Management Reserve (MR) is the amount of the Total Allocated Budget (TAB) withheld for management control purposes, rather than designated for the accomplishment of a specific task or set of tasks. It is held and applied through a disciplined process to any additional work that is to be accomplished within the authorized work scope of […]
A requirement is an attribute of a product, service, or system necessary to produce an outcome(s) that satisfies the needs of a person, group, or organization. Operational Requirements are capabilities, performance measurement (Measures of Effectiveness, Measures of Performance, Measures of Suitability & Technical Performance Measurements), and processes needed to address mission area deficiencies, evolving threats,
The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS) is the official DoD regulator supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). A Program Manager (PM) and Program Contracting Officer (PCO) must understand the FAR’s and DFARS’s that pertain to their program. Website: DFARS Table of Content The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS) Procedures, Guidance, and Information
A lesson learned is information gained through experience that your organization should retain for future use and that can be relevant to other organizations. Depending on the lesson, it could be a valuable technique or an outcome that you wish to repeat or it could be an undesirable result you wish to avoid. Often, identifying
An Issue Log is a Program Management tool that contains a list of ongoing and closed project issues. It’s used to organize current issues by type and severity in order to prioritize them and assign responsibility. A Program Manager (PM) may be used to handle thousands of issues across multiple projects. An issue log is
Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) is an integrated business and technical strategy for the assessment and implementation of open systems in the DoD. An open system is a system that employs modular design tenets, uses widely supported and consensus-based standards for its key Interfaces, and is subject to Validation and Verification, including Test and Evaluation,
An Open-Standard System Architecture (OSSA) is an architecture development approach that utilizes open standards to reduce the cost/risk of ownership of weapons systems, delay system obsolescence, and allow the fielding of capability more quickly. An open systems approach reduces weapon system cost by facilitating the use of widely accepted standard products from multiple suppliers in
Data Rights (FAR Subpart 27.4) consist of the legal rights a contractor and/or the government have to use technical, Intellectual Property (IP), and software data. This data can include a proposal, source selection, software, management, concepts, and technical packages. Definition: Data Rights refer to the Government’s nonexclusive license rights in two categories of valuable intellectual
Modeling and Simulation (M&S) is the use of models, including emulators, prototypes, simulators, and stimulators, either statically or over time, to develop data as a basis for making managerial or technical decisions. The terms “modeling” and “simulation” are often used interchangeably. [2] M&S is a tool used in systems engineering to gather information to make
A Force Field Analysis (FFA) provides a framework for looking at the factors (forces) that influence a situation. It looks at forces that are either driving the movement toward a goal (helping forces) or blocking movement toward a goal (hindering forces). FFA is a concept that was developed by Kurt Lewin in 1943 as a
