including the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), Department of Administration (DOA), and the Office of Child Care. The spreadsheet provides a comprehensive glossary of 73 acronyms and terms spanning project management, government operations, child care programs, and administrative processes, with specific focus on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) programs.
The document underscores Montana's commitment to child care quality improvement through systems like the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS), which provides a systematic approach to assessing and enhancing early and school-age care program standards. Key funding mechanisms include federal block grants supporting low-income working families' child care expenses, with funds administered through state lead agencies. The terminology reflects complex interdepartmental coordination, project management methodologies, and technical frameworks for tracking, evaluating, and improving child care services, indicating a sophisticated approach to managing state-level human services infrastructure.
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| Row | Title | Description | Term Type |
| 1 | ARM | Administrative Rules of Montana | Acronym |
| 2 | BAC | Budget at Completion | Acronym |
| 3 | CCB | Change Control Board - Established to review and approve changes and requests affecting design and construction in an effort to control costs, control scope changes, and provide historical data for quality assurance purposes. | Acronym |
| 4 | CCDF | The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan serves as the application for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funds by providing a description of, and assurance about, the grantee’s child care program and all services available to eligible families. The Office of Child Care reviews the Plans for approval. If they are approved, funds are awarded for the next federal fiscal year. | Acronym |
| 5 | CCR&R | Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies | Acronym |
| 6 | CCS | Change Control System | Acronym |
| 7 | CMMI® | Capability Maturity Model Integrated | Acronym |
| 8 | CR | Change Request | Acronym |
| 9 | CV | Cost Variance | Acronym |
| 10 | DFD | Data Flow Diagram | Acronym |
| 11 | DOA | Department of Administration | Acronym |
| 12 | DOJ | Department of Justice | Acronym |
| 13 | DOR | Department of Revenue | Acronym |
| 14 | DPHHS | Department of Public Health and Human Services | Acronym |
| 15 | EAC | Estimate at Completion | Acronym |
| 16 | ECFSD | Early Childcare and Family Services Division | |
| 17 | ETC | Estimate to Complete | Acronym |
| 18 | EV | Earned Value | Acronym |
| 19 | FTE | Full-Time Equivalent (employee) | Acronym |
| 20 | FY | Fiscal Year | Acronym |
| 21 | GF | General Fund | Acronym |
| 22 | HB10 | Long range planning bill - mechanism used to fund large capital IT projects in Montana | Acronym |
| 23 | HR | Human Resource | Acronym |
| 24 | ISO | International Organization for Standardization | Acronym |
| 25 | JAD | Joint Application Development (or Design) | Acronym |
| 26 | JIT | Just in Time | Acronym |
| 27 | LL | Lessons Learned (or Learnt) | Acronym |
| 28 | LOE | Level of Effort | Acronym |
| 29 | LSD | Legislative Services Division | Acronym |
| 30 | MACo | Montana Association of Counties | Acronym |
| 31 | MCA | Montana Code Annotated (the codified laws, or statutes of Montana | Acronym |
| 32 | MPEA | Montana Public Employees Association | Acronym |
| 33 | NPV | Net Present Value | Acronym |
| 34 | OBPP | Governor's Office of Budget and Program Planning | Acronym |
| 35 | OG | Organization (unique ID) | Acronym |
| 36 | ORPA | Office of Research and Policy Analysis | Acronym |
| 37 | PM | Project Manager | Acronym |
| 38 | PMBOK® | Project Management Body of Knowledge | Acronym |
| 39 | PMI® | Project Management Institute | Acronym |
| 40 | PMO | Project Management Office | Acronym |
| 41 | PMP® | Project Management Professional | Acronym |
| 42 | PS | Person (unique ID) | Acronym |
| 43 | PV | Provider (unique ID) | Acronym |
| 44 | QA | Quality Assurance | Acronym |
| 45 | QC | Quality Control | Acronym |
| 46 | QRIS | Quality Rating and Improvement System | Acronym |
| 47 | QRIS | A systemic approach to assess, improve, and communicate the level of quality in early and school-age care and education programs. Quality ratings are awarded to early and school-age care and education programs that meet a set of defined program standards. By participating QRIS, early and school-age care providers embark on a path of continuous quality improvement. Even providers that have met the standards of the lowest QRIS levels have achieved a level of quality that is beyond the minimum requirements to operate. | Acronym |
| 48 | RACI | Responsible, Accountable, Consult, and Inform | Acronym |
| 49 | RAM | Responsibility Assignment Matrix | Acronym |
| 50 | RFI | Request for Information | Acronym |
| 51 | RFP | Request for Proposal | Acronym |
| 52 | ROI | Return on Investment | Acronym |
| 53 | SABHRS | Statewide Accounting, Budgeting, and Human Resource System | Acronym |
| 54 | SITSD | State Information Technology Services Division | Acronym |
| 55 | SME | A SME is a subject matter expert. The SME is someone who knows a lot about the business, functional or technical area. Usually it is someone who is doing the work and is very familiar with the business reason for doing work a particular way. | Acronym |
| 56 | SME | Subject Matter Expert | Acronym |
| 57 | SOW | Statement of Work | Acronym |
| 58 | SPOC | A SPOC is a single point of contact. This person will be contacted as the first point of resolution on a topic area. If they don't have the background to resolve an item, they will work with other people to resolve issues, answer questions or gather data from others. By nature, a SPOC is also a SME, but has a ole of working with other SMEs to get questions/issues resolved. | Acronym |
| 59 | SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats | Acronym |
| 60 | T&M | Time and Material | Acronym |
| 61 | TQM | Total Quality Management | Acronym |
| 62 | VAC | Variance at Completion | Acronym |
| 63 | WBS | Work Breakdown Structure | Acronym |
| 64 | Accompany | to go with or be together with a participant as an escort, companion, or other service provider, with an actual physical presence in the area where the activity is being conducted and within sight or sound of the participant at some time during the furnishing of service. | Glossary |
| 65 | Business entity | any version of a proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company. | Glossary |
| 66 | Calendar Day | A 24-hour period from midnight to midnight. | Glossary |
| 67 | CCDBG | The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBG Act, as amended) is the |
main federal law governing child care programs for low-income working families. The CCDBG Act authorizes discretionary appropriations to support grants to state, territorial, and tribal lead agencies. Lead agencies use these funds to subsidize the child care expenses of eligible children
| and to improve the overall quality and supply of child care. | Acronym | |||
| 68 | Department | the department of public health and human services as provided in MCA 2-15-2201. | Glossary | |
| 69 | Director | the director of fish, wildlife, and parks as provided in MCA 2-15-2201.. | Glossary | |
| 70 | Montana Code Annotated | The official codified, published version of the statutes of Montana that are of a permanent or general nature. | Glossary | |
| 71 | Person | an individual, association, partnership, or corporation. | Glossary | |
| 72 | Special Session | A meeting of the Legislature convened at the request of either the Governor or a majority of the members of the Legislature. A special session is limited to matters specified in the call of the special session. | Glossary | |
| 73 | Statute | A law passed by the Legislature. In Montana, statutes are compiled into the Montana Code Annotated (MCA). | Glossary |
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