TECHNICAL REVIEW MANUAL (TRM) - AcqNotes

1 Program Executive Officer Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) naval Sea Systems command Research & system Engineering Warfare Systems Engineering and Human Systems Integration Directorate (NAVSEA 05H) TECHNICAL REVIEW MANUAL (TRM) Version 18 December 2009 Department of the Navy naval Sea Systems command / Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems 1333 Isaac Hull Avenue SE Washington Navy Yard, DC 20376 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. A This page was left blank intentionally. ii This page was left blank intentionally.

2 CONTENTS Section Page .. 1-1 .. 1-1 .. 1-3 DOCUMENT .. 1-4 DOCUMENT .. 2-1 .. 3-1 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TECHNICAL REVIEW (SETR) .. 3-1 GENERAL .. 3-2 .. 3-4 RECOMMENDED SETRS AND .. 3-5 ROLES AND .. 3-5 PROGRAM / PROJECT MANAGER (PM) .. 3-7 .. 3-7 INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL AUTHORITY (ITA) .. 3-8 OTHER .. 3-9 SETR .. 3-9 EXTENDED INTEGRATED PRODUCT TEAM (IPT) .. 3-10 TECHNICAL AUTHORITY (TA) .. 3-11 TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD (TRB) .. 3-11 TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE MEETING [TIM] .. 3-11 PLANNING FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TECHNICAL .. 3-12 TECHNICAL REVIEW ACTION PLAN (TRAP)/SEP/MODIFIED.

3 3-13 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TECHNICAL REVIEW (SETR) .. 3-13 SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TECHNICAL REVIEW .. 3-14 CONDUCTING FORMAL SETR .. 3-15 SETR ASSESSMENT .. 3-15 SETR .. 3-16 TECHNICAL REVIEW SUMMARY REPORT (TRSR) iii iv APPENDIXES Appendix Page A Acronyms .. A-1 B Document and Systems Engineering TECHNICAL REVIEW Definitions ..B-1 C Specific Systems Engineering TECHNICAL Reviews ..C-1 D TECHNICAL REVIEW Documentation Matrix .. D-1 E TECHNICAL REVIEW MANUAL Comment ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page FIGURE 1. NAVSEAINST SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TECHNICAL REVIEWS FOR MILESTONE A 1-3 FIGURE 2.

4 NAVSEAINST SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TECHNICAL REVIEWS FOR MILESTONE B 1-4 FIGURE 3. SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TECHNICAL REVIEWS (SETRs) FIGURE 4. PLANNING TIMELINE FOR SETR 3-12 FIGURE 5. TYPICAL SETR 3-15 INTRODUCTION Scope ASN(RD&A) is the DON Component Acquisition Executive (CAE) responsible for DON acquisition including establishing policy and procedures and being responsible for all research, development, and acquisition per SECNAVINST series and SECNAVINST series. PEOs, SYSCOM Commanders, and DRPMs are accountable for the specific responsibilities listed SECNAVINST series, including administration of assigned acquisition programs, and reporting directly to the CAE for such programs.

5 PEOs, SYSCOM Commanders, DRPMs, and PMs have authority, responsibility, and accountability for life-cycle management of all acquisition programs within their cognizance. Title 10 1737 : US Code - Section 1737: Definitions and general provisions defines the term "program manager" with respect to a defense acquisition program as the member of the Acquisition Corps responsible for managing a program. PEOs and DRPMs shall act for and exercise the programmatic authority of the naval Acquisition Enterprise to directly supervise the management of assigned programs, maintaining oversight of cost, schedule, and performance, and make timely and forthright reports directly to the ASN(RD&A)

6 For all matters pertaining to acquisition and will work with the SYSCOMs to ensure that TECHNICAL authority processes are an integral part of their program execution and that acquisition issues pertaining to supportability of their systems are coordinated and addressed throughout the entire life cycle per SECNAVINST series. Programmatic authority for acquisition is exercised by Program Managers and is the management of all aspects of assigned programs from concept to disposal, including oversight of cost, schedule, and performance; and direction of life cycle management per SECNAVINST series.

7 TECHNICAL Authority is the authority, responsibility, and accountability to establish, monitor and approve TECHNICAL standards, tools, and processes in conformance with applicable Department of Defense (DoD) and DON policy, requirements, architectures, and standards per SECNAVINST series to ensure the safety, reliability and performance of Navy products are practical, complete and meet programmatic needs. ASN(RDA) directed the development of a common system Engineering TECHNICAL REVIEW (SETR) process by the SYSCOMs and the institutionalization of this common SETR process which is to be led by a senior and independent person from the acquisition program ( see policy memorandum Systems Engineering TECHNICAL REVIEW Process for naval Acquisition Programs dated 13 Jun 08).

8 NAVSEAINST , Virtual SYSCOM naval SYSCOM Systems Engineering Policy, 2009 and the SETR Handbook provides for this common SETR process. Emphasizing REVIEW preparations and procedures based on the naval Systems Engineering (SE) Policy and naval Systems Engineering TECHNICAL REVIEW (SETR) Handbook, 1-1 this TRM identifies TECHNICAL requirements, planning responsibilities, recording requirements, and roles for SETRs for programs within PEO IWS. This MANUAL describes the overall PEO IWS/SEA 05H SETR process as well as the objectives and activities (including entrance and exit criteria) for each SETR.

9 In so doing, this MANUAL reflects policy that governs the SETR process and provides guidance for the conduct of SETRs for development and verification of new systems or system baseline upgrades. In accordance with the Policy for SE in Department of Defense (DoD), each program is required to submit a system Engineering Plan (SEP) for Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) approval at each milestone REVIEW using the DoD Systems Engineering Plan Preparation Guide including addendums. The SEP describes all TECHNICAL aspects of an acquisition program and describes the overall TECHNICAL approach, SE processes, resources, key TECHNICAL task, activities and events along with the metrics and success criteria.

10 SETRs to be conducted by each program should be identified in the program s SEP. The SEP must include a description of any program-specific tailoring of the SETR and explain how the tailored SETR activities accomplish the objectives of the overall SETR process. Non-acquisition programs within PEO IWS shall prepare a modified SEP that includes as a minimum the TECHNICAL REVIEW Planning portion of the DoD Systems Engineering Plan Preparation Guide. The modified SEP shall have the concurrence of the NAVSEA CHENG and be approved by the IWS TECHNICAL Director. SETRs are independent reviews of programs for the benefit of the program manager.