Guidance & Tools

The following guidance and tools are provided to assist defense acquisition professionals.

• Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) | DAG Chapter 4, Systems Engineering
• Integrated Defense Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics Life Cycle Management Framework, Version 5.2
  2004
• Systems Engineering Plan (SEP) Preparation Guide, Version 2.01 [PDF, 680KB]
  April 2008
• SEP Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
  February 8, 2008
• SE WIPT Brief: An Overview of Technical Planning and Systems Engineering Plan (SEP) Development, Version 1.0 [PPT, 1MB]
  March 20, 2008
• Systems Engineering Assessment Methodology, Defense Acquisition Program Support (DAPS), Version 1.1. [PDF, 573KB]
  October 25, 2004
• Guide for Integrating Systems Engineering into DoD Acquisition Contracts, Version 1.0 [PDF, 1.1MB]
  December 11, 2006
• Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition, 6th Edition, Version 1 [PDF, 570KB]
  August 2006
• Integrated Master Plan / Integrated Master Schedule Preparation and Use Guide, Version 0.9 [PDF, 1.1MB]
  October 21, 2005
• Program Manager's Guide: A Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) to Acquisition, Version 2.0
  September 2004
  
• Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) Program Assessment and Rating Tool (PART), Version 1.02
• DoD Guide for Achieving Reliability, Availability and Maintainability [PDF, 4.2MB]
  August 1, 2005
• Designing and Assessing Supportability in DOD Weapon Systems: A Guide to Increased Reliability and Reduced Logistics Footprint [PDF, 1.5MB]
  October 24, 2003
• Technical Review Checklists
• Systems Engineering Guide for Systems of Systems, Version 1.0 [PDF, 4.6MB]
  August 2008
• Air Force Space & Missiles Center (SMC) Systems Engineering Primer and Handbook (3rd Edition)
  April 29, 2005
• Naval Systems Engineering Guide
  October 2004
• NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) 7123.1A, NASA Systems Engineering Processes and Requirements
  March 26, 2007
• NASA Systems Engineering Handbook (NASA/SP-2007-6105/Rev1)
  December 2007
• CMMI® for Acquisition (CMMI-ACQ), Version 1.2
  November 2007
• Engineering for System Assurance, Version 1.0 [PDF, 2.2MB]
  October 2008
• Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Support for Acquisition