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