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Three processes cooperate to deliver capabilities needed by warfighters: the requirements process (JCIDS); the acquisition process (DAS); and the program and budget development process (PPBE). Includes links to DoD and Service policies, guidance, tools, and resources:
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Information on training and continuous learning that supports DoD acquisition, information that helps manage professional training portfolios, and information on training available from DAU and DoD and Services activities.
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Information on DoD industry partners that helps the participation and execution of DoD processes; including industry support pages, news, information, and links to private sector acquisition contractors.
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Sixteen functional knowledge gateways, one for each of the defense acquisition career fields.
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Links to gateways about important topics outside the general portals and beyond the standard career fields:
What Systems Engineeering practices qualify as Market Research?10/6/2016 1:21:00 PMQuestion: What best practices could be used during the engineering design phase that would qualify as market research and justify the use of specific parts in the design of the system? How much weight does a ASME Y14.24 Vendor item control drawing carry when going out for bids? What DAU courses ar...(More)
NR-KPP Questionnaire9/21/2016 5:19:00 PMQuestion: Is there a questionnaire available to support analysis of a system to meet the Net Ready KPP? Or is there a specific step-by-step instruction that tells you how to do it? Answer:The Net-Ready Key Performance Parameter (NR-KPP) assesses the net-ready attributes required for both the techni...(More)
Rescinding A System KPP After Failed Testing9/12/2016 8:59:00 AMQuestion: Can a KPP can be altered, ignored or rescinded if that specific KPP has been determined, through DT&E and /or OT&E, as not obtainable? Answer:KPPs cannot be ignored. It’s important to keep in mind that each KPP was supported by a rigorous operational analysis that took into a...(More)
Foreign source procurement - Software9/2/2016 6:01:00 PMQuestion: Are there currently any restrictions on purchasing software from a foreign owned business or software developed in a foreign country but marketed by a U.S. company? Answer:There may be restrictions on purchasing software from a foreign owned business or software developed by a foreign coun...(More)
DD1494 vs. SSRA8/18/2016 8:51:00 AMQuestion: Is a DD1494 and an SSRA required for a commercial audio-visual system using a wireless microphone? Answer:Yes. There might be other devices that could be affected or they could interfere with your device. Frequency management is becoming so much more important since the demand f...(More)
What is the primary purpose of the Materiel Solution Analysis phase?7/28/2016 9:07:00 AMQuestion: What is the primary purpose of the Materiel Solution Analysis (MSA) phase? Answer:The primary purpose of the Materiel Solution Analysis phase of the Defense Acquisition Management structure is to" to conduct the analysis and other activities needed to choose the concept for the produc...(More)
Navy equivalent to - Failure Definition Scoring Criteria, FDSC6/22/2016 2:05:00 PMQuestion: What is the Navy equivalent to the Failure Definition / Scoring Criteria (FD/SC)? Answer:Regardless of the branch of service or specific commodity, understanding reliability absolutely implies understanding what a reliability failure is. After searching a variety of Navy sources the ...(More)
ECP due to latent defect 5/25/2016 8:28:00 PMQuestion: Should I approve an ECP; which derived from a latent issue, prior to final testing and demonstration that the ECP changes fix the issue? Answer:Thanks for your question! Firstly, it's incumbent on the government to verify that the latent issue is the result of a likely malfunction when exp...(More)
thresholds/objectives - meaning and use4/20/2016 10:53:00 AMQuestion: Is it true that a threshold should always be defined and objectives are nice to haves? In other words, are thresholds always required and objectives optional for necessary situations? Answer:There should always be threshold in association with the user’s performance requirements.&nbs...(More)
Date of Determination in a Standard Operating Procedure3/21/2016 9:39:00 AMQuestion: The question is, when would that be? Is that some date determined by the author of the SOP as the SOP is being developed or when the SOP is officially signed off and ready for use? An author could finish up the SOP some time before the SOP is routed for signature and the document complet...(More)