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| What will be shot and when/where? Done during OT&E |
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| What will be significantly damaged if hit? Done during LFT&E? |
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| What will come back if hit? Conducted during LFT&E but also mishaps / failures? |
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| What is conducted prior to MS C |
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| What is conducted occurs after MSC using LRIPs and is required prior to FRPDR? |
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| What accounts for corrective maintenance? |
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| What adds effects of preventive mainteance? |
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| What adds effects of logistics delays? |
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| Inherent Availability (AI) |
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| Operational Availabilty (OA) |
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| MTBM / (MTBM + MMT + MLDT) |
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| What is evaluated against all factors including cost and price |
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| What is the average production unit cost, changes with size production? |
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> or equal to 15% over current APUC objective
> or equal to 30% over original APUC objective |
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> or equal to 25% over current APUC objective
> or equal to 50% over original APUC objective |
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| Who must notify CAE on a Nunn-McCurdy |
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| What is submitted for a Nunn-McCurdy |
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| What is the average production unit cost? |
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| What changes with size of production? |
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| What is change from fit or function? |
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| MLDT Mean Logistics Delay Time |
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| What is largely dependent on logistics support structure? |
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| What is difficult to measure in test? |
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| What is not contractor controlled? |
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Performance
Logistics
T&E approach
Systems Engineering Approach
Risk and Risk plan
Cost
Schedule
Past Performance
Mgmt Approach |
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| What are typical factors for Best Value? |
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| What allows the contractor officer to issue a unilateral change to the contract as long as the change is within the scope of the contract |
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| Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB) |
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| Who analyzes each proposal against RFP (requirement) |
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| Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB) |
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| Who must base analysis on proposal as presented, not how well you know the offeror? |
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| Source Selection Advisory Council (SSAC) |
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| Who must compare proposals against each other? |
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| Source Selection Advisory Council (SSAC) |
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| Who makes recommendations for award SSA Source Selection Authority |
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| Source Selection Authority (SSA) |
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| Who makes the final decision for award? |
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| what does the source selection board analyze the proposals against? |
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| What does the source selection advsory council compare proposals against? |
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| What kind of modification requires both PCO and Contractor signatures and agreement on NTE dollar amount? |
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| Source Selction Advisory Council (SSAC) |
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| Who sends the recommendation to the SSA Source Selection Authority |
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| What is the most of the work is done before submission of the formal soliticiations? |
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| What is the amount of money available is disclosed prior to proposal is submitted and includes teamwork |
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| What is a verbal inquiry to Congress? |
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| What is a written inquiry to Congress? |
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| What is signed on personal letterhead and has the highest priority? |
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| What tells HQ and recods what is said? Informs comptroller, HQ and Chain of Command? |
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| What is the mail from committee chairman, mail from other memeber, and transmital sheets? |
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| Milestone Decision Reviews (MDR) |
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| What is support Core/Priority mission of USG? |
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| Milestone Decision Reviews (MDR) |
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| What does USG (DoD) have to do with the mission? |
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| Milestone Decision Reviews (MDR) |
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| What simplifies work processes, reduces cost, improves effectiveness, and maximizes COTS? |
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| How do you get into MS B? |
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TRL 6
Market Research completed
Spectrum Cert submitted
LFT&E Waiver
Approved APB
Approved CDD
Acquisition Strategy
Interoperability Certification
Approved TEMP
PPP
Fully Funded |
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| What is the entrance criteria into MS B |
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| Who will always have issues at MS Review? |
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| Cost growth and CAIV Issues |
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Definition
| What will plaque a program life cycle cost? |
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| The PM must submit Unit Cost Report to the CAE when reasonable cause to bleieve that the Program Acquisition Cost (PAUC) or Procurement Unit Cost (PUC) has increased by percentage equal to or greater to significant cost growth threshold or critical cost threshold? |
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| Who assess critical cost thresholds? |
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| Critical Cost Growth Threshold |
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Definition
| What is projected cost of completing program if current requirements are not modified? |
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| Critical Cost Growth Threshold |
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Definition
| What is projected costs of completing program based on reasonable modification of such requirements? |
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| Critical Cost Growth Threshold |
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| What is ROM of costs of any reasonable alternative system or capability? |
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Who must assess
-projected cost of completing program if current requirements are not modified.
-projected cost of completing program based on reasonable modification of such requirements, and
-ROM of costs of any reasonable alternative system or capability? |
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| Program Acquisition Unit Cost (PAUC) |
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| Program Acquisition Cost / Procurement Quantity |
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| Acquisition Procurement Unit Cost (APUC) |
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| Procurement Cost / Procurement Quanity |
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Significant: +30%
Critical: +50% |
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| What are Nunn-McCurdy threshholds against Original Baseline estimates? |
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| Rebaselining was allowing cost growth to go unreported? |
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| What is the perception of Nunn-McCurdy? |
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| Notification and Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) |
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| For a Significan Cost Growth Threshold what is submitted? |
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| Notification, Selected Acquisition Report (SAR), and Certification |
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| For a Critical Cost Growth Threshold what is submitted? |
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| Significant Cost Growth Threshold |
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Current Baseline Estimate: +15%
Original Baseline Estimate: +25% |
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| Critical Cost Growth Threshold |
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Current Baseline Estimate: +30%
Original Baseline Estimate: +50% |
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What is not incorporated in the production run, and is expressed as
-Cost to produce an item declines at fixed rate as production quantity doubles |
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| What shall not proceed beyond LRIP until LFT&E has been conducted? |
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| What is only full up systems test and still must test lethality or survivabilty |
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| What is the probabilty that items is operable at start of mission when mission is called for at a random point of time? |
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| What is failure to achieve for non-KPPs which can still cause significant concern, particularly R&M which drive O&S costs? |
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| Supportabilty and Affordabilty |
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| What must be designed in early in the program? |
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| T&E Requirements and Cost |
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| What will drive costs, schedule, and performance risk? |
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| What are PDR, CDR, PRRs, Contractor Quality Systems (AQS), lean manufacturing, supply chain management, CAD/CAM, 5 M's |
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| Manufacturing and Production Risks |
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| What are Requirements and engineering change |
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| Manufacturing and Production Risks |
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| What are changes in production quantities (can they produced in that year?) |
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| Manufacturing and Production Risks |
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Definition
| What kind of risk is subcontractor management? |
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| Manufacturing and Production Risks |
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Definition
| What kind of risk is configuration management? |
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| Manufacturing and Production Risks |
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Definition
| What kind of risk is special tools and test equipment? |
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Term
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| Where do programs received help from in the form of inquiries? |
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| Who approves a Yockey Waiver? |
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| USD (AT&L) approval requried prior to price and availabilty (P&A) data or LOA for Major Defense Equipment that has not yet satisfactorily completed OT&E? |
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