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drawn from any area of competency, but consideration should be given to prior
experience in logistics.
• Independence: To avoid a conflict of interest, team leaders and members must be
independent of the program. Independence is defined as an individual who is not
actively involved in the design, test, production, or logistics planning of the
program, either from the Systems Wing, Squadron, or Group Program Office (PO),
supporting field activity or a member of the contractor activity. Independent
contracting firms may participate as team members.
• Warfighter representation: As the users/maintainers of the system being reviewed,
warfighter representatives are critical to the success of an ILA and must be invited
to participate. Warfighter representatives need to be experienced personnel from
their respective career fields and meet the background or experience and
independence requirements stated above. Selection and scheduling of warfighter
representation should be done through the appropriate lead command.
5.1.1. Team Leader Responsibilities.
The team leader is responsible for the following actions:
• Define the scope of the assessment in coordination with the PO
• Identify stakeholders
• Coordinate security requirements
• Approve team members recommended by the Center ACE
• Ensure each checklist is assigned to a team member
• Ensure documentation provided is appropriate for the assessment phase
• Establish a plan of action and milestones (POA&M) for conducting the ILA
• Prepare and deliver an in-brief, periodic progress reports, and a final out-brief
to the PM and designated PO representatives
• Interface with the PO and the team members
• Prepare and issue a final report
5.2. Scheduling and Notification of ILAs.
ILAs should be scheduled and completed prior to acquisition milestones B and C as
well as the FRP decision point. Scheduling must allow time to complete the ILA and issue the
report to stakeholders in sufficient time before the major decision to effect needed changes.
5.2.1. Formal correspondence announcing the ILA should include the dates of the ILA,
the scope, the team leader and members, the meeting site, the schedule, the agenda,
security and point of contact information. The correspondence should be distributed to
the participants and stakeholders at least four weeks before the ILA. Further guidance
regarding scheduling and notification procedures will be addressed in the
implementing instruction.
5.3. Documentation Request.
All team members should be aware of applicable policy directives as part of the
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