CDFM MODULE 4 COMPREHENSIVE TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Who develops a WIPT structure and propose the structure to the
OIPT
Answer: The program manager and OSD action officer, assisted by
the OIPT
◉ WIPTs
Answer: Should meet as required to help the program manager plan
program structure and documentation, and resolve issues.
◉ Basic tenets of a WIPT
Answer: While there is no one-size-fits-all WIPT approach, the
following basic tenets should apply:
1. The program manager is in charge of the program.
2. WIPTs are advisory bodies to the program manager.
3. Direct communication between the program office and all levels in
the acquisition oversight and review process is expected as a means
of exchanging information and building trust.
◉ Systems Engineering and IPPD
,Answer: These two are consistent with each other. It creates a
verifies an integrated and life cycle balanced set of system product
and process solutions that satisfy stated customer needs.
◉ Systems Engineering
Answer: Integrates the development of the system with the
development of all system-related processes and provides a
common basis for, and improves the communication betwee, IPT
members.
◉ All members of development IPTs
Answer: Who possess expertise in one or more disciplines in a
system's life cycle, perform systems engineering; everyone involved
in the system's development should be a "total systems-thinker."
Each member of the team should apply the systems engineering
process to their respective area of expertise.
◉ Systems Engineering processes
Answer: Are applied to allow an orderly progression from one level
of development to the next more detailed level.
◉ To accomplish systems engineering
Answer: An organization would most likely need all three standards
or a hybrid model of their own.
,◉ Name 2 Systems Engineering processes
Answer: Technical Management Processes and Technical Processes
◉ Technical Management Processes
Answer: 1. Decision Analysis**
2. Technical Planning
3. Technical Assessment
4. Requirements Management**
5. Risk Management
6. Configuration Management**
7. Data Management
8. Interface Management
** - On exam
◉ Technical Processes
Answer: 1. Stakeholder Requirements Development - Responds to
JCIDS
2. Transition - Moves to Next Level & Includes Putting System into
Operation
3. Design Solution - Form Alternatives & Select Final Solution
4. Logical Analysis - Define Logical Solution Sets
5. Implementation - Yields Lowest Level System Elements
, 6. Integration - Integrating Elements into System & Operational
Environment
7. Verification - Confirms System Meets Specification**
8. Validation - Confirms System Gives Desired Capability**
** 2 processes on the exam
◉ Technical Managment Processes defined
Answer: Decision Analysis - Provide the basis for evaluating and
selecting alternatives when decisions need to be made (Examples:
trade studies, models and simulation, supportability analysis, cost
analysis) Involves selecting the criteria for the deicision and the
methods to be used in conducting the analysis.
◉ Technical Planning
Answer: Ensures that the systems engineering processes are applied
properly throughout a system's life cycle. Technical Planning as
opposed to program planning, addresses the scope of the technical
effort required to develop the system. A mandated tool for this
activity is the Systems Engineering Plan (SEP). Each of the technical
processes requires technical planning.
In technical processes, technical planning for Implementation,
Integration, Verification, Validation, and Transition processes and
their accompanying systems can reveal constraints and interfaces
that will result in derived technical requirements.
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Who develops a WIPT structure and propose the structure to the
OIPT
Answer: The program manager and OSD action officer, assisted by
the OIPT
◉ WIPTs
Answer: Should meet as required to help the program manager plan
program structure and documentation, and resolve issues.
◉ Basic tenets of a WIPT
Answer: While there is no one-size-fits-all WIPT approach, the
following basic tenets should apply:
1. The program manager is in charge of the program.
2. WIPTs are advisory bodies to the program manager.
3. Direct communication between the program office and all levels in
the acquisition oversight and review process is expected as a means
of exchanging information and building trust.
◉ Systems Engineering and IPPD
,Answer: These two are consistent with each other. It creates a
verifies an integrated and life cycle balanced set of system product
and process solutions that satisfy stated customer needs.
◉ Systems Engineering
Answer: Integrates the development of the system with the
development of all system-related processes and provides a
common basis for, and improves the communication betwee, IPT
members.
◉ All members of development IPTs
Answer: Who possess expertise in one or more disciplines in a
system's life cycle, perform systems engineering; everyone involved
in the system's development should be a "total systems-thinker."
Each member of the team should apply the systems engineering
process to their respective area of expertise.
◉ Systems Engineering processes
Answer: Are applied to allow an orderly progression from one level
of development to the next more detailed level.
◉ To accomplish systems engineering
Answer: An organization would most likely need all three standards
or a hybrid model of their own.
,◉ Name 2 Systems Engineering processes
Answer: Technical Management Processes and Technical Processes
◉ Technical Management Processes
Answer: 1. Decision Analysis**
2. Technical Planning
3. Technical Assessment
4. Requirements Management**
5. Risk Management
6. Configuration Management**
7. Data Management
8. Interface Management
** - On exam
◉ Technical Processes
Answer: 1. Stakeholder Requirements Development - Responds to
JCIDS
2. Transition - Moves to Next Level & Includes Putting System into
Operation
3. Design Solution - Form Alternatives & Select Final Solution
4. Logical Analysis - Define Logical Solution Sets
5. Implementation - Yields Lowest Level System Elements
, 6. Integration - Integrating Elements into System & Operational
Environment
7. Verification - Confirms System Meets Specification**
8. Validation - Confirms System Gives Desired Capability**
** 2 processes on the exam
◉ Technical Managment Processes defined
Answer: Decision Analysis - Provide the basis for evaluating and
selecting alternatives when decisions need to be made (Examples:
trade studies, models and simulation, supportability analysis, cost
analysis) Involves selecting the criteria for the deicision and the
methods to be used in conducting the analysis.
◉ Technical Planning
Answer: Ensures that the systems engineering processes are applied
properly throughout a system's life cycle. Technical Planning as
opposed to program planning, addresses the scope of the technical
effort required to develop the system. A mandated tool for this
activity is the Systems Engineering Plan (SEP). Each of the technical
processes requires technical planning.
In technical processes, technical planning for Implementation,
Integration, Verification, Validation, and Transition processes and
their accompanying systems can reveal constraints and interfaces
that will result in derived technical requirements.
