Because of the mission-based and program-based focus of acquisition that has resulted from acquisition reform and from mandates for performance-based acquisition, many more types of people play a role in acquisition teams today. In addition to contracting staff, for example, are those from the program, financial, user, and even legal offices. All of these skills and more can be required to create a true performance-based approach to an agency's needs.
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It is important to recognize that integrated solution teams are not a "training ground." They're a field of operation for not just 4 or 6 or 8 people, but 4 or 6 or 8 people who are among the best in their fields and have a grounding in, or have been trained in acquisition.
Team composition is a critical success factor in performance-based acquisition.
Another important critical success factor is the skill and competency of the designated program or project manager. So critical, in fact, that in April 2007, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy issued guidance on the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers.
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