Guidance & Tools
This page provides links to guidance and tools related to defense acquisition including DoD and Service systems engineering policies, digital engineering, modeling and simulation, program protection and system security engineering, and system safety.
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Defense Acquisition
- Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG): PDF (Complete Guidebook | Individual Chapters) | HTML
- Acquisition Strategy Outline, Version 1.0
April 20, 2011 - Life-Cycle Sustainment Plan Outline, Version 1.0
August 10, 2011 - Guidebook for Acquiring Engineering Technical Services: Best Practices and Lessons Learned, Version 1.0.
July 2016
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Systems Engineering
- Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) Chapter 4, Systems Engineering: PDF | HTML | Overview Brief
May 8, 2013 - Systems
Engineering Plan (SEP) Outline, Version 2.0
June 2, 2015 - SEP
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Department of Defense Risk, Issue, and Opportunity Management Guide for Defense Acquisition Programs
January 2017 - Department of Defense
Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Cost Rationale Report Manual (RAM-C Report Manual)
June 1, 2009 - Acquisition Program Technical Certifications Summary, Version 1.0
May 2013 - Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) Checklists: See IEEE 15288.2
February 2016The SETR Checklists have been superseded by IEEE 15288.2, “IEEE Standard for Technical Reviews and Audits on Defense Programs.” DoD has adopted the standard, but use of the standard is optional, not mandatory. The standard is available at no charge to DoD military and civilian employees through the Defense Logistics Agency ASSIST database (instructions for access). A forthcoming revision to Chapter 4 of the Defense Acquisition Guidebook will refer to the IEEE standard rather than to the SETR Checklists.
- Defense Acquisition Program Support (DAPS) Methodology, Version 2.0, Change 3
January 9, 2009 - Interactions Among the Warfighter, Science & Technology, and Acquisition Communities
November 2015 - Systems Engineering During the Materiel Solution Analysis and Technology Development Phases
September 2009 - Materiel Development Decision (MDD) Development Planning Templates, Version 1
December 2011 - DoD Open Systems Architecture Contract Guidebook for Program Managers, Version 1.1
June 2013 - Integrated
Master Plan / Integrated Master Schedule Preparation and Use Guide,
Version 0.9
October 21, 2005 - Guide
for Integrating Systems Engineering into DoD Acquisition Contracts,
Version 1.0 [PDF, 872KB]
December 11, 2006 - SE Working Integrated Product Team (WIPT) Generic Charter Template
- Systems Engineering Guide for Systems of Systems, Version 1.0
August 2008 - DoD Integrated Product and Process Development Handbook
August 1998
- Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) Chapter 4, Systems Engineering: PDF | HTML | Overview Brief
- Digital Engineering
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Other Systems Engineering Resources
- SD-22 – Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS): A Guidebook of Best Practices for Implementing a Robust DMSMS Management Program
January 2016
- PAM 70-3 Army Acquisition Procedures
March 11, 2014 - NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) 7123.1B, NASA Systems Engineering Processes and Requirements
April 18, 2013
- SD-22 – Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS): A Guidebook of Best Practices for Implementing a Robust DMSMS Management Program
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Modeling and Simulation (M&S)
- DoD Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Glossary
- DoD Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) Recommended Practices Guide (2011)
- MIL-STD 3022, Documentation of Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) for Models and Simulations , with Change 1
April 5, 2012 - Systems Engineering Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A) Fundamentals
March 2014
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Program Protection and System Security Engineering
- Program Protection Plan Outline & Guidance, Version 1 - Word | PDF
July 2011 - Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) Chapter 7, Acquiring Information Technology | PDF Version
- DAG Chapter 13, Program Protection | PDF Version
- Software Assurance Countermeasures in Program Protection Planning
March 2014 - Trusted Systems and Networks (TSN) Analysis
June 2014 - Engineering for System Assurance, Version 1.0
October 2008 - MIL-HDBK-1785, System Security Engineering Program Management Requirements
August 1, 1995; Validated April 22, 2014 - Department of Defense Manual 5200.01, DoD Information Security Program
February 24, 2012
- Program Protection Plan Outline & Guidance, Version 1 - Word | PDF
- System Safety