Was doing some research recently on resources that might prove helpful for DoD life cycle logisticians and product support managers working in the software acquisition, development, and life cycle management arena. Never one to pass on an opportunity to share potentially useful, publicly-available information with our workforce, here are just a few of the many available resources:

Policy

• DoDI 5000.02 Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework
• DoDI 5000.02T Operation of the Defense Acquisition System
• DoD “Software Acquisition Pathway Interim Policy and Procedures” Memo (3 Jan 20)
• DOD Instruction 5000.73 Cost Analysis Guidance and Procedures
• DoD Instruction 5000.74 Defense Acquisition of Services

Guidebooks

• DoD Product Support Manager's Guidebook, Appendix A (Information Technology (IT) Systems Continuous Support Integrated Product Support (IPS) Element)
• DoD Operating and Support (O&S) Cost Management Guidebook
• DoD Cost Assessment and Performance Evaluation (CAPE) Operating and Support (O&S) Cost Estimating Guide
• DoD ESI Software Maintenance Cost Tracking Guide

Tools

• DoD Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) Tool Software Acquisition Pathway
• DoD Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) Tool Defense Business Systems Pathway
• Information Technology/Software Community of Practice (IT CoP)

Training

• ISA 101 “Basic Information Systems Acquisition” Online Training Course
• CLL 027 “Introduction to DoD Software Lifecycle Management” Online Training Course
• CLE 076 “Introduction to Agile Software Acquisition” Online Training Course

Reports & Articles

• Defense Innovation Board (DIB) Software Acquisition and Practices (SWAP) Study
• Post-Production Software Support (PPSS) ACQuipedia article
• Software Sustainment ACQuipedia Article (Update pending)
• Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Software Sustainment Blog
• GAO-19-173 Weapon System Sustainment: DOD Needs to Better Capture and Report Software Sustainment Cost