CPM

The three-letter acronym CPM represents several subjects:

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

• Core Process Metrics, the core metrics for performance measurement in any process. Also, Core Parameters.
• Client Process Metrics, the primary performance parameters in any business unit.

Computers and Information Technology

• Characters Per Minute, how many characters you can type per minute, similar to WPM.
• The CP/M operating system
• In ITIL: Capacity & Performance Management

Economy

• Commercial Property Manager
• Corporate performance management

Marketing

• Cost per thousand, a payment measuring process as used in e-marketing
• Cost per impression, another payment measuring process as used in e-marketing

Medicine

• Continuous Passive Motion, physical therapy technique to encourage the repair of damaged cartilage by improving the circulation of synovial fluid in the joint

Pharmacology

• Chlorphenamine

Physics

• Counts per minute, a unit of radioactivity
• Continuous phase modulation

Politics

• Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• Communist Party of Malaya
• Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova

Project Management

• Critical Path Method, which is related to PERT
• Certified Project Manager, which is related to IAPPM

Real Estate

• Certified Property Manager

Strategic Management

• Competitive Profile Matrix