JOINT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK (3RD ED), DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY (JUL-2004)

JOINT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK (3RD ED), DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY (JUL-2004)., This 2004 Joint Program Management Handbook, Third Edition, updates the 1996 Second Edition. This Handbook provides a quick guide to assist experienced acquisition professionals assigned to a joint acquisition program. The views of experienced joint program managers are quoted within this guide to give practical advice to the reader. Lessons learned and practical guidelines derived from Joint Program Working Group deliberations (November 2003) are also included. If you are new to the acquisition process, you should first read DAU’s Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management, 6th Edition (DAU Press, November 2003), to gain a firm grasp of acquisition fundamentals. Joint program implications of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System, outlined in Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction (CJCSI) 3170.01D of 12 March 2004 and selected provisions of the 12 May 2003 Department of Defense 5000 Series Directive and Instruction, are highlighted herein. The joint program implications of CJCSI 6212.01C of 20 November 2003 (“Interoperability and Supportability”) are also addressed. This Handbook is a guide for the management of joint acquisition programs for current and future joint program personnel. As a complement to the more general Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management, Sixth Edition (Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Press, November 2003), this Handbook incorporates the perspectives of current and former joint Program Managers (PMs), including those who were members of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)-sponsored Joint Program Working Group (JPWG), which met at DAU in November 2003.