This page captures all the relevant guides, templates, research, articles, and reports on IT Acquisition.

Policies

• DoD Instruction 5000.75 Business Systems Requirements and Acquisition, Feb 2017
• Cybersecurity Policies and Regulations, DPAP

Guides

• Defense Agile Acquisition Guide, MITRE, Feb 2014
• IT Acquisition, Defense Acquisition Guidebook
• Guidebook for Acquisition of Naval Software Intensive Systems, ASN (RDA), Sep 2008

Reports

• Cyber as a Strategic Capability, Defense Science Board, Jun 2018
• Metrics for Software Development, Defense Innovation Board, Jul 2018
• 10 Commandments of Software, Defense Innovation Board, Apr 2018
• Design and Acquisition of Software for Defense Systems, Defense Science Board, Feb 2018
• State of Federal IT, Federal CIO Council, Jan 2017
• Cyber Supply Chain, Defense Science Board (DSB), Mar 2017
• Addressing the Barriers to Agile Development in DoD (Briefing, Paper), MITRE, May 2015
• Acquisition Best Practices to Procure Agile IT Services, ACT-IAC
• FY10 NDAA Section 804, Implementing New Acquisition Processes for IT
• Cybersecurity Resources, DPAP

ARTICLES

• Reimagining Defense Business Acquisition, Defense AT&L Magazine, Aug 2017
• Securing Cyber Acquisitions, Michael Cook, Defense AT&L Magazine, Jan 2015

REPORTS

• GAO High Risk List: Improving the Management of IT Acquisitions and Operations, Jan 2017
• Agencies Need to Increase Their Use of Incremental Development Practices, GAO, Aug 2016
• Federal Agencies Need to Address Aging Legacy IT Systems, GAO, May 2016
• Billions of Dollars in Savings Have Been Realized, but Agencies Need to Complete Reinvestment Plans, GAO, Sep 2015
• DoD IT Acquisition, DSB, Mar 2009

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