Background: Section 805 of the FY10 NDAA (P.L. 111-84), entitled "Life-cycle management and product support," among other things, stated that "the Secretary of Defense shall require that each major weapon system be supported by a product support manager" (PSM)."  Public Law 112-239, Section 823 of the FY13 NDAA entitled "Codification and Amendment Relating to Life-Cycle Management and Product Support Requirements", subsequently amended Chapter 137 of Title 10, United States Code (as amended by section 331), officially codifying ithe "Life-Cycle Management and Product Support Requirements" for DoD Product Support Manager's in 10 U.S.C. § 2337 and superseding Sec 805 of P.L. 111-84. Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) 10-015 "Requirements for Life Cycle Management and Product Support" provided detailed DoD implementation policy related to PSM roles, responsibilities, qualifications, and position requirements. 

In addition 10 U.S.C. § 1706 Government Performance of Certain Acquisition Functions states "It shall be the goal of the Department of Defense and each of the military departments to ensure that, for each major defense acquisition program and each major automated information system program, each of the following positions is performed by a properly qualified member of the armed forces or full-time employee of the Department of Defense (to include)...(7) Program lead product support manager."  In early-2022, 10 U.S.C. § 2337 was renumbered and redesignated as 10 U.S.C. § 4324 Life-Cycle Management and Product Support. Key DoD implementing policy includes Paragraph 2.9.b.(2) of DoD Instruction 5000.91 Product Support Management for the Adaptive Acquisition Framework, Paragraph 4.1.e.(2) of DoD Instruction 5000.66 Defense Acquisition Workforce Education, Training, Experience, and Career Development Program, and Paragraph 2.6.a. of DoD Instruction 5000.80 Operation of the Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) . Note: DoD Instruction 5000.91 contains more than 125 specific references to the Product Support Manager. Supporting DoD guidance is also available in the updated May 2022 DoD Product Support Manager Guidebook. For additional information on DoD and Service PSM-related statutory, policy, guidance, tools, training, recognition, and workshops, see also the links below:

PSM Related Statutes

• 10 U.S.C. § 4324 Life-Cycle Management and Product Support 
  
• 10 U.S.C. § 1706 Government Performance of Certain Acquisition Functions 
  
• Public Law 111-84, Section 805 Language and Background
  

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PSM Policy

• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Product Support Memorandum "DoD Product Support Manager Mandatory Training Requirement" (2 Jun 22)  New!
  
• DoD Directive 5000.01 The Defense Acquisition System Para 1.2.l and Para 1.2.m
• DoD Instruction 5000.02 Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework Para 3.4
  
• DoD Instruction 5000.91 Product Support Management for the Adaptive Acquisition Framework Paragraph 2.9.b.(2)
• DoD Instruction 5000.66 Defense Acquisition Workforce Education, Training, Experience, and Career Development Program, Paragraph 4.1.e.(2) 
• DoD Instruction 5000.80 Operation of the Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) Paragraph 2.6.a.
• DoD Instruction 1430.16 Growing Civilian Leaders
• USD(AT&L) Policy Memorandum "Key Leadership Positions and Qualification Criteria" (8 Nov 13)
• Principal Deputy ASD(L&MR) "Joint Life Cycle Logistics Product Support Manager Key Leadership Position Qualification Board - Call for Candidates" Memo (27 Apr 15)  
• Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics & Materiel Readiness (L&MR) Memo "Product Support Manager Career Development Roadmap" (26 May 15)  
• Air Force Instruction 63-101/20-101 Integrated Life Cycle Management
  
• Army Memorandum "Product Support Manager (PSM) Implementation" (5 Nov 10)
• Army Memorandum "Implementation of Product Support Manager (PSM) Position Requirements Descriptions (PRDs) ( 23 Jun 14)
• Army Regulation 700-127 "Integrated Product Support"
  
• CJCSI 5123.01I Charter of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) and Implementation of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS)
  
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acquisition & Logistics Management) Policy Memo "Product Support Manager (PSM) Implementation" (18 May 11)
• Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Part 206 Competition Requirements
• Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6 Competition Requirements
  
• Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) 10-015 – Requirements for Life Cycle Management and Product Support (Change 3) (16 Jan 13) - Cancelled
• Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) 10-015 – Requirements for Life Cycle Management and Product Support (Original 6 Oct 10 Version) - Cancelled
• OMB Circular A-94 "Guidelines and Discount Rates for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Federal Programs"
  
• National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Policy Directive NPD 7500.1D Program and Project Life-Cycle Logistics Support Policy
• USD (AT&L) Policy Memorandum "Government Performance of Critical Acquisition Functions" (25 Aug 10)
• USD (AT&L) Policy Memorandum "Product Support Boundaries" (23 Sep 04)
• USD (AT&L) Policy Memorandum "Strengthened Sustainment Governance for Acquisition Program Reviews" (5 Apr 10)
• SECNAV Instruction 5000.2G Department of the Navy Implementation of the Defense Acquisition System and the Adaptive Acquisition Framework
  

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PSM Guidance

• Integrated Product Support Guidebook Suite
• Product Support Manager Guidebook
• DoD Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) Outline
• Condition-Based Maintenance-Plus Guidebook
• Corrosion Prevention and Control Planning Guidebook for Military Systems and Equipment
• Integrated Product Support Element Guidebook
• JCIDS Manual (including Sustainment KPP)
• Logistics Assessment Guidebook
• MIL-HDBK-502A, Product Support Analysis
  
• Operating and Support Cost Management
• Performance Based Logistics Guidebook
• Product Support Business Case Analysis
• Public-Private Partnering for Product Support
• RAM-C Report Manual
• SD-22, Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages Guidebook
• DoD Weapon System Acquisition Reform: Product Support Assessment (Nov 2009)
  
• Air Force Life Cycle Logistics (LCL) Workforce Guidebook (23 Oct 13)
• Air Force Pamphlet 63-128 Integrated Life Cycle Management
  
• Air Force Product Support Enterprise Vision
• Army Product Support Manager Concept of Operations (PSM CONOPS) (30 Sep 12)
  
• Department of the Army Pamphlet (DA PAM) 700-127 Integrated Product Support Procedures
  
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Product Support) Memo "Recommended Continuous Learning Opportunities for the Life Cycle Logistics (LCL) Functional Area FYs 23-24 (29 July 2022) New! 
• Development and Implementation of a Product Support Strategy is an Iterative Process
  
• Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Management Plan Guidance (Navy) (July 2016) 
  
• DoD Competition Guidebook - Guidelines for Creating and Maintaining a Competitive Environment for Supplies and Services in the Department of Defense (December 2014) 
• Navy Memorandum "Recommended Continuous Learning Points for the Life Cycle Logistics Career Field" (12 Feb 19)
  
• Principal Deputy ASD(L&MR) Memo "Recommended Continuous Learning Opportunities for the Life Cycle Logistics Career Field (31 Dec 15)
  

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PSM Articles & GAO Reports

• Defense Acquisition Magazine Article "20 Questions Every Product Support Manager Should be Prepared to Answer" (July-August 2020) 
  
• Defense Acquisition Review Journal Magazine Article "The Product Support Manager: Achieving Success in Executing Life Cycle Management Responsibilities" (Apr 2010)
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article "The Future of Product Support"
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article "The Product Support Manager: Catalyst for Life Cycle Management and Product Support"
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article "Professionally Developing World-Class Product Support Managers"
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article "Foundational Principles for a Successful Life Cycle Product Support Strategy"
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article "Where Do We Go From Here? Guidance for the Product Support Manager"
  
• Defense AT&L Magazine Article "Product Support Should Cost Opportunities: O&S Strategies to Boost Affordability"
• DSP Journal Article: "Use of Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Product Support Arrangements (PSA) to Proactively Mitigate the Scourge of DMSMS
• GAO Report "GAO-17-744R Weapon Systems Management: Product Support Managers' Perspectives on Factors Critical to Influencing Sustainment-Related Decisions" (12 Sep 17)
• GAO Report "GAO-14-326 Weapon Systems Management: DOD Has Taken Steps to Implement Product Support Managers but Needs to Evaluate Their Effects" (29 Apr 14)"

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DAU LOG Blog Posts of Interest

• DAU LOG Blog Homepage
  
• Aligning Product Support and Sustainment Terminology (15 Oct 19)
• Back to Basics (Product Support Edition) (10 May 13)
• Core Values (9 Jun 11)
• Do You Know Your Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements? (31 Aug 12)
• Foundational Skills (7 Sep 11) Leadership, Innovation, Initiative, and Creative Solutions (12 May 11)
• Foundational Product Support and Sustainment Tenets (19 Apr 19)
• Foundational Tenets of Long-Term Product Support and Sustainment (13 Jul 12)
• Making a Difference Each and Every Day (25 Feb 16)
• Pearls of Wisdom from this Week's PSM Workshop (6 Apr 16)
• Product Support Manager and Product Support Management - A Study in Contrasts (6 Sep 12)
• Product Support Manager (PSM) Success Enablers (23 Sep 11)
• Product Support Manager (PSM) Success Enablers (Part 2) (26 Sep 11)
  
• Product Support Success - the Time is Now! (16 Dec 09)
  
• Ten Truly Transformative Product Support Enablers (15 Nov 19)
  
• The Basics of Product Support (25 Apr 16)
• The Future is Upon Us (7 Jun 18)
• The Product Support Manager: Achieving Success in Executing Life Cycle Management Responsibilities (19 Apr 10)
• Tips for Writing a Winning Award Nomination Package (2 Nov 17)
• Twenty Questions Every PSM Should be Prepared to Answer (7 Nov 18)
  

PSM Awards

• USD (A&S) Memo "2022 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager (PSM) Award Winners (10 Feb 23) New! 
  
• USD (A&S) Memo "2022 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award Nominations" (13 Jun 22)
• USD (A&S) Memo "2021 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award Winner Selections" (3 Dec 21)  
  
• USD (A&S) Memo "2021 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award Nominations" (17 Mar 21) 
  
• USD(A&S) Memo "2020 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award Winner Selections" (10 Feb 21) 
  
• USD(A&S) Memo "2020 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award Nominations" (30 Jun 20)
  
• USD(A&S) Memo "2019 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager (PSM) Award Winner Selections" (6 Nov 19) 
  
• USD(A&S) Memo "2019 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award Nominations" (6 Jun 19) 
  
• USD(A&S) Memo "2018 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award Selections" (19 Nov 18)
  
• USD(A&S) Memo "Secretary of Defense 2018 Product Support Manager Award Nominations" (2 Apr 18)
  
• USD(A&S) Memo "2017 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award Selections (8 Feb 18)
  
• USD(AT&L) Memo "Fifth Annual Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award (22 Mar 17) 
• USD(AT&L) Memo "2016 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award Selections" (21 Oct 16) 
• USD(AT&L) Memo "Fourth Annual Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award" (25 Apr 16)
  
• USD(AT&L) Memo  "2015 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award Selections" (9 Dec 15) 
• USD(AT&L) Memo "Third Annual Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award" (1 Apr 15) 
  
• USD(AT&L) Memo "2014 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Awards Selection" (2 Sep 14)
• USD(AT&L) Memo (Second Annual) "Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award" (28 Mar 14)
• USD(AT&L) Memo "2013 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager (PSM) Awards Selection" (15 Aug 13)
• USD (AT&L) Memo "First Annual Secretary of Defense PSM Award" (18 Mar 13)
• Secretary of Defense Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Awards
  

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PSM Tools & Training

• Life Cycle Logistics Functional Area Gateway
  
• Life Cycle Logistics DAWIA Certification & Development Guide
• Life Cycle Logistics Credentials
• Life Cycle Logistics Training
• Life Cycle Logistics Career Field Professional Reading List 
• LOG 465/V Executive Product Support Manager (PSM) Course
• Product Support Manager (PSM) ACQuipedia Article
• Performance Based Logistics Community of Practice (PBL CoP)
• Product Support Analytical Tools Database
• Product Support Business Model (PSBM)
• DoD Integrated Product Support Implementation Roadmap Tool
• DoD Product Support Business Model (PSBM)
• Product Support Strategy Development Tool
  

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PSM Workshops

• 2022 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM Workshop) (13-15 Sep 2022) New!
  
• 2021 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Workshop) (Not Held) 
  
• 2020 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Workshop) (Not Held)
  
• 2019 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Workshop (14-16 May 2019)
  
• 2018 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Workshop (20-22 Mar 2018) 
• 2017 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Workshop (6-8 Jun 2017)
  
• 2016 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Workshop (5-7 Apr 2016)
• 2015 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Workshop (13-15 Jan 2015)
• 2014 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Workshop (Not Held)
  
• 2013 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Workshop (Not Held)
  
• 2012  DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Conference (5-7 Jun 2012)
  
• 2011 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Conference (2-3 Nov 2011)
  
• U.S. Army Product Support Manager (PSM) Workshop (23-24 Aug 2011)
  

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