This document summarizes the role and responsibilities of the Systems and Software Engineering Directorate within the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology. The Directorate provides independent technical advice and oversight to programs, establishes acquisition policy and guidance, and works to advance systems engineering practices. It sees opportunities to improve how programs apply systems engineering early in the acquisition lifecycle to better define requirements and manage risks.
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1. SE Response to Acquisition Challenges
NASA PM Challenge Workshop
February 24th, 2009
Kristen Baldwin
Deputy Director, Software Engineering and System Assurance (SSA)
Systems and Software Engineering
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition and Technology)
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2. AT&L Organization
USD, Acquisition
Technology & Logistics
DUSD, Acquisition &
Technology
Dir, Joint Advanced Dir, Systems and Dir, Portfolio Defense Acquisition
Concepts Software Engineering Systems Acquisition University
Defense Procurement Industrial Small Business Defense Contract
and Acquisition Policy Programs Programs Management Agency
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3. System and Software Engineering
(SSE) Vision/ Mission
• Vision: Systems engineering principles and disciplines are fully
accepted and assimilated into the DoD acquisition workforce
positioning the DoD for acquisition excellence leading to a
stronger national defense
• Mission:
– Provide flexible systems engineering acquisition policy, guidance,
and training to the DoD acquisition workforce.
– Foster an acquisition environment of collaboration, teamwork, and
joint ownership of program success through a proactive program
oversight process ensuring appropriate levels of systems
engineering are applied through all phases of program
development.
– Engage all stakeholders across government, industry, and
academia to collectively achieve acquisition excellence.
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4. SSE Responsibilities
• Provide Independent Technical Advice to the USD(AT&L):
– Program Support Reviews and Assessments
– Systemic Analysis of Data Collected across programs
• Acquisition Documentation Authority:
– Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)
– Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP)
– Program Protection Plan (PPP)
• Acquisition Policy and Guidance Leadership:
✫ Systems Engineering ✫ Modeling & Simulation ✫ System Assurance
✫ Test & Evaluation ✫ Energy ✫ Cyber Security
✫ Software Engineering ✫ Safety & HSI ✫ Risk Management
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Career Field Manager:
– Systems Planning Research, Development and Engineering
– Test and Evaluation
– Production Quality Management
• SE Research University Affiliated Research Center Co-Sponsor
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5. Key OSD SE Improvement Areas -
Transcending DoD Acquisition
• System/Software Engineering Integration
– Framework to highlight key process, workforce, and tools to
recognize key role software plays in our systems
• Systems of Systems Engineering
– DoD SoS SE Guide defines core elements of SoS SE, application
of SE processes, and emerging principals
• Integrated Development and Operational Testing
– Realistic DT and shared data to allow early OT insights, and
potential reduction in OT test points
• Manufacturing and Reliability
– Setting reliability growth goals and assessing manufacturing
readiness throughout the lifecycle
• System Assurance and Program Protection
– NDIA Engineering for Assurance Guidebook integrates security &
Systems Engineering to address tampering and network threats
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6. Acquisition Challenges
• Specific Causes of Program Failure as identified in DoD
Systemic Root Cause Analysis findings
We do not start programs right We do not manage programs right
−Insufficient requirements −Insufficient trade space
analysis and definition at −Insufficient risk management
program initiation −Inadequate IMP, IMS, EVMS
−Lack of rigorous SE approach −Most programs lack quantifiable
−Optimistic/realistic reliability entrance/exit criteria
growth – not a priority during −Maturing “suitability” (e.g., RAM)
development is not always a priority
−Inadequate software
architectures, design,
development discipline, and
organizational competencies
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7. Reality and the Opportunity
• Acquisition cost growth over
11 years*:
– Estimation changes:
$201B
– Engineering changes:
$147B
– Schedule changes: $70B
*SAR data FY 1995–2005
With 72% of O&S costs established pre-Milestone A, Systems
Engineering plays a critical role ensuring capabilities are translated
into executable requirements and feasible programs
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8. OSD SE Strategy
• Treat Milestones A/B
Nat’l Research Council
Recommendations
as critical; ensure
completion
• Deliver needed # of
trained SEs Enhanced SE
• Perform pre-MS A analysis; Pre-MS B
include stakeholders
• Implement Component Advancing the
development planning State of SE
through Research
Recommendations*
Systemic Analysis
• Implement Achievable SE Human Capital
Acquisition Strategy and Strategy
Planning
• Enhance Gate Review
Decision Process
• Enhance Staff
Capabilities
*Based on 3700 Program Assessment findings
from 40 Programs Support Reviews
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9. Enhancing Systems Engineering
Engagement with Programs
Early in the Acquisition Lifecycle
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10. New DoD Acquisition Policy:
Increased Focus on Early Acquisition
Early
Acquisition
MS A MS B MS C
JCIDS Process
Materiel Engineering and
Joint CBA ICD Technology Manufacturing Production and
Strategic Concepts Solution Development CDD CPD Deployment O&S
Guidance MDD Analysis Development
Full Rate Production
PDR or PDR CDR Decision Review
Materiel PDR and a report to
Development the MDA or PDR and
Decision (MDD) Post-PDR-Assessment
Competing Decision Point
prototypes
before MS B
• What are the implications of these changes for programs?
• How can systems engineering enable the program during
this early phase?
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11. Why is this challenging?
• Very little experience with current pre-Milestone B SE
activities
– Makes it difficult to know what to ‘adjust’ given changes
• The acquisition guidance is voluminous
– Online resource with over 500 printed pages of information
without hotlinks
• Limited understanding about interdependencies within
the guidance provided to the program from different
perspectives (contracting, costing, etc.)
• For SE to be an effective enabler, we need to
understand the activities, products, and their integration
with the program
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12. PM Challenges
• Early acquisition Program Office and Staff resources
• Preparing a strategy for technology development
• Funding implications (shifting resources from post MS B to
Pre-MS A)
• Contracting strategies for studies, analyses, prototyping
• Early engagement with industry to identify and burn down
risks
• Tailoring procedures to specific domains and/or complexity
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13. Way Ahead
• Conducting workshops with PMs approaching MS A to
help them understand how the new 5000 applies to them
• Updating our Guidebook to include a section describing
how PMs incorporate Systems Engineering
– To augment guidance on what systems engineering is
• Building an Acquisition Guidance Model as a tool to help
integrate program acquisition activities
MDD MS A MS B
PDR
Acquisition
Guidance
AoA
Model
Best viewed as 4’ x 10’ version
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14. Enhanced SE Engagement
MDD MS MS
Business A B
Decisions Agreement
to pursue
a material
solution Selection
of a
preferred
solution
Engineering Preferred
Support System
Analysis Preferred Program
Initiation
Uncertainty
System
Concept Technology
Maturation
And PDR
Prototyping System
Level
P-PDR-A
AoA Specs or PDR
Preliminary CDR
Design Completed
Design
Material Solution Analysis Technology Development
Make acquisition decisions when you have
solid evidence and acceptable risk
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15. Stevens Institute of Technology
Lead University
UARC Program Manager UARC Deputy PM
Dennis Barnabe Sharon Vannucci
drbarnab@nsa.gov sharon.vannucci@osd.mil
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16. The Need
• Current SE methods, processes, tools do not address the breadth,
complexity, and tempo of today’s development environment.
• Although systems engineering is recognized as key to delivering
weapon systems, there is no single body leading the effort to
advance SE methods, processes, and tools (MPTs) to support DoD
challenges…nor funding line.
• There is an inadequate supply of systems engineers experienced
with the breadth and complexity of DoD’s current development
environment.
SER UARC Mission:
SER UARC Mission:
To research and analyze advanced and emerging systems
To research and analyze advanced and emerging systems
engineering practices and relevant technologies to address the full
engineering practices and relevant technologies to address the full
spectrum of DoD and Intelligence systems across the Department
spectrum of DoD and Intelligence systems across the Department
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17. Far Reaching Benefits
• UARC will address SE research challenges across DoD
and the Federal Government
• Research results (new/improved MPTs) will be shared
across Government and industry to improve SE practice.
• Opportunity for leveraged investment
– Advance the state of Systems Engineering
– Nurture and grow graduate-level systems engineering
academic and research programs
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