Exam 2 Jeopardy Flashcards
___ in a defense system’s development and acquisition program helps reduce or manage risk
-The Test and Evaluation
The Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) is prepared by the ____ in conjunction with principal
The PM/Test Integration Working Group
The _____ is the principal staff assistant and senior advisor to the Secretary of Defense on operational test and evaluation (OT&E) in the Department of Defense
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
Testing event emphasized later in the life cycle, focuses on the system and determines operational effectiveness and suitability
Operational testing
Testing event which is normally conducted on those tasks performed at field level and some sustainment level by user representatives
Logistics Demonstration
Two principles of lean manufacturing
Minimization of waste and responsive to change
Involves proving the design can actually produce a product that meets customer functional requirements in a realistic “factory floor” type situation
Process proofing
Cost of Quality (three areas)
- Prevention,
- Appraisal, and
- Correcting failures
Five major causes of production problems
- Unstable rates and quantities
- Design Instability
- Undue emphasis on schedule
- Inadequate configuration management system
- Inattention to environmental impacts
Five top level design goals for producible products
- Design for ease of fabrication
- Ease of assembly
- Multiuse
- Minimize number of parts
- Maximize number of common parts
What event based plan that identifies the work that must be accomplished to complete the key program activities and events
The integrated master plan (IMP)
The five step scheduling process
- ID the tasks
- Sequence the tasks
- Estimate the task duration
- Construct the schedule
- Implement the schedule
Longest path through the network
Critical Path
These schedules tie (or roll up) the detailed tasks in the detailed schedules to the key events and milestones in the master schedule(s), and provide traceability between the two levels
Intermediate
_____ charts depict information about significant project events, focusing on specific points in time
Milestone
What level of the WBS includes major elements of the defense materiel item, such as hardware, software elements, program management, training, data, etc.?
Level 2
The WBS is used for (four events)
- Planning logistics
- Establishing schedules
- Tracking cost
- Predicting variations
_____ develops the Contract WBS
Contractor
A WBS is an output of the _______ process
System Engineering
There are ______ WBS Categories and ______ common elements (level 2)
11 / 10
The three leadership styles for IPTs
- Supervisory
- Participative
- Team
Six Core Ethical Values
- Trustworthiness
- Respect
- Responsibility
- Fairness
- Caring
- Citizenship
Ethics may be thought of as a set of ______ for a group of people or society
Behavioral standards
Three classical decision making models
- Consequentialism
- Golden Rule
- Kant’s Absolute Moral Duties
________leadership is the ideal style for most IPT leaders in team leadership
Team leadership
________ is essential in determining a system’s readiness for initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E)
Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E)
________ are logical means of translating broad capability needs into well defined system specific requirement ultimately into operationally effective, suitable, and survivable systems.
Phases
The 5 m’s are used to ensure the design can produce a uniform product, defect-free product, and _______
Reproducible products
A ______ is an aggregation of end products and enabling products to achieve a given purpose
System
The contractor must have a ___________ that meets government objectives
Quality Management Process
________ is an interdisciplinary approach encompassing the entire technical effort to evolve and verify an integrated and total life cycle balanced set of system, people and process solutions that satisfy customer needs
Systems Engineering
Name the eight technical management process
- Technical planning
- Requirements Management
- Interface Management
- Risk Management
- Configuration Management
- Technical data management
- Technical assessment
- Decision analysis
Name the eight system engineering technical processes
- Stakeholder requirements definition
- Requirements analysis
- Architecture design
- Implementation
- Integration
- Verification
- Validation
- Transition
Both ______ and the DoD have similar goals in product development and share key systems engineering processes
Industry
_______Standard that was replaced by EIA 631 and IEEE 1220
MIL-STD499A
Every system consists of one or more End products and a set of _______ products
Enabling Products
Identify the three technical processes for designing systems
- Stakeholder Requirements Definition
- Requirements analysis
- Architecture Design
A type of program unique specification that describes the form, fit and function and method for acceptance of end products (e.g., parts, components and other items that are elements of a system model) is:
Item Specification
The _________ is the Gov’ts foundation plan for systems engineering activities planned for use on a project
Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)
A ______ requirement is one that is not explicitly stated in a higher level set of requirements yet required to be satisfied in order to provide a complete system solution.
Derived
Risk Management includes these key elements (tasks):
- Risk Identification
- Risk analysis
- Risk Mitigation planning
- Risk Mitigation plan implementation
- Risk Tracking
Risk management in Program Management Offices can be either:
Centralized or Decentralized
Four risk mitigation options:
- Avoiding
- Controlling
- Transferring
- Assuming
Risk Tracking answers the question “how are things going?” by:
- Communicating risk to all affected stakeholders
- Monitoring risk mitigation plans
- Reviewing regular status updates
Three components of Risk
- Future root cause
- Probability or likelihood of future root cause happening
- Consequences of that future occurrence
Contracts greater than ______ but less than or equal to _______ are set aside exclusively for small businesses, if at least two capable small businesses can be expected to submit offers
3000 / 150,000
_________: At least 51 percent unconditionally owned by one or more individuals who are both socially and economically disadvantaged
Small Disadvantaged Business
Fixed price contracts have a ______ risk to the government
Low
Three generic classifications of DoD software-intensive systems are:
- Embedded
- Automated Information Systems
- Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4ISR)
_________ has the software designed into or physically integrated into a weapon system
Embedded
The ______ Baseline is prepared during latter part of EMD Phase and establishes requirements for hardware fabrication, software, and delivery
Product
Four Configuration Management Functions
- Identification
- Control
- Status accounting
- Audit
The _____ is usually responsible for the product baseline, or “build to” level baseline and below
Contractor
Three configuration management baselines are:
- Functional
- Allocated
- Product
________ Management involves the control and definition of the boundaries at which product subsystems come into contact with other components of the system
Interface
What are the phases of the life cycle?
- Materiel Solution Analysis
- Technology Maturation & Risk Reduction
- Engineering & Manufacturing Development
- Production and Deployment
- Operations and Support
What are the 5 Ms?
- Material
- Method
- Machinery
- Manpower
- Measurement
What are the different types of schedules?
Gantt
Milestone
Network
Production
