NCR Management Terms

Other common abbreviations

There are many hundreds of abbreviations in regular use in large projects, but for now only terms mentioned on other pages of this site are listed.

DG1, DG2, etc - relate to Decision Gates - where a project continues to the next phase or is stopped

FEED - Front End Engineering Design - during which a concept is developed into a more thorough design. Detailed design may follow in the next phase.

HSE - Health Safety and Environment

ITT - Invitation to tender. The documentation given to potential contractors enabling them to understand the scope and quote a price, schedule and quality for the work

Audit -

NCR - Non-Conformance Report.

SOW - Scope Of Work - the precise definition of the work to be done by a contractor. It is often written in appendix A of a contract.

Verification -

Other terms or abbreviations may be added, as appropriate.