Department of Defense INSTRUCTION

DoDI 5000.02, January 7, 2015
(3) The DAE may reclassify an acquisition program at any time. The reclassification
decision will be documented in an ADM.
3. ACQUISITION PROGRAM INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS AT MILESTONES
AND OTHER DECISION POINTS
a. Table 2 lists the statutory and regulatory requirements at each of the milestones and other
decision points during the acquisition process. In consultation with the appropriate stakeholders,
program managers may propose for MDA approval, tailoring of Regulatory program
information. MDAs will document all information tailoring decisions.
b. Each row identifies an information requirement and the source of the requirement.
(Sources may refer to United States Code (U.S.C.), Public Law (P.L.), an Executive Order
(E.O.), DoD Instructions (DoDIs), Directives (DoDDs), or other types of documentation. When
available, the source will include paragraph (Para.), section (Sec.), or enclosure (Enc.) numbers
and the reference (Ref.) identifier from the list of references in this instruction. STATUTORY
items and sources appear in ALL CAPS; Regulatory items and sources appear in normal text.
Requirements are in alphabetical order.
(1) A dot (●) in a cell indicates the specific applicability of the requirement to program
type and life-cycle event, and represents the initial submission of information. Moving right
across a row, a checkmark () indicates the requirement for updated information, and another
dot indicates submission of new information.
(2) Notes accompany each row to explain the requirement, limit or extend the
requirement’s applicability to program type and/or life-cycle event, or refer the reader to more
detailed direction.
c. Labels for the “Life-Cycle Event” columns represent the following events:
(1) “MDD”—Materiel Development Decision.
(2) “MS A”—Milestone A Decision Review.
(3) “CDD Val”—Capability Development Document Validation.
(4) “Dev RFP Rel”—The Development Request for Proposals (RFP) Release Decision
Point conducted before Milestone B to authorize release of the RFP for the next phase.
(5) “MS B”—Milestone B Decision Review.
(6) “MS C”—Milestone C Decision Review.
(7) “FRP/FD Dec”—The Full-Rate Production (FRP) Decision or the Full Deployment
(FD) Decision.
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