A Working Group (WG) is an interdisciplinary collaboration of people working on a project or problem that would be difficult to develop under a traditional organizational structure or funding mechanisms. The lifespan of the WG can last anywhere between a few months to several years and can be a collaboration of a Cross-Functional Team makeup. Such groups have the tendency to develop a quasi-permanent existence once the assigned task is accomplished; hence the need to disband the WG once it has provided solutions to the issues for which it was initially convened. [1]
A few of the common Working Groups within the acquisition process are:
- Analysis of Alternative
- Computer Resource
- Defense IA/Security Accreditation
- DIA/Joint Information Operations Threat
- Intelligence Community Metadata
- Interface Control
- Logistics Support Management Team (LSMT)
- Methods and Processes
- Process Action Team (PAT)
- Requirements Development
- Requirements Interface
- Resource Enhancement Project
- System Safety
- System Security
- Technology Assessment
- Test & Evaluation
Updated: 7/16/2017
