| 3SF |
3-in-3 SDLC Framework |
Relationship-aware delivery framework aligning Client, Vendor, and Product or Service into one system. |
| ACBA |
Autonomy & Control Boundary Agreement |
Governs decision-making rights, control mechanisms, and escalation paths between Client and Vendor. |
| ACBC |
Autonomy & Control Boundary Charter |
Charter that defines adaptive decision-making rights based on relationship maturity. |
| ADR |
Architecture Decision Record |
Structured record that captures and shares significant architectural decisions and their rationale. |
| ATA |
Architectural Trade-Off Agreement |
Agreement that documents and co-signs key architectural trade-offs and their risks. |
| ATC |
Architectural Trade-Off Contract |
Contract that formalizes critical design trade-offs to maintain shared accountability. |
| CDL |
Contextual Drivers Layer |
3SF layer describing the external and internal forces that shape delivery configuration. |
| CIO |
Continuous Improvement Objective |
Roadmap-aligned improvement goal that embeds evolution work into operations. |
| CRC |
Contextual Rules Catalog |
Catalog translating Stable Rules into context-specific delivery playbooks. |
| DMI |
Delivery Maturity Index |
Composite metric reflecting average delivery maturity adjusted by predictability and flow. |
| EC |
Engagement Contract |
Foundational agreement establishing the initial working rules for a 3SF engagement. |
| ECC |
Engagement Context Canvas |
Diagnostic canvas that captures environmental and organizational context for an engagement. |
| EMI |
Engagement Maturity Index |
Metric showing the average engagement-line maturity across active projects. |
| FCI |
Flow Constraint Identification |
Joint diagnostic tool to reveal systemic delivery constraints limiting throughput. |
| GC |
Governance Contract |
Agreement defining decision structures, escalation paths, and governance cadence. |
| HCS |
Human Cooperation System |
Theoretical foundation of 3SF — defines the systemic “physics” of cooperation (conditions, needs, and functions) that enable sustainable collaboration. |
| IaC |
Infrastructure as Code |
Automation practice for provisioning environments through code to stabilize validation. |
| LBP |
Learning Before Blame Protocol |
Protocol that turns incidents into systemic learning instead of fault-finding. |
| MGC |
Maturity Growth Contract |
Contract that sets the roadmap and cadence for evolving relationship maturity. |
| MTBF |
Mean Time Between Failures |
Reliability metric tracking average operational time between production incidents. |
| MTTD |
Mean Time to Detect |
Metric measuring how quickly incidents are discovered. |
| MTTR |
Mean Time to Recover |
Metric measuring how long it takes to restore service after an incident. |
| MV |
Maturity Velocity |
Metric showing the rate of maturity score improvement tracked per quarter. |
| OAA |
Outcome-to-Accountability Agreement |
Outcome governance annex that ties deliverables to measurable business results with shared ownership. |
| OAM |
Outcome-to-Accountability Map |
Mapping that links outcomes, outputs, and accountability between Client and Vendor. |
| PCI |
Partnership Confidence Index |
Sentiment index capturing client and vendor confidence via quarterly surveys. |
| QAR |
Quarterly Alignment Record |
Quarterly assessment summary documenting alignment decisions and follow-up actions. |
| RAC |
Rule Audit Checklist |
Checklist used to evaluate adherence to the Stable Rules Layer. |
| REC |
Relationship Evolution Contract |
Contract guiding how the partnership renews, scales, or concludes based on maturity data. |
| SRL |
Stable Rules Layer |
3SF layer defining universal principles that preserve delivery system coherence. |
| SRR |
Systemic Risk Ratio |
Indicator showing the proportion of projects trending toward increased systemic risk. |
| VMI |
Value Maturity Index |
Metric showing what percentage of delivered outputs link to measurable outcomes. |
| VSM |
Value Stream Map |
Visualization of end-to-end delivery flow used to expose bottlenecks. |
| WIP |
Work in Progress |
Limiting concept that caps concurrent work to maintain flow and predictability. |