Foundational Assumptions and Associated Observables

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Davis, Gregory A.
Bailey, John W.
Goldberg, Matthew S.
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2019-04-30
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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The Institute for Defense Analyses worked with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to invent Foundational Assumptions and Associated Observables (FAAOs). FAAOs are a tool to help oversight organizations monitor progress in acquisition programs between milestones. FAAOs are similar to the Framing Assumptions required in the 2015 version of the DoD’s acquisition regulations, but they are created by and for oversight organizations, not those executing the programs. In addition to inventing the process, we also delivered five sets of FAAOs to the OSD for use in oversight, which was an essential step in creating the process.
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Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research Program
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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