Puts preliminary description of business needs into writing; Identifies wider, potential project team members; Builds business process flows; enabling assessment of technology fit & impact; Creates draft functional and technical requirements
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| 1 | Gather and review available information
4 Secure and review applicable information available and/or from previous tasks (Define Problem/Challenge and Define High Level Business Case), |
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| 2 | Identify leads and establish team
4 Determine lead for documenting high-level requirements, and identify business process and technical leads involved and impacted by the problem and business case. |
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| 3 | Develop draft requirements and supporting products
4 Develop Operational Activity Model (OV-5), Operational Activity to System Function Traceability Matrix (SV-5), and Systems Evolution Description (SV-8) to support the business change reflected in the high-level business case. |
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| 4 | Conduct requirements interviews
4 Schedule, execute and document interviews with process owners, key users and technical leads to define the mid-level requirements. |
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| 5 | Update process flows in OV-5
4 Refine high-level process flows as a result of interviews. |
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| 6 | Review Systems and Architectural Framework and Guidelines
4 Review existing DoD logistics system information/interfaces to understand the system interfaces that have been registered (through May 2002), the architectural framework that exists, and the guidelines for consistent development processes. |
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Define Testing Requirements
4 Develop testing requirements to conform to Clinger-Cohen Act. |
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Determine Technical Compliance Requirements
4 Ensure that the program to be acquired is consistent with the Global Information Grid policies and architecture, to include relevant standards |
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Develop Information Assurance Strategy and Get Approval
4 Develop an information assurance strategy that is consistent with DOD policies, standards and architecture, to include relevant standards |
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