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Describe the Acquisition Strategy (AS) and its importance
An outline for a program illustrating how to transform a capability gap into a fielded, sustained system
Its content draws upon the Defense Acquisitions Decision Support Systems
Identify the [3] Defense Acquisition Decision Support Systems and their functions
1.) Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)
2.) Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPB&E)
3.) Defense Acquisition System (DAS)
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)
Identify and document capability gaps and requirements
Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPB&E)
The DoD’s process to plan, request, and manage resources to fund development
Defense Acquisition System (DAS)
The process by which acquisition takes place
Implemented by the 6 pathways in the Defense Adaptive Acquisitions Framework (AAF)
Identify the [6] different acquisition pathways available to defense program managers
The AAF:
1.) Urgent Capability Acquisition
2.) Middle Tier of Acquisition
3.) Major Capability Acquisition
4.) Software Acquisition
5.) Defense Business Acquisition
6.) Acquisition of Services
Urgent Capability Acquisition
Fields capabilities in less than 2 years to prevent/reduce loss of life or critical mission failure
Middle Tier of Acquisitions
Prototype and field system within 5 years to demonstrate new capabilities
Major Capability Acquisition
The traditional acquisition model used to provide enduring capabilities
No specific time constraint
Software Acquisition
Facilitate rapid, iterative delivery of a capability within 1 year
Defense Business System
Acquire information systems for DoD business operations
Acquisition of Services
Acquire services from the private sector, such as construction, product support, and medical services
Recognize the purpose of a phase and decision point
1.) Phase
2.) Decision Point
Phase
An incremental amount of work intended to refine a product
It enables PM’s to understand how a product will function, how it will be built, and what it will cost
Decision Point
Opportunities between phases to assess progress before further investment
Differentiate between predictive, incremental, iterative, and agile life cycles
1.) Predictive Life Cycle
2.) Incremental Life Cycle
3.) Iterative Life Cycle
4.) Adaptive/Agile Life Cycle
Predictive Life Cycle
A structured, sequential plan with firm requirements to enable comprehensive planning
Iterative Life Cycle
A prototype yields stakeholder feedback that informs the next prototype cycle until the final product is delivered
Incremental Life Cycle
Provide frequent deliveries of useable subsets of an overall solution
Adaptive/Agile Life Cycle
Rapidly develop prototypes that incorporate frequent customer feedback to produce multiple deliverables
Utilized in dynamic environments