Mclendon software and dod mission capability embodied in softwarea unique source of strategic, military advantage dods ability to produce and evolve software at core of achieving and, sustaining mission superiority, agility softwareessential to vast range of. This document is part of an integrated product support guidebook suite and serves as an important resource for defense acquisition workforce members to use in crafting and successfully executing life cycle product support and sustainment strategies. To successfully execute the dod mission, our military departments must have the energy, land, air, and water resources necessary to train and. Army should have a software sustainment plan and process. In part 1 of this serie s, i summarized key software sustainment challenges facing the dod. Software sustainment now and future while dod instruction 5000. Because building assets are so vast and diverse, a knowledge.
Hill air force base, utah hill has earned another big piece in the future of sustaining the f35, americas newest fighter jet. Software maintenance in the department of defense dod. Dod needs to better capture and report software sustainment costs. Ips is the process used by the army to develop and implement product support, including all the mandatory acquisition logistics and supportability procedures as defined by department of defense directive dodd 5000. The base already provides depot level modifications and maintenance on the air forces entire f35 fleet. A management guide to software maintenance in cots. Hill, robins to provide f35 software sustainment hill. Attribute 8 resilient missionready software sustainment 8. Observations on the dod software sustainment challenge. The dod component heads are responsible for aligning the management of acquisition programs with the three principal dod processes to support affordable design, development, production and sustainment of mission effective capability and services.
In addition to the outline below, programs should also consult dod instruction 5000. Dod must do better in tracking true costs of software. The lifecycle sustainment plan lcsp is required by dod instruction 5000. Up until recently, dod software sustainment has lived in the shadows, meaning that. Cots software, software maintenance, cotsbased system, lifecycle planning, sustainment. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law and regulations. Its used to determine the supply chain performance requirements core capability planning and analysis, along with the key enabling features needed to. Air force usaf software sustainment and maintenance of weapons systems. But the numbers arent entirely reliable because the navy does not submit data in accordance with recently updated dod policy. The department of defense dod has policies and organizations to manage the sustainment of operational system software. New army software sustainment cost estimating results.
Cost and software data reporting system, revised june 26, 2015. Fy19 dod programs gccsj 33 realtime picture of the battlespace that is necessary to conduct joint and multinational operations. Pdf software sustainment is critical to dod capability, but it is difficult. An investment model for software sustainment july 22, 20 sei blog robert ferguson. Department of defense dod and army acquisition policy documents articulate. Software maintenance plans are different than other technical documents in that the focus is on how to modify software after it has been released and is now in operations.
The mission of the department of defense dod is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our country. This plan is the programs primary management tool to satisfy the warfighters sustainment requirements through the. B the repair, adaptive modifications or upgrades, and change events including integration and testing made to operational software resident in a weapon system or in support equipment that is integral to the operations or sustainment of a weapon system. In part 1 of this series, i summarized key software sustainment challenges facing the dod. This attribute focuses on improving the air forces ability to sustain software products over the long term by using advanced science and technology. The lifecycle sustainment plan lcsp is required by dod instruction. Software sustainment and maintenance of weapons systems. Fulltime equivalent fte or planning data was collected if actual data was.
A management guide to software maintenance in cotsbased systems may 1998 judith a. Its clientserver architecture uses open systems standards and governmentdeveloped military planning software. That establish and maintain software sustainment policy. This page displays blog posts in the software sustainment category. Without the navys categorizing and reporting its software sustainment costs, dod and congress are not fully informed of the magnitude and cost of core software sustainment capability requirements, gao said, adding, this impedes dods efforts to plan for a ready and controlled source of technical competence, and to budget resources. Software sustainment under secretary of defense for. About software maintenance software maintenance is the totality of activities required to provide cost effective. The builder sustainment management system sms is a webbased software application developed by erdcs construction engineering research laboratory cerl to help civil engineers, technicians and managers decide when, where and how to best maintain building infrastructure. Department of defense dod and the f35 joint program office jpo, as stated in the report and by the presenters, are to improve the information flow between jpo and the service, improve sustainment plans, and. Plans call for sustaining dod abis through fy 22, although the forthcoming contract, which will have a potential fiveyear period of performance, will only run through fy 20, according to the draft work plan.
This impedes dods efforts to plan for a ready and controlled source. Department of defenses 4 sustainment plan comprehensive. Comprehensive requirements to support, maintain and operate the software capabilities of a system. Dsb task force on design and acquisition of software systems 9 summary of recommendations 4. The plan for implementing these strategies seamlessly spans the entire life cycle and is spelled out in the lifecycle sustainment plan lcsp. Warfighter capability embodied in softwarea unique source of strategic, military advantage dods ability to produce and evolve software a t core of achieving and, sustaining mission superiority, agility, more timely and better decisions. Dod must do better in tracking true costs of software sustainment, gao says sailors aboard the guidedmissile cruiser uss princeton fire an rgm84 harpoon antiship missile during the rim of the pacific 2016, the worlds largest international maritime exercise, in the pacific ocean, july 14, 2016. The software maintenance task is responsible to coordinate the continuous maintenance of the middleware components developed within the project and included in an emi distribution, preserving. Chief software officer, department of defense, united states air force, safaq approved by. Given a department of defense dod it acquisition scenario early in the lifecycle, analyze software sustainment planning factors critical to the success of a potential software support activity ssa. The processes, procedures, people, material, and information required to support, maintain, and operate the software aspects of a. Department of defense dod and army acquisition policy documents articulate official decisions and. Maintenance plan to aid the software engineer in implementing software maintenance requirements. Software sustainment is growing in importance as the inventory of dod systems continues to age and greater emphasis is placed on efficiency and productivity in defense spending.
First, gao found that the office of cost assessment and program evaluations cape cost and software data reporting system did not collect. On february 27march 1, 2019, the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicines air force studies board afsb convened a workshop in washington, d. Gccsj operations, gccsj modernization, and jpes are the three systems that comprise gccsj. Developing a common operational picture for sustainment. The growing importance of sustaining software for the dod. Sustaining softwareintensive systems carnegie mellon university. The software engineering institute has been conducting a multiyear exploration of the applicability of agile software development techniques in department of defense dod programs and other highly regulated environments. The other elements of the transition plan help inform the benefits sustainment plan and include. Software sustainment and maintenance of weapons systems for the united states air force proceedings of a workshopin brief.
Isa 201 intermediate information systems acquisition. Dod dmsms wg charter to support and implement that policy dodi 5000. Lifecycle sustainment plan lcsp, and a successful fullrate. Sustainment data currently there is a lack of available data collected during the sustainment phase of major dod programs. Software acquisition adaptive acquisition framework. During the planning stage of dod system software acquisition, identify. This document presents the fundamental principles that will guide the software maintenance and the user support tasks within the project. The ndbop is the ombmandated dod agency strategic plan asp and the departments roadmap for managing and reforming the business operations. Army issues draft plans for dod abis sustainment and. If the sustainment commander and staff understand that time factor, they can more easily plan and manage expectations.
Dod has established a complete range planning and management program under its sri, which addresses this requirement. Software development plan how the developer is building the software, including software assurance secure coding software transition plan how the ssa will assume responsibility of the effort from the developer life cycle sustainment plan section 1. The department of defense dod is aware of risks that could affect the f35s autonomic logistics information system alis, but does not have a plan to ensure that alis is fully functional as key program milestones approach. Defense innovation board dos and donts for software.
Software sustainment involves coordinating the processes, procedures, people, information, and databases required to support, maintain, and operate softwarereliant aspects of dod systems. In accordance with the authority in dod directive 54. Extralong sustainment contracts are lockheeds latest bid. Ndaa section 366a1 requires dod to develop a comprehensive training range sustainment plan. Although this report only focuses on the training aspects of test ranges, the sri is concerned with both training and test.
At the system level, program managers and system software teams must. Early sustainment planning for the united states air force. Up until recently, dod software sustainment has lived in the shadows, meaning. The plan is included in the overall acquisition strategy of a program and describing the approach and resources necessary to develop and. The plan describes sustainment influences on system design, as well as the technical, business, and management activities to develop, implement, and deliver a product support package that maintains affordable system operational effectiveness over the systems life cycle.
Now, the ogden air logistics complexs 309th software maintenance group will be part of an air force and navy team that provides organic software support. Replaced system sustainment plan 820, page 83 system demilitarization and disposal plan 821, page 84 materiel fielding planning 822, page 84 postproduction support planning 823, page 84 post production support plan 824, page 85. Alis users, including pilots and maintainers, in gaos focus groups identified benefits of the system, such as the incorporation of multiple functions into a single system. The proponent of this regulation is the as sistant secretary of the army acquisition, logistics and technology. Most other documents focus on planning, development or testing. This shortcoming has caused cost analyses prepared in support of logistics decision options to be both difficult and problematic. Dod policy defines software sustainment and software maintenance activities synonymously, to comprise any activities or actions that change the software baseline, as well as modifications or upgrades that add capability or. The benefits sustainment plan is part of the transition plan. Dod dmsms strategic objectives update april 26, 2017. This paper examines using agile techniques in the software sustainment arenaspecifically on air force programs.