GLOSSARY
A
| ABS | American Bureau of Shipping |
| ALARP | As Low As Reasonably Practicable |
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
| APQP | Advanced Product Quality Planning |
B
| BoD | Basis of Design |
| BS | British Standards |
| BV | Bureau Veritas |
C
| CapEx | Capital Expenditure |
| CE | Conformité Européenne (European Conformity) |
| CFD | Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| CHAZOP | Control Hazard and Operability Analysis |
| CI | Cordage Institute |
| ClassNK | Nippon Kaiji Kyokai |
| Components | Elements that make up a subsystem or system |
D
| DFF | Design Fatigue Factor |
| DNV | Det Norske Veritas |
E
| ESS | Environmental Stress Screening |
| ETA | Event Tree Analysis |
F
| FAT | Factory Acceptance Testing |
| FEA \ FEM | Finite Element Analysis \ Finite Element Method |
| FHA | Functional Hazard Assessment |
| FOWT | Floating Offshore Wind Turbine |
| FSD | Functional System Decomposition |
| FTA | Fault Tree Analysis |
G
| GS | Geprüfte Sicherheit (Tested Safety) |
H
| (H)ALT | (Highly) Accelerated Life Testing |
| HAZID | Hazard Identification Study |
| HAZOP | Hazard and Operability Analysis |
| HS&E | Health, Safety and Environment |
I
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IECRE | IEC System for Certification to Standards Relating to Equipment for Use in Renewable Energy Applications |
| IRL \ IM(L) | Integration Readiness Level \ Integration Maturity (Level) |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
J
K
L
| LCOE | Levelised Cost of Energy |
| LR | Lloyds Register |
M
| M&A | Mooring and Anchoring |
| MoC | Management of Change |
| MS | Milestone |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failures |
| MTTF | Mean Time To Failure |
N
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| (N)DT | (Non) Destructive Testing |
| Novel technology | Technology for which acceptance criteria for delivery or limits for use are incomplete This includes the application of previously qualified technology in a different context. A technology that has been qualified by some may be novel to others, who are unfamiliar with adequate acceptance criteria or limits for the solutions |
| NPI | New Production Introduction |
O
| O&G | Oil and Gas |
| OCIMF | Oil Companies International Marine Forum |
| OPERA | Operational Problem Analysis |
| ORE Catapult | Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult |
P
| PMBOK | Project Management Body of Knowledge |
| PPAP | Production Part Approval Process |
| PPE | Personnel Protective Equipment |
Q
| QA & QC | Quality Assurance & Quality Control |
| (Q)FME(C)A | (Qualification) Failure Modes and Effects (Criticality) Analysis |
| QMS | Quality Management System |
R
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RAM(S) | Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (and Safety) |
| RBD | Reliability Block Diagram |
| RC(F)A | Root Cause (Failure) Analysis |
| RPN | Risk Priority Number |
S
| SIT | System Integration Testing |
| SQP | Standard Qualification Program |
| SRA | Structural Reliability Analysis |
| SRDD | System Requirements and Description Document |
| SSD | Structural System Decomposition |
| Sub-system | A system in its own right, except it normally will not provide a useful function on its own, it must be integrated with other subsystems (or systems) to make a system |
| SWIFT | Structured What-If Technique |
| System | An integrated set of elements that accomplish a defined objective |
T
| Technology Qualification (TQ) | Process of defining an adequate set of acceptance criteria for delivery and limits for use, to assure defined technical performance of solutions |
| TM(L) | Technology Maturity (Level) |
| TPV | Third Part Verification |
| TQP | Technology Qualification Plan |
| TQR | Technology Qualification Register |
| TRC | Technical Risk Category |
| TRL | Technology Readiness Level |
| TRR | Technical Risk Register |
| TTI-MR Ltd | TTI Marine Renewables Ltd |
U
V
| V&V | Verification and Validation |