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ACQuipedia serves as an online encyclopedia of common defense acquisition topics. Each topic is identified as an article. Each article contains a definition, a brief narrative that provides context, and includes links to the most pertinent policy, guidance, tools, practices, and training which further augment understanding and expand depth.

ACQuipedia was developed as a collaborative project to create content around Defense Acquisition-related topics. Articles (topics) will be maintained as a collaborative effort of subject matter experts across the Defense Acquisition University (DAU). Future growth may expand the collaboration of subject matter experts beyond DAU.

ACQuipedia provides the acquisition workforce with quick access to information in a succinct and digestible format. Article content aggregates the most relevant references and learning assets to narrowly focus users and quickly provide high value information.

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ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Facilities and Infrastructure for IT Systems within the DoD Acquisition Process This discipline…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Under government acquisition regulations, the cost of money for facilities capital is an allowable…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Purpose The FMEA/FMECA is a reliability evaluation/design technique which examines potential…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Purpose The primary reason to use FRACAS methodologies is to promote/improve the reliability and…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Background   Fair and reasonable price determinations are used for evaluating quotations, bids,…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Background FTA is part of a wide range of Product Support Analyses (PSA) that are conducted within…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
DOD INSTRUCTION 5000.77 DOD FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) PROGRAM dated…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Background DoD is the largest and most complex organization in the world. Each of the Military…
ACQUIPEDIA/business - financial management and cost estimating
Internal control is a process effected by an entity's oversight body, management, or other…
ACQUIPEDIA/business - financial management and cost estimating
Fiscal guidance is initially provided to the Department of Defense by the Office of Management and…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Elements   As stated in 16.403-1, a fixed price incentive (firm target) contract specifies a…
ACQUIPEDIA/engineering and technical management
OT&E: The field test, under realistic conditions, of any item (or key component) of weapons,…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
A Framing Assumption (FA) is any explicit or implicit assumption that is central in shaping cost,…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552 was signed by President Johnson on July 4th,…
ACQUIPEDIA/business - financial management and cost estimating
DoD Instruction 5000.02 requires that at the Milestone A, B, and C reviews, and for the Full-Rate…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
ACQUIPEDIA/engineering and technical management
Continuation into full-rate production results from a successful Full-Rate Production Decision…
ACQUIPEDIA/engineering and technical management
The functional baseline is a snap shot of the system performance specification and external…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
FCBs support the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) by integrating stakeholder (Office of…
ACQUIPEDIA/engineering and technical management
Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) examines the functional characteristics of the configured…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
Functional Services Manager (FSM).  FSMs are responsible for the security, cost, schedule, and…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Background Program Managers (PM) and Product Support Managers (PSM) need to structure and conduct…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
WCF were established by Congress to more effectively control and account for the cost of programs…
ACQUIPEDIA/business - financial management and cost estimating
The dollar and force structure resources used in DoD PPBE process is captured in the FYDP; it…