03 / Glossary
A shared language to align business, engineering and operations.
Definitions are presented in practical language and may vary by regulation, contract or standard. A project scope should identify the applicable reference.
Aviation operations and maintenance
Common concepts in conversations with operators and technical organisations.
- EFB
- Electronic Flight Bag: a system and digital content supporting flight-crew functions.
- MRO
- Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul: an organisation or activity covering aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul.
- OCC
- Operations Control Centre: the centre from which operational aspects are coordinated and monitored.
- SMS
- Safety Management System: a systematic approach to managing operational safety.
Information and software
Terms used when structuring platforms, data and integrations.
- SSO
- Single Sign-On: access to several services through one central authentication.
- SAML
- A standard for exchanging authentication and authorisation information between systems.
- Master source
- The agreed current reference for a particular data item or content set.
- Traceability
- The ability to connect a decision or deliverable to its sources, changes, owners and validations.
Engineering and projects
Concepts used to define solution maturity and closure.
- Concept engineering
- Initial definition of alternatives, functions, criteria and feasibility.
- Detailed engineering
- Development sufficient to fabricate, install, configure or execute within the agreed scope.
- Interface
- A physical, functional, document or organisational relationship between elements.
- Commissioning
- Controlled tests and activities that bring a system to the agreed operating condition.
A technical conversation starts with scope
