(Answered) ACQ 101. All questions with 100% Accurate answers. Rated A+

(Answered) ACQ 101. All questions with 100% Accurate answers. Rated A+ Document Content and Description Below Defense Acquisition Objective - Provide measurable improvements in mission capabilities for warfighter/ system users Defense Acquisition System - Management process by which the DoD pro vides effective, affordable, and timely systems to the users Acquisition Program - a directed, funded effort that provides new, improved, or continuing materiel, weapon or information system or service capability in response to an approval need Defense Acquisition Executive (DAE) - The USD(AT&L) who has the responsibility for supervising the Defense Acquisition System. The DAE takes precedence on all acquisition matters after the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) - Designated individual with overall responsibility for a program. The MDA shall have the authority to approve entry of an acquisition program into the next phase of the acquisition process and shall be accountable for cost, schedule, and performance reporting to higher authority, including congressional reporting. Program Manager (PM) - Designated individual with the responsibility for an authority to accomplish program objectives for development, production, and sustainment to meet the user's operational needs. The PM shall be accountable for credit cost, schedule, and performance reporting to the MDA. DoD Directive 5000.01 - Mandatory policies and procedures for managing all acquisition programs DoD Instruction 5000.02 - Detailed procedures necessary to implement policies in 5000.01 DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: The primary objective of Defense acquisition is to: - acquire quality products that satisfy user needs with measurable improvements to mission capability and operational support, in a timely manner, and at a fair and reasonable price. DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: Long range planning will be based on: - best estimates of future fiscal resources. DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: Mission needs shall be: - initially expressed in broad operational capability terms. DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: Acquisition process shall be structured in: - discrete phases separated by major decision points DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: A full range of alternatives must be considered before: - starting a new acquisition program. DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: Advanced technology shall be integrated into: - producible systems and deployed in the shortest time practicable. DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: Evolutionary acquisition strategies are the: - preferred approach to satisfying operational needs. DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: Risk and risk management shall be: - addressed at each milestone and decision point. DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: Contract type must permit: - equitable and sensible allocation of risk between government and industry. DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: Broad cost, schedule and performance parameters will be established: - at the new start decision, then refined for subsequent program business. DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: Competition will be used: - to the maximum extent practicable. DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: MDAs and PMs shall tailor program strategies and oversight, including documentation of program information, acquisition phases, the timing and scope of decision reviews, and decision levels, to: - fit the particular conditions of that program, consistent with applicable laws and regulations and the time-sensitivity of the capability need. DODD 5000.01 Important Policy Statement: Milestone decisions will be delegated to: - the lowest levels deemed appropriate. Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-13): - Comprehensive overhaul of Defense Acquisition; significant changes to policy and procedures. Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act: Move major defense acquisiion programs (MDAPs) forward with: - 1) Defined and stable requirements 2) Clearly Mature technologies 3) Solid design and manufacturing processes 4) Realistic program cost and schedule estimates Order of the Acquisition Lifecycle? - Materiel Solution Analysis Technology Maturation & Risk Reduction Engineering & Manufacturing Development Production & Deployment Operations & Support Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) - Describes broad, time-phased, operational goals, and describing requisite capabilities Capabilities Development Document (CDD) - builds on the ICD and provides the detailed operational performance parameters and specific requirements necessary to design the proposed system. Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) - Study of alternate technical approaches, associated risks, cost and benefits of each Acquisition Strategy - business and technical management approach designed to achieve program objectives within resource constraints imposed Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) - formal agreement signed by the Program Manager and those in chain through Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) that documents cost, schedule and performance thresholds and objectives that program beginning at program initiation Milestone Decisions - Major events/ transition points in a program life cycle; progress, future plans, risks reviewed and decision is made whether to enter the next acquisition phase; DoD Investment decision boards Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) - Oversight of major defense acquisitions; Board that convenes to review Milestone Decisions Acquisition Reform - streamline acquisition processes and eliminates cumbersome, outdated, bureaucratic ways of doing business Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) - how the test community intends to test the system to meet Key Performance Parameters identified in the CDD Milestone Decision Review Purpose - assess the readiness to proceed to the next acquisition phase and to make a sound investment decision committing the Department's financial resources Milestone Phase Exit Criteria: - program-specific accomplishments that must be satisfied before the program can progress further in the current phase or transition into the next phase of the acquisition life cycle Acquisition Category (ACAT)s - categories of programs (e.g. ACAT I, II, III) specifying appropriate Levels of Review based on cost/dollar thresholds or designated by the Defense Acquisition Executive (DAE) based on higher headquarters of interest. Acquisition Categories Determinants - Dollar thresholds Level of Interest in Program Three critical components of a "DoD Defense Acquisition Program" are: - Requirements - Requirements Generation System Direction - Acquisition Management System Funding - Planning, Programming, Budgeting System Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - provides a framework for p