Glossary of acronyms, abbreviations and terms
2PBC
Second Pass Business Case
ABF
Australian Border Force
ACIC
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
AEC
Australian Electoral Commission
APS
Australian Public Service
Artificial intelligence (AI)
A machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments. Different AI systems vary in their levels of autonomy and adaptiveness after deployment.
ASIC
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
ASQA
Australian Skills Quality Authority
Assurance Framework
Assurance Framework for Digital and ICT Investments
Business case
A document outlining the justifications for funding and commencement of a government project.
CapSTAR
Capital Security, Technology, and Asset Refresh
CDPP
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
Corporate Commonwealth Entities
A body corporate that is legally distinct from the Commonwealth and can exercise legal rights including entering contracts and owning property.
CWCS
Chronic Wounds Consumables Scheme
DCA/s
Delivery Confidence Assessment/s
DCAP
Digital Capability Assessment Process
De-identified
Data that has been removed of any identifying information, making it impossible to identify the person it was originally associated with.
Delivery confidence
A snapshot assessment based on available governance, resource management, delivery management, solution design, business case and other evidence to approximate the overall likelihood of a digital project to deliver expected benefits for Australians on time and on budget.
DEWR
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
DGP
Digital Governance Program
Diesel exhaust fluid
A liquid used to reduce the amount of air pollution created by a diesel engine.
Digital ID
Digital identification
Digital projects
An investment of government funds into the purchasing or development of digital or ICT technologies as part of a larger project or on its own.
Digital transformation
Integration of modern digital and ICT technologies into government processes and services.
Discovery phase
Activities undertaken to explore, validate and define what needs to be built before committing to development.
DIPs
Digital Investment Plans
DTA
Digital Transformation Agency
DVP
Digital Verification Platform
ECL
Electronic Certified List
End-of-life
A system that has either reached the end of support or is in the process of being retired.
Gateway review
An additional assurance practice to assist non-corporate Commonwealth entities to successfully deliver high risk projects and programs.
ICT
Information and Communication Technology
IIAP
ICT Investment Approval Process
IOF
Digital and ICT Investment Oversight Framework
MYEFO
Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook
NAFIS
National Automated Fingerprint Identification System
NDIS
National Disability Insurance Scheme
NFP
Not for publication
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
RAP
Resourcing Australia's Prosperity Initiative
Schedule slippage
A delay in a project's planned timeline, where one or more tasks or milestones take longer to complete than originally scheduled.
SME
Small to medium enterprise
SRO
Senior Responsible Official
Sustainment investments
Sustainment involves the provision of in-service support, including repair and maintenance, engineering, supply and replacement parts, configuration management and disposal action.
Technical debt
The cost of future work that results from choosing a quick solution over a more efficient one.
Tranche
A group of smaller related objectives or actions that are delivered as part of a larger project. Often Tranche 1 establishes processes and supports required for further Tranches to be delivered.
UPS
Uninterruptable power supply
VET
Vocational education and training