Subject: Policy for Systems Engineering in DoD.THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 3010 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301-3010 FEB 20, 2004 MEMORANDUM FOR: SEE DISTRIBUTION SUBJECT: Policy for Systems Engineering in DoD [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Application of rigorous systems engineering discipline is paramount to the Department's ability to meet the challenge of developing and maintaining needed warfighting capability. This is especially true as we strive to integrate increasingly complex systems in a family-of-systems, system-of-systems, net-centric warfare context. Systems engineering provides the integrating technical processes to define and balance system performance, cost, schedule, and risk. It must be embedded in program planning and performed across the entire acquisition life cycle. Toward that end, I am establishing the following policy, effective immediately and to be included in the next revision of the DoD 5000 series acquisition documents:
Systems Engineering (SE) All programs responding to a capabilities
or requirements document, regardless of acquisition category,
shall apply a robust SE approach that balances total system
performance and total ownership costs within the
family-of-systems, system-of-systems context. Programs shall
develop a Systems Engineering Plan (SEP) for Milestone Decision
Authority (MDA) approval in conjunction with each Milestone
review, and integrated with the Acquisition Strategy. This plan
shall describe the program's overall technical approach, including
processes, resources, metrics, and applicable performance
incentives. It shall also dewtail the timing, conduct, and success
criteria of technical reviews.
In support of the above policy, the Director, Defense Systems shall: a. Identify the requirement for a SEP 1. SEP - Someone Else's Problem. 2. (tool) SEP - A SASD tool from IDE. in DoDI 5000.2, and provide specific content guidance tailorable by the MDA (1) (Monochrome Display Adapter) The first IBM PC monochrome video display standard for text. Due to its lack of graphics, MDA cards were often replaced with Hercules cards, which provided both text and graphics. See PC display modes and Hercules Graphics. in the Defense Acquisition Guidebook. b. Assess the adequacy of current Department-level SE-related policies, processes, practices, guidance, tools, and education and training and recommend to me necessary changes. c. Establish a senior-level SE forum with participation from the Military Departments, and appropriate defense agencies, as a means to collaborate and leverage activities within the components and to provide a forum to institutionalize in·sti·tu·tion·a·lize v. To place a person in the care of an institution, especially one providing care for the disabled or mentally ill. in SE discipline across the Department. A goal of this forum will be extending the SE process to address family-of-systems, system-of-systems capability-based acquisition. d. For programs where I am the MDA, review each program's SEP as part of the preparation for Defense Acquisition Board Milestone Reviews (DAB) and other acquisition reviews, and provide me with a recommendation on the program's readiness to proceed during the DAB. Together with other members of the OSD (1) (On-Screen Display) An on-screen control panel for adjusting monitors and TVs. The OSD is used for contrast, brightness, horizontal and vertical positioning and other monitor adjustments. staff, lead program support assessments to identify and help resolve issues to ensure program success. To assist in these efforts, each Component Acquisition Executive and defense agency with acquisition responsibilities will, within 90 days, provide the Director, Defense Systems its approach and recommendations on how we can ensure that application of sound systems engineering discipline is an integral part of overall program planning, management, and execution within both DoD and defense industry. Further, I direct each Component Acquisition Executive and those defense agencies with acquisition responsibilities to provide, within 30 days, a flag officer or Senior Executive Service-level representative to participate in the Director, Defense Systems-led systems engineering forum. The first such forum will be held within 60 days. I need your assistance to ensure we drive good systems engineering processes and practices back into the way we do business. We can accomplish this goal by establishing clear policies, reinvigorating our training, developing effective tools, and using and institutionalizing best practices, applying performance incentives, and making systems engineering an important consideration during source selections and throughout contract execution. Collectively these actions will reinvigorate our acquisition community--including our industry partners--thus assuring affordable, supportable, and above all, capable solutions for the warfighter. Michael W. Wynne Acting DISTRIBUTION: SECRETARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is by law the highest ranking overall military officer of the United States military, and the principal military adviser to the President of the United States. 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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - a combat support agency that provides geographic intelligence in support of national security NGA DIRECTOR, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY DIRECTOR, OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION (testing) operational test and evaluation - (OT&E) Formal testing conducted prior to deployment to evaluate the operational effectiveness and suitability of the system with respect to its mission. |
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