REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT.DOCVIP

REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (REVISED 07/2001) PURPOSE The Requirements Document establishes the operational framework and performance baseline for an acquisition program. The Requirements Document becomes the performance baseline in the Acquisition Program Baseline at the Investment Decision. DESCRIPTION The Requirements Document is the primary force driving the search for a realistic and affordable solution to mission need during Investment Analysis. The initial Requirements Document is developed early in Investment Analysis by the sponsoring line of business. It translates the need in the Mission Need Statement into initial top-level requirements addressing such concerns as performance, supportability, physical and functional integration, human integration, security, test and evaluation, implementation and transition, quality assurance, configuration management, and in-service management. The initial Requirements Document must not describe a specific solution to mission need, and should not preclude leasing, commercial, or non-developmental solutions. During Investment Analysis, these initial requirements are evaluated against the cost, benefits, schedule, and risk of various candidate solutions and brought into balance with an affordable solution. At the Investment Decision, the Requirements Document defines exactly the operational concept and requirements the approved acquisition program is intended to achieve. It is the basis for evaluating the readiness of resultant products and services to become operational. Sponsor requirements not included in the Requirements Document at the Investment Decision are returned to the sponsoring line of business for disposition. NOTE: The Requirements Document is NOT a design specification; it contains only top-level requirements. APPROVAL The Associate Administrator of the line of business with the mission need approves the Requirements Document and all changes to it. DISTRIBUTION (Revised 06/2001) Distribute copies