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What are the three parts of the DoD Decision Support System? |
Program, Planning, Budgeting and Execution; Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System; and Defense Acquisition System
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Intended to expedite urgent needs by tailoring the documentation and reviews normally required as part of the deliberate acquisition process
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Rapid Fielding of Capabilities
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What is needed to enter the Acquisition Process?
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Materiel Development Decision (MDD) MDA determines: Phase of entry, initial review milestone, designates lead DoD component, issues Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM) ICD Required Evidence of strong technical foundation AoA Study Guidance and AoA Study Plan |
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What is the purpose of, and what guides the Materiel Solution Analysis Phase? |
Purpose: Assess potential materiel solution Guided by: Validated ICD, AoA Study Plan |
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What are the Major Activities during the Materiel Solution Analysis Phase?
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Conduct AoA Develop Acquisition Strategy Draft Capabilities Development Document (CDD) Translate capability gaps into system specific requirements |
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What is the minimum founding for the Materiel Solution Analysis Phase and when is it complete?
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Funding: For all phase activities and to support Milestone A decision Complete: When MDA approves materiel solution and acquisition strategy |
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What does the PM present at Milestone A?
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Acquisition Strategy (Approved by MDA prior to RFP release) Business approach Framing Assumptions Risk assessment Appropriate should cost targets |
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What is the components role at MS A?
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Presents affordability analysis and affordability goals (including ADM) Submits their cost estimates for the preferred solution Demonstrates that the program will be fully funded in the FYDP |
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What is the MDA's role at MS A?
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Makes the determination on the materiel solution, release of TMRR RFP, and exit criteria for the TMRR Phase
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What does the MDA certify at MS A?
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Program fulfills an approved ICD Executed by an entity with a relevant core competency Any duplication is necessary AoA has been performed Cost estimate has been submitted Core depot level maintenance and repair capabilities determination has been made |
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What is the purpose of the Technology Maturity and Risk Reduction Phase?
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Reduce Technology, Engineering, Integration, and Life Cycle Cost Risks Demonstrate Critical Technologies on Prototypes Complete Preliminary Design |
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What is the basis of entry for TMRR?
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MDA approved materiel solution and AS
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What are the Major activities during TMRR
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Competitive prototyping; PDR; CDD validation; plan for sustainment; developmental RFP release; TRA |
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When is TMRR complete?
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Affordable increment of military-useful capability identified; Technology demonstrated in relevant environment; Manufacturing risks identified; PDR conducted prior to MS B unless waived |
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What is the Configuration Steering Board?
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- Formed and chaired by the CAE after CDD validation for ACAT I/IA programs - Meets annually to review potential requirement changes and to propose to the validation authority those changes that may be necessary to achieve affordability constraints on production & sustainment costs - Changes that increase cost will not be approved unless funds are identified and schedule impacts are addressed |
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Who determines preliminary LRIP quantities?
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MDA
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PDR
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Prior to MS B and before contract award for EMD, unless waived by the MDA Results assessed by the MDA prior to required certification |
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MS B
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Authorizes entry into and contract award for EMD Formal initiation of the program Requires: demo that all sources of risk have been adequately mitigated, full funding in the FYDP, compliance with affordability results, framing assumptions MDA approves APB as the agreement between MDA, PM, and component chain of command LRIP quantities finalized |
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What does the MDA certify at MS B?
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Program is affordable Cost/schedule estimates developed funding available PDR, post PDR assessment complete Market research AoA demo in relevant environment Life cycle sustainment planning Complies with all relevant policies, regulations, and directives |
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What is the purpose of Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase?
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Develop, build, and test a product to verify that all operational and derived requirements have been met and to support production or deployment decisions
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What activities are part of EMD?
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Complete HW and SW design Systematically retire any open risks Build/test prototypes or first articles to verify compliance with requirements Prepare for production and deployment Establish initial product baseline Complete TEMP DTE activities Evaluated KPPs and KSAs Ensure production, deployment, and OTE can be supported Operational Assessments conducted Ensure system design and product support package meet sustainment requirements within affordability gaps |
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When is EMD Phase complete?
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Stable design Requirements Met Manufacturing processed demonstrated and controlled SW sustainment processes are in place and functioning Industrial production capabilities are reasonably available Systems meets or exceeds all EMD phase exit criteria and MS C entrance criteria |
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MS C Criteria
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Updated AS Demo design and stable design Operational Assessment Mature SW capabilities No significant manufacturing risks Validated CPD Demo interoperability Demo operational supportability Costs within affordability gaps Full funding in FYDP Properly phased production ramp-up and deployment support |
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What are the major components of Production and Deployment?
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LRIP, Sustainment and support initiated, OT&E, FRP Decision Review, FRP & Deployment, Initial Operational Capability |
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OT&E |
OT in a realistic threat environment to determine operational effectiveness, suitability, and survivability
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IOC
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Operational authority declares IOC when the defined organizations have been equipped and trained and are capable of conducting mission operations
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What is the purpose of Operations & Support Phase?
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Execute the support strategy, satisfy materiel readiness and support performance requirements, and sustain the system over its life cycle (including disposal)
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When does Operations and Support begin?
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After the production and deployment decision and is based on the PM prepared and MDA approved Life-Cycle Support Plan
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What are the two major efforts within Operations and Support Phase?
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Sustainment & Disposal |
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What is the JCIDS process?
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The JCIDS process exists to support JROC and CJCS responsibilities in identifying, assessing, validating, and prioritizing joint military capability requirements
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What are the mandatory KPPs?
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Force protection, system survivability, sustainment, net-ready, training, energy
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JCIDS tripwires?
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Cost growth over 10% (current APB); cost growth over 25% (Original APB); AND ICO or FOC slips of 12 months or more; AND quantity reductions great than 10%
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What are the approaches to identifying capability requirements? |
CBAs and other studies Operational planning Exercise/warfighting lessons learned JCTDs and other experiments Transition of Rapidly Fielded Solutions Business Process Re-Engineering |
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How are JCIDS outputs used? |
Facilitate Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy changes Drive the DAS Inform the PPBE process |
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ICD
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Captures results of the CBA Defines capability gaps Supports the MDD, the AoA, the AS, MSA and the next milestone decision Identifies DOTMLPF-P recommendations Recommends materiel solution Identifies initial objective vales, with associated operational context Operational MOEs may become KPPs and KSAs in the CDD |
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CDD
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Capability Development Document Identifies KPPs and KSAs (thresholds and objectives) Applies to a single increment Prepared during the TMRR phase for use at MS B |
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CPD
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Capability Production Document Prepared in EMD to support P&D Validated and approved before MS C to support MS C decision Contains refined KPPs, performance attributes, and cost/engineering estimates |
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What is the JCIDS document review process?
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J-8/Dep Director for Requirements controls all documents Determines degree to which a proposal affects the joint forces and assigns a Joint Staffing Designator (JSD) JSD determines the level of validation and approval of the capability document |
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KPPs |
Key Performance Parameters Performance attributes of a system considered critical to the development of an effective military capability Identified by the sponsor Expressed in terms of Thresholds and Objectives Validated by JROC for JROC interest documents |
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KSAs
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Key System Attributes Attributes or characteristics considered essential to achieving a balanced solution/approach to a system Not critical enough to be KPP Must be measurable, testable, and quantifiable |
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Threshold Value
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Minimum acceptable value
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Objective Value
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Desired Operational goal achievable at higher risk in cost, schedule, and technology
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Sustainment KPP
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Required for all ACAT I programs. Ensures sustainment planning up front. Consists of Availability KPP (materiel availability and operational availability), Reliability KSA, and O&S Cost KSA
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Materiel Availability KPP
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Measure of the total inventory of a system operationally capable of performing an assigned mission at a given time, based on materiel condition |
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Operational Availability KPP
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Measure of the time that a system or group of systems within a unit are operationally capable of performing an assigned mission
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Reliability KSA
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Measure of the probability that a system will perform without failure over a specified interval
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O&S Cost KSA
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Mandatory, unit operations, energy, fuel costs
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Joint Capabilities Board (JCB)
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Assists JROC in accomplishing Title 10 responsibilities Review and endorses documents and adjudicates lower level issues prior to JROC validation |
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Functional Capabilities Board (FCB)
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Aligned with Joint Capability Areas Define portfolios of functionally similar capabilities |
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FCB Working Groups
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Provide initial review and assessment of documents prior to FCB
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What are the three types of Urgent Operational Needs?
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Component UON: applicable to one component Joint UON: Two or more components Joint Emerging Operational Need (JEONS): two or more components driven by anticipated contingency operations |
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Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)
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Summarized approved force structure and resources in SECDEF defense program Contains prior year, current year, budget year + 4 our years + 3 additional years for force structure only Living record |
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Planning Phase
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First step in resource allocation Begins three years in advance Identifies capabilities required to deter and defeat threats Ends with issuance of Defense Planning Guidance and Fiscal Guidance for the Programming Phase |
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Programming Phase |
Allocate resources to support the roles and missions of the military departments and defense agencies Detailed allocation of time-phased resource requirements Gives SECDEF and POTUS an idea of the impact that present day decisions will have on future postire SECDEF issues Resource Management Decisions to summarize |
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Budgeting Phase
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- Scrub budget year and prepare defensible budget - Components develop detailed Budget Estimate Submissions (BES) for the budget year of the programs approved during Programming - Culminates with issuance of Resource Management Decisions (RMDs), consideration of major budget issues, and the submission of the presidents budget |
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The overarching, all-inclusive conceptual model that allows the development of architectures to assist DoD managers at all levels to make decision more efficiently through organizes information sharing across Department, JCAs, mission, component, and program boundaries
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DoDAF
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What reform act set PDR reports and post PDR assessment mandatory for MDAPs pre-MS B?
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Weapon System Acquisition Reform Act 2009 (WSARA)
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What is the first requirement document that discusses the material solution?
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ICD |
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The purpose of this phase is to reduce technology risk, demonstrate critical technology on prototypes, complete preliminary design and is guided by ICD, draft CDD & TDS and supported by SE planning.
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Technology Development and Risk Reduction
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LRIP quantities are determined at what milestone? |
MS B
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This is established during integrated system design effort in EMD.
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Product Baseline
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This represents more refined required documents tailored toward a particular non-material approach for a capability solution.
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DOTmLPF-P Change Recommendations
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Performance attributes of a system considered critical to the development of an effective military capability expressed in terms of thresholds and objectives and failure to meet validated thresholds rescinds JROC validation
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KPPs
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Attributes or characteristics considered essential to achieving a balanced solution/approach to a system not critical enough to be designated a KPP must be measurable, testable, and quantifiable
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KSAa
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The minimum acceptable value considered achievable within the available cost, schedule, and technology at L - to - M risk. |
Threshold
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The desired operational goal achievable but at higher risk in cost, schedule, and technology.
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Objective
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The difference between threshold and objective values sets the for meeting the thresholds of multiple KPPs and/or KSAs. |
Tradespace
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What are the three components of the Sustainment KPP? |
Availability KPP, reliability KSA, O&S Cost KSA
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What are the mandatory KSAs?
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Reliability and Ownership Cost
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KPPs have to be traceable to what document? |
ICD or Joint Pub 3.0
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Which mandatory KPP is not a user option?
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Net-Ready KPP
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APB is approved at what Milestone?
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MS B
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What are the 2 components of the availability KPP?
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Materiel and Operational
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What organization certifies a system meets interoperability requirements contained in the Joint Staff certified NR-KPP?
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Joint Interoperability Test Command
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Who is the BES submitted to?
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OSD & OMD
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Who has the final say on modeling and simulation end design and gathers input from use engineers?
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PM
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Modeling and simulation has to be accredited by the?
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PM or OTA
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This is the DoD IT infrastructure. It includes the hardware, software, and people that make it work. It provides the guidance and rules for developing, representing, and understanding architectures based on a common denominator across DoD, Joint, and multinational boundaries. |
DoDIN |
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What does the DoDIN provide?
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The guidance and rules for developing, representing, and understanding architectures based on a common denominator across DoD, Joint, and multinational boundaries |
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What drives specifications for corrosion control plan?
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Environment
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What acquisition phase is the corrosion prevention and control plan initially drafted?
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Material Solution Analysis
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ACAT I/IA Joint Programs normally operate under a _______ to ensure that multiple organizations work together?
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MoA
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What are the 4 types of data rights?
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Unlimited, Limited, Restricted, Government Purpose
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The most liberal DATA rights that can be given to the government. This category permits the government to use the data and software delivered under a contract without any restrictions whatsoever. This DATA right includes the right to distribute the data and software to competitors for re- procurement purposes. |
Unlimited
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This DATA right applies only to technical data and not to computer software, represent the greatest degree of protection the contractor can obtain for technical data delivered to the government under a contract. |
Limited
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This DATA right are analogous to limited rights in technical data but apply only to computer software or computer software documentation, place limits on how the government may use (noncommercial) computer software. |
Restricted
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This DATA right is applicable to all mixed-funding situations, allows the government to use technical data and/or computer software for government purposes only including competition but excluding commercial use. |
Government Purpose
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What are the three key factors in determining which type of data rights the government acquires?
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1) The source of funding for the creation of data 2) Whether the item has actually been developed 3) Government Needs |
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Who is in charge of the Working Level IPT
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PM |
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Who is responsible for the program?
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PM
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What TRL should MS B be at?
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TRL 6
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When does an acquisition program start? |
MS B
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The PM cannot spend money on...
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Unauthorized tasks
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PM must plan for and submit budgets within what structure?
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PPBE
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What allows the transfer of funds among programs within an appropriation category subject to certain limitations. This process is moving Money within appropriations period of obligation; restriction by appropriation as to max in or out; does not require prior Congressional approval. |
Below Threshold Reprogramming |
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Does Below Threshold Reprogramming require congressional approval?
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No
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PPBE is a _____ process used for securing funding for MDAP
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Calendar Driven
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JCIDS is a _____ process
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Capabilities drive/needs driven
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Who is the focal point of JCIDS?
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VCJCS
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Defense Acquisition System is a _____ process that emphasizes risk management
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Event-driven
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Who is the focal point of DAS?
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Milestone Decision Authority
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What is the preferred AS?
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Evolutionary
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What determines important cost, schedule, and performance parameters?
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APB
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What is required prior to entering the process at any point in the acquisition process?
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Material Development Decision (MDD)
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What are the two ways to enter the acquisition process?
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User needs and Technology Opportunities
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All JCIDS documents (regardless of ACAT) are submitted to the ______ to determine the degree to which the proposal affects the joint force.
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J-8/DDR
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What are the three Net Ready KPP attributes?
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Supports Military operations Is entered and managed on the network Effectively exchanges information |
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What is a new start?
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not previously justified by the DoD and funded by Congress under the normal budget process requires DD 1415-1 (Prior Approval Reprogramming Action) |
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When s a TRA required for a MDAP? |
MS B |
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Who will determine whether the technology of the program has been demonstrated in a relevant environment to support the MDA Title 10 certification? |
ASD Research and Engineering
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Who signs MOAs for Joint ACAT I/IA?
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Service Acquisition Executive
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What is a new start?
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Any program, subprogram, modification, project, or subproject not previously justified by the DoD and funded by the Congress through the normal budget process. Requires approval from the congressional defense committees or prior notification to the committees before funds can be obligated |
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When is a Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) required for a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP)?
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A TRA is required for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) at Milestone (MS) B (or at a subsequent milestone if there is no MS B) to support the independent review and assessment by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (ASD(R&E)). |
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What TRL level is normally considered sufficient for MS B approval to enter the EMD phase?
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TRL 6
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What is a critical technology element?
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An element is considered critical if it is new or novel or being used in a new or novel way and it is necessary to achieve the successful development of a system, its acquisition, or its operational utility.
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What is a recommended method for initially identifying CTEs? |
1) Disciplined, thorough application of definitions across the WBS to identify critical technology candidates 2) Fill gaps in step 1 to resolve those gaps. A panel of independent technical experts should be used |
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What is addressed in the Technology Maturation Plan?
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The TMP details the steps necessary for developing technologies that are less mature than desired to the point where they are ready for project insertion. In most cases, the focus of the TMP is to describe planned technology development and engineering activities to mature CTEs that did not receive at least TRL 6 or higher.
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Who will determine whether technology of the program has been demonstrated in a relevant environment to support the MDA Title 10 certification?
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ASD (R&E)
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What are the steps in developing an IP strategy?
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1) Data and Data Rights determination 2) Data and Data Rights Acquisition 3) Data Management Use |
