Systems Engineering in Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction
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Definition
(Note: This article is updated to reflect the interim DoDI 5000.02 Change 2 dated February 2, 2017 and the subsequent Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) revision.
The Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase focuses on maturing critical, enabling technologies-thereby reducing program risk-before commitment to the Engineering Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase at Milestone B. This phase marks the separation between technology and product development:
The Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase focuses on maturing critical, enabling technologies-thereby reducing program risk-before commitment to the Engineering Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase at Milestone B. This phase marks the separation between technology and product development:
- Matures technologies and undertakes risk reduction,
- Examines design and requirements trades necessary to ensure an affordable product and executable develpment and productions,
- Determines the appropriate set of technologies to be integrated into a full system,
- Supports Test and Evaluation (T&E) planning,
- Conducts competitive prototyping of system elements,
- Matures and validates capability requirements,
- Develops the allocated baseline of the end-item system configuration approved at the Preliminary Design Review (PDR),
- Develop Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) strategy,
- Validates the draft Capabilities Development Document (CDD),
- Support development of the Request for Proposal (RFP) and timing of the release decision.
General Information
Entry Criteria to TMRR Phase typically include:
- Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) and draft Capabilities Development Document (CDD)
- MDA approved Material Solution and Acquisition Strategy (AS)
- Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)
- Support andf Maintenance Concepts and Technologies
- Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP)
- Specific phase exit criteria from the Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM)
- Approved funding for the TMRR phase
- Exit Criteria
- An affordable increment of military-useful capability identified,
- Technology, engineering, integration, and life cycle cost risk reduced to acceptable levels to support EMD contract; manufacturing risk identified
- PDR conducted for candidate solutions'
- Phase-specific exit criteria have been staisfied
- Support and Maintenance Concepts and Technologies
- Draft Acquisition Strategy (AS)
Outputs of the TMRR Phase typically include:
- Live Fire Test & Evaluation (LFT&E) Waiver requests
- Test & Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP)
- Risk Assessment
- Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)
- Programmatic Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Evaluation (PESHE)
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Compliance Schedule
- Program Protection Plan (PPP)
- Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA)
- Validated System Support and Maintenance Objectives and Requirements
- Initiatives to reduce footprint
- Inputs to the Integrated Baseline Review
- Inputs to the Information Support Plan
- Inputs to the System Threat Assessment Report/System Threat Assessment Inputs to the Capability Development Document
- Inputs to the Acquisition Strategy
- Inputs to the Affordability Assessment
- Inputs to the Cost and Manpower Estimate
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