DoD program scheduling turns an acquisition strategy into a time-phased, executable plan. It connects requirements, funding, contracting, engineering, test, production, fielding and sustainment events so leaders can see whether the
A CLIN is a Contract Line Item Number. It identifies a contract line item used to organize a product or service for pricing, funding, delivery, inspection, acceptance, invoicing and payment.
A Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) identifies the data that a contractor must formally deliver to the government under a contract. It defines the deliverable, applicable Data Item Description (DID),
The difference between a Statement of Work (SOW), Performance Work Statement (PWS) and Statement of Objectives (SOO) comes down to the level of direction, the emphasis on results and who
WBS SOW traceability connects authorized contract scope to the structure used to plan, schedule, budget and control the work. The Statement of Work (SOW) defines what the contractor must accomplish.
SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR and PRR are systems engineering reviews used to determine whether a program has reached defined points of technical maturity. In simple terms, the System Requirements Review
A Contract Data Requirements List, or CDRL, identifies the data that a Department of Defense contractor must deliver under a contract. It defines each deliverable’s title, governing instructions, delivery schedule,
A CDRL schedule should show more than a list of contract due dates. The integrated master schedule (IMS) should include the work required to produce each significant deliverable, a logic-driven
GFE schedule risk is the risk that Government-Furnished Equipment will arrive late, incomplete, damaged, unsuitable, improperly configured, or otherwise unavailable when the program needs it. A delayed GFE item can
An IPMDAR schedule dataset is a structured electronic representation of an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) submitted under the Integrated Program Management Data and Analysis Report. Its formal name is the
