Acquisition Policy for Defense Business Systems

Citation
U.S. Department of Defense, Acquisition Policy for Defense Business Systems (DBS) (Directive-Type Memorandum 11-009) (June 23, 2011) (full-text).

Overview
This DTM establishes policy requiring the use of the Business Capability Lifecycle (BCL) model as the acquisition process for DBS, and assigns responsibilities and provides procedures for meeting BCL and DBS requirements.

The principles of BCL can be applied at the increment or at the release level &mdash; BCL provides the framework for structuring the definition, development, testing, production, deployment, and support of DBS. This model is a guideline and tailoring, consistent with statute and sound business practice, is encouraged.