The term “life cycle management” – alternatively referred to as life cycle systems management, total life cycle systems management, concept to disposal, “cradle to grave”, and many others, has been an integral part of the DoD acquisition, sustainment, and product support lexicon for many decades. A foundational tenet for the life cycle logistics functional community, as a public service permit me to share links to what I consider the DAU LOG Blog “Top Ten Greatest Hits” on this critically important subject over the last few years:

• DoD Life Cycle Management is Not a New Concept (14 Sep 2020)
• DoD Life Cycle Systems Management (26 Aug 2020)
• Software Life Cycle Management Resources (23 Mar 2020)
• Ten Truly Transformative Product Support Enablers (15 Nov 2019)
• DoD Product Support Assessment: A Retrospective (8 Nov 2019)
• Aligning Product Support and Sustainment Terminology (15 Oct 2019)
• New Report on Early Sustainment Planning (16 Sep 2019)
• Software Life Cycle Management (28 Mar 2019)
• PSM Perspectives on Factors Critical to Influencing Sustainment-Related Decisions (12 Sep 2017)
• While not a LOG Blog post per se, of course no top ten list would be complete without a link to the statutory underpinning of this critical foundational tenet, namely 10 U.S.C. 2337 Life-Cycle Management and Product Support!