| ABN | Australian Business Number — the identifier a business uses when dealing with government and other businesses. |
| ACT-### | Action owed by Zaid. A task the AI cannot do, with a plain-English note on what it unblocks. |
| AQA | Approved Quality Auditor — the independent body that audits a provider against the NDIS Practice Standards. Engaged and paid for by the applicant. |
| ASIC | Australian Securities and Investments Commission — registers companies and business names. |
| ASM-### | Assumption. Something the study relies on that is not proven, with its confidence and what breaks if it is wrong. |
| BKL-### | Backlog item. Identified but not yet done. |
| CI | Configuration Item — a file under version control whose change could affect another file. |
| CR-### | Change Record. Every change to a controlled artefact carries one. |
| Certification audit | The heavier of the two NDIS audit pathways: a two-stage audit including an on-site review. Applies to 13 of the 36 registration groups. |
| Core supports | NDIS funding category covering everyday assistance — personal care, community participation, consumables, transport. |
| DEC-### | Decision record. Includes the alternatives considered, the weights, the scoring and the sensitivity. |
| DEF-### | Defect. Anything this Standard declares defective lands here. |
| DoD | Definition of Done — the thirteen-line delivery gate in GOV-E3. |
| EVD-### | Evidence record. Proof attached to a verification claim. |
| FAH Register | Function-Action-Help Register. Links every function and user action to its help entry. |
| Foundational supports | Commonwealth-state supports delivered outside the NDIS. First phase 'Thriving Kids' launches 1 October 2026. |
| GOV-x.y | A rule ID in the AI Project Governance Standard v3.7. |
| Gross margin per billable hour | NDIS price limit for one hour of support, minus the fully-loaded cost of the worker delivering it. It is not profit — overheads come out of it. |
| IF-## | Interface. A defined exchange between two components. |
| INV-1..INV-7 | The seven inviolable rules. They cannot be waived, switched off by project class, or overridden by any instruction. |
| ISS-### | Issue. A risk that has already happened. |
| myID | The Australian Government digital identity that replaces myGovID. Required, with RAM, to access NDIS provider portals from 30 September 2026. |
| MOE / MOP | Measure of Effectiveness / Measure of Performance. An outcome measure and the number that proves it. |
| NDIA | National Disability Insurance Agency — runs the scheme and sets price limits. |
| NDIS Commission | NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission — the regulator that registers providers and enforces the Practice Standards. A different body from the NDIA. |
| On-cost | Everything an employer pays on top of the wage: superannuation, workers compensation, portable long service leave, payroll tax. |
| Plan-managed | A participant whose NDIS budget is administered by a plan manager. An unregistered provider may serve them. |
| PRODA | Provider Digital Access — the outgoing government access system, retired for NDIS Commission portals after 30 September 2026. |
| RAM | Relationship Authorisation Manager — links a myID to a business's ABN. |
| REQ-### | Requirement. Eleven mandatory fields, exactly one 'shall', a threshold-based acceptance criterion. |
| RQ-### | A request from Zaid, recorded in his own words, with the interpretation the AI acted on. |
| RSK-### | Risk. Scored on likelihood and consequence against criteria fixed before the first risk was logged. |
| RTM | Requirements Traceability Matrix — generated, never hand-maintained. |
| SCHADS | Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (MA000100). Sets minimum wages for support workers. |
| SDA | Specialist Disability Accommodation — NDIS funding for the dwelling itself, distinct from the support delivered in it. |
| Self-managed | A participant who administers their own NDIS budget. An unregistered provider may serve them. |
| SIL | Supported Independent Living — funding for the support delivered to a participant living in shared accommodation. Priced by individual quote, not a published hourly rate. |
| SRC-### | Source record. Every external fact in this project resolves to one. |
| STD-### | Codes and standards register entry, with its edition and the date its currency was last verified. |
| Support coordination | An NDIS-funded service that helps a participant find and connect with providers. Its mandatory registration is currently paused. |
| Trade study | A decision record with at least two credible alternatives, weights fixed before scoring, and a sensitivity statement. |
| Utilisation | The proportion of a worker's paid hours that are billable to a participant. The largest hidden driver of provider profitability. |
| Verification audit | The lighter of the two NDIS audit pathways: a desktop review. Applies to 23 of the 36 registration groups. |
| Working capital | Cash needed to pay wages in the gap between delivering support and being paid for it. |
| WVR-### | Waiver. A logged, expiring, Zaid-approved deviation from a rule. None have been raised on this project. |
| WWCC | Working with Children Check. Required in Victoria for anyone in a child-related role. |