MIL-HDBK-502 - Barringer and Associates, Inc.

MIL-HDBK-502: ACQUISITIONALOGISTICS• The potential design impact of performing the analyses including theestimated supportability, cost and readiness improvement and thereduction in program risks.The strategy should also include an initial estimate of the cost to performeach supportability analysis. It should also rate the degree of costeffectiveness of performing each analysis—given the projected costs, theanticipated benefit to be derived, and the program schedule constraintsunder which it must be conducted. These ratings should then be used totailor supportability analyses to conform to overall acquisition programstrategy, plans, schedules, and funding.Procedures and schedules should be established and integrated with theoverall systems engineering program and other program activities.Supportability reviews should be scheduled consistent with the overallprogram plans. Consider use of alternative techniques that minimize thecost of reviews such as the use of remote access.Supportability analyses should have a set of established review procedureswhich provide consistency of review among the participating disciplines.These procedures should define the acceptance and rejection criteriapertaining to total system supportability requirements.To be useful, the systems engineering strategy needs to be current. Thesupportability analyses input should be updated as necessary based uponthe analyses’ results and subsequent refinement of plans, schedules, andfunding profiles. When the results of a specific supportability analysis areno longer required or provide little or no value to the program, the analysisshould be discontinued.5.4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONDepartment of Defense Regulation, 5000.2-R, Mandatory Procedures forMajor Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPS) and Major AutomatedInformation System (MAIS) Acquisition ProgramsSD-2, Buying Commercial and Nondevelopmental Items: A Handbook5-13