Competency 2.1 Flashcards
Three processes in the DOD that must work in concert to deliver capabilities to the warfighter:
the capabilities evaluation process
the acquisition process
PPBE process
The 3 principle decision-making support systems within the DoD are:
PPBE
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)
Defense Acquisition Management System
What is Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)?
a systematic method established by the JCS for assessing gaps in military joint warfighting capabilities and recommending solutions for these gaps
What is JCIDS based on?
NSS
NMS
Joint Vision 2020
Quadrennial Defense Review
What is the Defense Acquisition System?
a management process that guides all DoD acquisition programs
The Defense Acquisition System is about controlling risk. What are the three types of risk?
Schedule Risk
Performance risk
and particularly cost risk
At the end of the EMD phase, the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) decides to do one of 3 things. What are they?
End the acquisition effort
delay the final decision
commit to the program
5 Acquisition Policy Objectives
Target affordability and control cost
Incentivize productivity and innovation in industry
Promote real competition
Improve service acquisition
Reduce non-productive processes and bureaucracy
5 over-arching policies that govern all DoD acquisition programs are:
Flexibility Responsiveness Innovation Discipline Streamlined and effective management
Evolutionary acquisition is the preferred DoD strategy for:
rapid acquisition of mature technology . This delivers capability in increments, recognizing upfront the need for future capability improvement.
Life Cycle Cost is
the total cost to the govt. for a system over its entire life
The Total System approach includes all the elements of
the system from “cradle to grave.”
Three major ways of grouping and viewing Life Cycle Cost (LCC) are
Appropriation Category
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Cost Category
The 4 Cost Categories for Life Cycle Cost (LCC) are
R&D
Investment
Operating and Support
Disposal
What is a key document used by all cost analyst in performing life-cycle cost estimates? It is a complete description of the system whose cost are to be established.
Cost Analysis Requirements Description (CARD)
Program Acquisition Unit Costs (PAUC) is
defined as the amount found by dividing the total cost for development and procurement of the acquisition program by the fully configured end items to be produced
Average Procurement Unit Cost (APUC) is
total funds programmed to be available for obligation by the number of fully configured end items produced
Flyaway costs are
procurement minus support items
Weapons System Cost
procurement cost minus initial spares
Cost As An Independent Variable (CAIV) is based
the principle that the best time to reduce Life Cycle Cost (LCC) is early in the acquisition process
An Economic Analysis is
systematic approach to the problem of choosing the best method of allocating scarce resources to achieve a given objective
recognizes that there are alternative ways to meet the stated objective
studies each alternative, assessing the required resources and anticipated results
The primary basis for an Economic Analysis (EA) is
the comparison of estimated costs against anticipated benefits
The regulatory basis for Economic Analysis (EA) is
OMB Circular A-94 and DoDI 7041.3
Economic Analysis (EA) limitations are
will not produce results more valid than the input data (GIGO)
make final decisions
be applied with cookbook precision
provide relevant solutions to irrelevant questions
predict political or non-economic impacts
