Defense Acquisition Guidebook From DAU

July 7, 2009 · Filed Under General  - 4 Comment(s)

The Defense Acquisition University has released an update to its guidebook covering acquisition.  Cost estimating and analysis are part of this on-line resource as chapter 3, “Affordability and life-cycle resource estimates.  The announcement follows:

For DAU Alumni Association Members:  Because of significant policy revisions associated with the re-issuance of DoD Instruction 5000.02 in December 2008, a complete review and revision of the Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) has taken place.  The revised DAG (including implementation guidance resulting from the Weapon System Acquisition Reform Act of 2009) will be finished and on-line several months from now.  While that task is being completed, an Interim DAG has been created and posted to the following website (https://acc.dau.mil/dag). 

The Interim DAG has the same business practice and policy content as the final will have, but with fewer internal and external navigation options.  The objective is to provide acquisition professionals with the information needed to manage programs while the DAG is made more user friendly.


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4 Responses to “Defense Acquisition Guidebook From DAU”

  1. Rick Ferguson on July 28th, 2009 8:23 am

    Hello,

    Is there a cost or subscriber fee to get this Blog?

    Thanks

  2. galorath on July 30th, 2009 3:21 pm

    there is no cost.

  3. Richard G. Peterson on February 17th, 2010 3:03 pm

    Comment/question:
    In the September 2009 Defense Acquisition Guidebook, Section 2.3.16, there were two comments we used and quoted in our Proposal Workshops.
    They were:
    “The {acquisition) strategy should be structured to make maximum use of compteition throughout the life of the program.”
    “The intent of applying competiton is to achieve performance and schedule requirements, improve product quality and reliability, and reduce cost.”

    Are there similar statements in the 2009 version?
    If yes, where will they be found?

    Thank you,

    Richard G. Peterson

  4. galorath on February 17th, 2010 5:15 pm

    Only source for the document is on the DAU web site that I know of.

    I am at DODCAS (DoD Cost Symposium) where the focus is an acquisition reform conference and its cost impacts. I havnt heard that comment here and the slides are not yet available. SLides should be available about March 1, 2010 at http://www.dodcas.org.

    I will keep my ear to the ground.

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