Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management (Tenth Edition) - How DoD Does Business, Program Management, Policy, Resource Allocation Process, Weapon Systems

This tenth edition of Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management is designed to be both an introduction to the world of defense systems acquisition management for the newcomer and a summary-level refresher for the practitioner who has been away from the business for a few years. It focuses on Department of Defense-wide management policies and procedures, not on the details of any specific defense system.

CHAPTER 1 - BASICS * Definitions * The Role of Congress, the Executive Branch, and Industry in Defense Acquisition * Executive Branch * Legislative Branch * American Industry * Successful Defense Acquisition Program * Authority for the Defense Acquisition System * Public Law * Executive Direction * Chapter 2 - THE ACQUISITION ENVIRONMENT * Defense Systems Acquisition in the 21st Century * Improving How DoD Does Business * Initiatives to Improve Defense Acquisition * Chapter 3 - PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IN DEFENSE ACQUISITION * Program Management * Program Manager * Program Manager's Perspective * Why is Program Management Used in Defense Acquisition? * Integrated Product and Process Development * The Program Manager and Integrated Product Teams * Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION POLICY * Department of Defense Directive 5000.01 * Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02 * Three Major Decision-Support Systems * Acquisition Categories * DoD Space Systems Acquisition Process * Defense Acquisition Portal * Chapter 5 - DEFENSE ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT: KEY PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATIONS * Background * Packard Commission * Defense Management Review * Program Executive Officers * Acquisition Program Reporting * Component Acquisition Executives * Component Chief Information Officers * Direct-Reporting Program Managers * Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics * Defense Acquisition Board * Information Technology Acquisition Board * Joint Intelligence Acquisition Board * Joint Requirements Oversight Council * Integrated Product Teams * Component-Level Oversight * Chapter 6 - DETERMINING JOINT WARFIGHTING NEEDS * The JCIDS Process and Acquisition Decisions * Identifying Needed Capabilities * The Sponsor * Joint Potential Designators * Functional Capability Boards * Gatekeeper * Interoperability * Testing of C4I Interoperability Requirements * Chapter 7 - DEFENSE ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM * Acquisition Life Cycle * Technological Opportunities and User Needs * Entrance and Exit Criteria * Evolutionary Acquisition * Milestones and Phases * Acquisition Strategy Considerations * Pre-Systems Acquisition * Systems Acquisition * Key Activities * Chapter 8 - THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROCESS * Phase I: Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Process * Phase II: Enactment * Phase III: Apportionment * Phase IV: Execution