The Memorandum, titled Implementation Guidance and Methodology for Naval Probability of Program Success (PoPS), was signed by Vice Admiral Architzel on 6 October 2008 designating the new Naval PoPS methodology as the standard DON method for conducting program Health Assessments. The memorandum attachments, including the (1) Naval PoPS Guidebook v1.0, (2)Naval PoPS Criteria Handbook v1.0 and (3) Naval PoPS Visuals Handbook v1.0 are Effective upon receipt for all DON pre MDAP programs, all MDAP ACAT I and selected ACAT II programs, all MAIS programs and all MAIS ACAT 1A programs. (All attachments and supporting PoPS materials are available for download on "Dashboard." (http://acquisition.navy.mil/content/view/full/4599)
