ACQUIPEDIA/Program Management
Acquisition programs may be assigned an acquisition category. The acquisition category…
ACQUIPEDIA/Program Management
The management framework for defense systems acquisition is also commonly referred to as the…
ACQUIPEDIA/Contracting
General Policy for Acquisition PlanningThe FAR requires agencies to perform acquisition planning…
ACQUIPEDIA/Program Management
DoDD 5000.01 - The Defense Acquisition System
To maximize competition, innovation, and…
ACQUIPEDIA/Program Management
The Acquisition Strategy required by Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 5000.74 describes the…
ACQUIPEDIA/Cost Estimating
Actual cost experience on prototype units, early engineering development hardware and early…
ACQUIPEDIA/Program Management
The actual cost of work performed, or ACWP, is the cost actually incurred and recorded in…
ACQUIPEDIA/Life Cycle Logistics
The American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) defines seven fundamental processes in the realm…
ACQUIPEDIA/Life Cycle Logistics
According to Logistics Engineering and Management, Sixth Edition, by Benjamin S. Blanchard,…
ACQUIPEDIA/Financial Management
An alternative option for DoD acquisition programs to utilize when completing production efforts…
ACQUIPEDIA/Cost Estimating
The DoD Analysis of Alternatives Cost Estimating Handbook establishes the fundamental…
ACQUIPEDIA/Life Cycle Logistics
Background
Application of the ASOE Model requires a common understanding of the following key…
ACQUIPEDIA/Program Management
The Agile Manifesto
Developed by the Agile Alliance, the manifesto outlines four tenets and twelve…
ACQUIPEDIA/Engineering and Technical Management
Airworthiness technical requirements and design considerations:
The complete set of Joint Service…
ACQUIPEDIA/Engineering and Technical Management
An allocated baseline is a snap shot of the item performance specifications, internal interfaces…
ACQUIPEDIA/Financial Management
The apportionment process begins when the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) apportions budget…
ACQUIPEDIA/Engineering and Technical Management
The following text is from the 2022 DoD Systems Engineering Guidebook, Section 3.1 Alternative…
ACQUIPEDIA/Cost Estimating
The analogy method compares a new or proposed system with one analogous (i.e., similar) system,…
AoA Elements:
AoA Study Guidance - For potential and designated ACAT I programs, the Director for…
ACQUIPEDIA/Financial Management
The concept of Federal Appropriations law is framed by three major fiscal limitations: purpose,…
ACQUIPEDIA/Financial Management
The primary purposes of the apportionment process are to (1) achieve the most effective and…
ACQUIPEDIA/Financial Management
To execute an acquisition program, budget authority provided by Congress is needed in order to…
ACQUIPEDIA/Financial Management
Appropriations are required by the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 9 which states:
"…
ACQUIPEDIA/Financial Management
Each appropriation category has three distinct periods during its lifecycle: current period,…
ACQUIPEDIA/Contracting
Prior to the 1940s, most architect and engineering services required by the Government were…
ACQUIPEDIA/Program Management
DoDAF Architecture Development 6-Step process .
Step 1: Determine…
ACQUIPEDIA/Life Cycle Logistics
Overview
Artificial Intelligence can be applied to any data set including a weapon system’s Product…
ACQUIPEDIA/Program Management
Procedural Requirements:
Offeror must assert prior to contract award. Obligation to assert prior…
ACQUIPEDIA/Contracting
Acquisition Oversight
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Department of Defense…
ACQUIPEDIA/Contracting
The Authorities of the Property Administrator
FAR part 45 (Government Property) and FAR 52.245-1…
ACQUIPEDIA/Financial Management
The second step in the Congressional Enactment process – authorization – is a creation of Congress…
ACQUIPEDIA/Life Cycle Logistics
The DoD ATS Selection Guide provides amplifying information regarding Automatic Test Systems…
ACQUIPEDIA/Program Management
This schedule metric is a measure of schedule task throughput. It compares the cumulative number…
ACQUIPEDIA/Contracting
The Berry Amendment restricts purchase of the following articles or items, unless items have…
ACQUIPEDIA/Contracting
For a visual depiction of the narrative below, click on the “Best Value Continuum” link here to…
ACQUIPEDIA/Life Cycle Logistics
Background
Best value is often discussed in the context of both defense acquisition and…