F100 FORCE MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The process for delivering the most capable Army possible within available resources
and changing the Army over the next 20 years. - Answers - What is Force
Management?
Influence
Money
Uncertainty (Threats, Funding, Priorities, Technology)
Bureaucracy - Answers - Why is Force Management complicated?
JCIDS (ID Requirements, Capability Gaps and Solutions)
PPBE (Allocate Resources)
DAS (Develop Materiel) - Answers - What are the three decision support systems?
NSS, NDS, NMS
The Army Plan (TAP), Army Campaign Plan
Title 10 responsibilities executed through Administrative Control (ADCON) - Answers -
What are the strategic drivers (documents and organizations) of force management?
Performance/Schedule/Cost (Pick two) - Answers - What are the trade-offs when filling
capability gaps?
Problem solving construct for assessing current and future capabilities. Ways to solve
capability gaps.
(Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership & Education, Personnel,
Facilities, Policy) - Answers - What is DOTMLPF-P?
Capabilities-based approach to identify current and future capability gaps in the joint
force ability to carry out joint warfighting missions and functions. - Answers - What does
JCIDS do for the Joint Force?
Functional Area Assessment (FAA)
Functional Needs Assessment (FNA)
Functional Solutions Assessment (FSA) - Answers - What are the three phases of
Capabilities Based Assessment (CBA)?
Centers of Excellence-Cross Functional Teams (Determines Requirements)
Army Futures Command (Leads Requirements Determinations)
JROC and AROC (Validates Requirements) - Answers - Which organizations are key to
the JCIDS Process?
Allows the JCIDS process the flexibility to react to urgent, time sensitive commander's
capability gaps. (Examples: JUONS, ONS) - Answers - What do the three 'requirements
lanes' (urgent, emergent, deliberate) do for our Army?
, Milestone A: The technology is viable and it will fill the gap within reasonable costs.
Moves to Technology Maturation & Risk Reduction
Milestone B: Companies can make it, it can be sustained, we have a plan for testing
and we know how many prototypes to make. Moves to Engineering & Manufacturing
Development
Milestone C: Companies will make it, initial testing is positive, we know how many to
make, contracts in place to make it. Moves to Production and Deployment. - Answers -
Why are there Milestone Decisions in material development and what happens after
each of them?
ACAT I: GO or SES PEO management, more resources, more oversight, more
coordination, more interoperability requirements.
ACAT II: Between ACAT I and III.
ACAT III: Probable Product or Program Manager, fewer resources, less oversight, less
coordination. - Answers - Why are there Acquisition Categories (ACATs) and what are
the implications of higher or lower categorization?
Joint Urgent Operational Needs Statements (JUONS).
Army Operational Needs Statement (ONS). - Answers - How can the Joint Forces and
Army accelerate the DAS process?
1. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) 'ASALT'
(Senior Army Acquisition Authority).
2. Commander, Army Futures Command. (Leads research, development and
acquisition).
3. Cross-Functional Teams (CFTs). (Streamlines priority material solutions).
4. Program Executive Officers (PEOs). (Responsible for multiple programs and projects
(PMs) related to their Office). - Answers - Who are the key players in the Defense
Acquisition System and what are their roles?
Requirements Document- What a unit needs in personnel and equipment to accomplish
its mission. Examples: TOE, BOIP
Authorization Document- What a unit gets in personnel and equipment after resource
constraints are applied. Example: MTOE - Answers - What is the difference between an
organizational requirements document and an authorization document?
Evaluates the impact across functions (manning, structure, training, sustaining,
facilities) of your proposed change. - Answers - What does a Force Integration
Functional Area (FIFA ) Analysis do for a proposed organizational change?
URS (Unit Reference Sheet)
FDU (Force Design Update)
TOE (Table of Organization and Equipment)
BOIP (Basis of Issue Plan) - Answers - Describe the four sequential documents in
organizational design and development from 'good idea' to 'requirements documents'.
The process for delivering the most capable Army possible within available resources
and changing the Army over the next 20 years. - Answers - What is Force
Management?
Influence
Money
Uncertainty (Threats, Funding, Priorities, Technology)
Bureaucracy - Answers - Why is Force Management complicated?
JCIDS (ID Requirements, Capability Gaps and Solutions)
PPBE (Allocate Resources)
DAS (Develop Materiel) - Answers - What are the three decision support systems?
NSS, NDS, NMS
The Army Plan (TAP), Army Campaign Plan
Title 10 responsibilities executed through Administrative Control (ADCON) - Answers -
What are the strategic drivers (documents and organizations) of force management?
Performance/Schedule/Cost (Pick two) - Answers - What are the trade-offs when filling
capability gaps?
Problem solving construct for assessing current and future capabilities. Ways to solve
capability gaps.
(Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership & Education, Personnel,
Facilities, Policy) - Answers - What is DOTMLPF-P?
Capabilities-based approach to identify current and future capability gaps in the joint
force ability to carry out joint warfighting missions and functions. - Answers - What does
JCIDS do for the Joint Force?
Functional Area Assessment (FAA)
Functional Needs Assessment (FNA)
Functional Solutions Assessment (FSA) - Answers - What are the three phases of
Capabilities Based Assessment (CBA)?
Centers of Excellence-Cross Functional Teams (Determines Requirements)
Army Futures Command (Leads Requirements Determinations)
JROC and AROC (Validates Requirements) - Answers - Which organizations are key to
the JCIDS Process?
Allows the JCIDS process the flexibility to react to urgent, time sensitive commander's
capability gaps. (Examples: JUONS, ONS) - Answers - What do the three 'requirements
lanes' (urgent, emergent, deliberate) do for our Army?
, Milestone A: The technology is viable and it will fill the gap within reasonable costs.
Moves to Technology Maturation & Risk Reduction
Milestone B: Companies can make it, it can be sustained, we have a plan for testing
and we know how many prototypes to make. Moves to Engineering & Manufacturing
Development
Milestone C: Companies will make it, initial testing is positive, we know how many to
make, contracts in place to make it. Moves to Production and Deployment. - Answers -
Why are there Milestone Decisions in material development and what happens after
each of them?
ACAT I: GO or SES PEO management, more resources, more oversight, more
coordination, more interoperability requirements.
ACAT II: Between ACAT I and III.
ACAT III: Probable Product or Program Manager, fewer resources, less oversight, less
coordination. - Answers - Why are there Acquisition Categories (ACATs) and what are
the implications of higher or lower categorization?
Joint Urgent Operational Needs Statements (JUONS).
Army Operational Needs Statement (ONS). - Answers - How can the Joint Forces and
Army accelerate the DAS process?
1. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) 'ASALT'
(Senior Army Acquisition Authority).
2. Commander, Army Futures Command. (Leads research, development and
acquisition).
3. Cross-Functional Teams (CFTs). (Streamlines priority material solutions).
4. Program Executive Officers (PEOs). (Responsible for multiple programs and projects
(PMs) related to their Office). - Answers - Who are the key players in the Defense
Acquisition System and what are their roles?
Requirements Document- What a unit needs in personnel and equipment to accomplish
its mission. Examples: TOE, BOIP
Authorization Document- What a unit gets in personnel and equipment after resource
constraints are applied. Example: MTOE - Answers - What is the difference between an
organizational requirements document and an authorization document?
Evaluates the impact across functions (manning, structure, training, sustaining,
facilities) of your proposed change. - Answers - What does a Force Integration
Functional Area (FIFA ) Analysis do for a proposed organizational change?
URS (Unit Reference Sheet)
FDU (Force Design Update)
TOE (Table of Organization and Equipment)
BOIP (Basis of Issue Plan) - Answers - Describe the four sequential documents in
organizational design and development from 'good idea' to 'requirements documents'.
