Transcript NDIA Program Management System Committee (PMSC) Meeting

NDIA Program Management System
Committee (PMSC) Meeting
February 8 & 9 2005
System Acceptance Working Group
System Acceptance Working Group
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Established August 2004
Membership
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Buddy Everage (Lead)
Joe Houser
Barry Levy
Bill Altman
Joe Kusick
Floyd Reese
Bill Norris
Dave Muzio
Ivan Bembers
Gary Humphreys
David Treacy
Rich Zell
Peter Wynne
CSC
KM Systems Group
CSC
Battelle
Raytheon
Raytheon
NRO
OMB
NGA
Humphreys & Associates
DoE
DCMA
Lockheed Martin
System Acceptance Working Group
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Charter
Based on a perceived need and desire by both industry and government to
establish a formal standardized EVM system acceptance process, the NDIA
Program Management Systems Committee (PMCS) a working group to
determine if the need exists and, if it does, develop a formal system
acceptance process that will meet the needs of industry, their suppliers, and
Federal government agencies.
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Goals & Objectives
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Develop a methodology for System Acceptance that will:
 1) Supplement and/or replace the existing DCMA methodology
 2) Meet the system acceptance or certification requirements of all
stakeholders (government agencies, DCMA, industry)
 3) Provide a standard methodology regardless of the organization
conducting the acceptance review (i.e., government agency, 3rd party, or selfevaluation)
System Acceptance Working Group
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Accomplishments to Date
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Four meetings (3 of those via teleconference)
System Acceptance Business Case (Treacy/Houser)
Developed Working Group Charter
Finalized Goals & Objectives
System Acceptance White Paper (Levy) – Tasking from November 2004
meeting
Agreed on a Working Group Deliverable Product
 An NDIA System Acceptance Guide
System Acceptance Working Group
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System Acceptance Business Case
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Two Parts
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Needs & Objectives
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Strategic Vision
Business Need
Value Proposition
Terms & Definition
Current Process
Assumptions
Constraints / Risks
Concept & Analysis
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Proposed Concept
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Process, Operators, Acceptance, Outcomes
EVM Certification Framework
Resource Estimates
Cost / Benefits
Implementation
These areas were not fully developed
System Acceptance Working Group
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System Acceptance White Paper
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Tasking from November 2004 meeting
Addresses three processes to develop a System Acceptance framework
for further study / development
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Certification
Surveillance
Process Change
Concepts and ideas developed in the white paper and business case
will be used as the framework for the establishment of an NDIA
System Acceptance Guide
System Acceptance Working Group
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Next Steps
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Consolidate the concepts and ideas in the Business Case, White
Paper and Working Group discussions into a System Acceptance
Guide
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Guide will document existing acceptance/certification processes,
MOA process, and review member criteria/qualifications
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EVMIG and DCMA processes
Guide will address change control, maintenance and surveillance
(reference to Surveillance Guide)
The system acceptance process (methodology will apply not only to
industry (primes and subs) but also to government agencies
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OMB will recommend this guide for us by government agencies as it
has for other NDIA guides