System Acquisition Management Review Flashcards
(21 cards)
DAS
Defense Acquisition System is the management process by which the Department of Defense provides effective, affordable, and timely systems to the users.
Acquisition Program
A directed funded effort that provides new and improved weapon, material, information system or service capability
DAE
Defense Acquisition Executive is the USD (AT&L) who had responsibility for supervising the DAS (Defense Acquisition System
MDA
Milestone Decision Authority is the designated individual with overall responsibility for a program. Has the authority to approve entry of an acquisition program into the next phase of the acquisition process and shall be accountable for cost, schedule, and performance reporting to higher authority, including Congressional reporting.
ICD
Initial Capabilities Document describes broad, time-phased, operational goals, and describing requisite (necessary) capabilities.
CDD
Capabilities Development Document builds on the ICD (Initial Capabilities Document) and provides the detailed operational parameters and specific program requirements necessary to design the proposed system.
AoA
Analysis of Alternatives is the study of alternate technical approaches, associated risks, costs and benefits of each.
Acquisition Strategy
Business and technical management approach designed to achieve program objectives within resource constraints imposed.
(APB)
Acquisition Program Baseline is the formal agreement signed by Program Manager and those in chain through Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) that documents cost, schedule, and performance thresholds and objectives of that program beginning at program initiation.
Milestone Decisions
Major events / transition points in a programs life cycle.
Milestone decision life cycle
Progress
Future plans
Risks reviewed
Decisions are made whether tj enter into the next acquisition phase
DAB
Defense acquisition board. Boards that review Milestone Decisions.
Acquisition Reform
Eliminates cumbersome, outdated and bureaucratic ways of doing business.
TEMP
Tests the master plan utilizing key performance parameters in the CDD (capability development document)
3 critical components of a “DoD Defense Acquisition Program
- Requirements - Requirements Generation System
- Direction - Acquisition Management System
- Funding - Planning, Programming, Budgeting System.
Work breakdown structure
Provides a s framework for program and technical planning
Cost estimating
Status reporting
Resource allocations
Performance measurements
Risk managements
System Engineering / Program Management (SEPM)
The technical and management efforts of directing and controlling a totally integrated engineering effort of a system or program
System Engineering /Program Management (SEPM) - PM
Program management is the business and administrative planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, controlling, and approval actions designated to accomplish overall program objectives, which are not associated with specific hardware elements and are not included in systems engineering.
LCCE
Provides a financial accounting of all costs that will be associated and required to develop, produce, deploy, sustain, and dispose of a project or program to allow the program manager and stakeholder to acquire the amount of funding.
Components of LCCE (Life Cycle Cost Estimate)
Development
Development
Production
Sustainment
Disposal
PPBE Objective
Balance DoD requirements for forces, equipment, and support with resources
