Task Index Proposal Development Requirements Development Earned Value Management (EVM) Overview: Proposal Development Overview: Requirements Overview: EVM Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) Capability Development Document (CDD) Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP) Contract Funds Status Report (CFSR) Capability Development Tracking and Management Tool (CDTM) ANSI EIA 748 Earned Value Management DD Form 254 Capability Production […]
Career Index Program Management Systems Engineering Contracts & Legal Overview: Program Management Overview: Systems Engineering Overview: Contracts & Legal Autocratic Leadership Style Capability Development Document (CDD) Anti-deficiency Benchmarking Capability Production document (CPD) Award Fee Contract Brainstorming Capstone Threat Assessment (CTA) Basic Ordering Agreement Business Case Analysis Configuration Baseline Berry Amendment Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Cost Capability
Acquisition Index Acquisition Process “Management” JCIDS Process “Requirements” PPBE Process “Funding” OVERVIEW: Acquisition Process OVERVIEW: JCIDS Process OVERVIEW: PPBE Process 2366a Written Determination Capabilities Based Assessment (CBA) Appropriation Categories 2366b Written Determination Capability Development Document (CDD) Budget Authority (BA) Acquisition Category (ACAT) Chairman’s Program Assessment (CPA) Budget Estimate Submission (BES) Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM)
Guides and Handbooks The DoD Guides and Handbooks listed below are a collection of the most frequent ones used in acquisitions. Acquisitions Architecting Auditing CBA Contracts Cost Estimating DoDAF EVMS Financial Management Glossary Human System Integration Information Security Information Assurance JCIDS Process Logistics Manufacturing Program Management PQM Requirements Risk Safety Security Software Space Systems Engineering
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Templates Templates are guides that help acquisition personnel develop complete documentation that addresses the required areas. Most templates are derived from the requesting organization and should be used to facilitate quicker approval. Using templates saves valuable time in developing program documentation. Below is a list of the main templates that are used in defense acquisitions.
Best Practices Best Practice Definition: Best practices are used to maintain quality as an alternative to mandatory legislated standards and can be based on self-assessment. It’s a method or technique that has consistently shown results superior to those achieved with other means, and that is used as a benchmark. Program managers and personnel should utilize
Better Buying Power The Under Secretary of Defense (AT&L) Frank Kendall on 9 April 2014 introduced an update to the Better Buying Power Initiative call Better Buying Power 3.0. The goal of the Better Buying Power is to obtain greater efficiency and productivity in defense spending by delivering the warfighting capabilities needed for the money
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Lessons Learned Lessons learned are a tool that Program Managers (PM) and program personnel can use to help identify potential areas of risk associated with their program by reviewing the experiences encountered in past programs. Lessons learned databases document what worked and what did not work in past programs, in the hopes that future programs
Dan Ward’s Corner My name is LTC Dan Ward and I served in the US Air Force for over 20 years. In 2004, I coined the term FIST (Fast, Inexpensive, Simple, Tiny) to describe a particular pattern of decision-making that supports rapid, low-cost innovation. Since that time, I have published extensively on the topic. Below
Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Acronym Title Definition A Acceptance The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government, for itself or as agent of another, assumes ownership of existing identified supplies tendered,
