Week 3 Knowledge Check Study Guide Concepts Mastery Score: 18 / 18 Questions Strategic Planning 100% 1 2 17 Tactical Planning 100% 3 4 5 Operational Planning 100% 6 7 8 Contingency Planning 100% 9 10 Planning Fundamentals 100% 12 13 18 100% 14 15 16 Factors Influencing Planning 11 Concept: Strategic Planning Mastery 100% Questions 1 2 17 1. A pattern of actions and use of resources that is developed with the intention to achieve the goals of an organization is referred to as A. a mission development B. strategic operationalizing C. a strategy D. tactical plans Correct: The Correct Answer is: C. “A strategy is a pattern of actions and resource allocations designed to achieve the goals of the organization” (Bateman & Snell, 2011, p. 131). 2. How long is the time horizon for a strategic plan? A.
Planning have a number of objectives such as, formation of the acquisition team, acquisition strategies, requirements analysis, selection and evaluation criteria, acquisition issues, and market place analysis. And the evaluation also has its objectives including, the viability of the vendor, functional and technical evaluation, and the cost of the product or service (Reichgelt & Barjis). CMMI-ACQ model focuses on activities that initiate and manage the acquisition of products and services. CMMI-ACQ has four categories with 22 process areas. The four categories are: The Project process, organizational process, Support Process, and High Maturity Process it (CMMI for acquisition, November 2010).
Under Homeland Security there are a four goals mentioning some form of communications, Interoperable Communications, Intelligence/Information Sharing, Vulnerability Assessment and Backup Power and Communications. Further reading of the goals, outlined a different area of communication. Interoperable
Determine the responsibilities of the contracting officer during the proposal evaluation process. 4. Assess the requirements for performance-based acquisitions. 5. Create requirements for the vehicle purchase that could be included in a performance-based contract with rationale.
Communiction 102 Response to Article The Revelation Risk Model Objective: 1 – Identify the theory that is being used (2 points). 2 – In one paragraph describe three key components of the theory (3 points). 3 – Identify the first two hypotheses or research questions (2 points). 4 – Identify the key variables they are testing in the hypotheses or research questions (2 points). 5 – Briefly summarize how each variable was operationalized (4 points).
Strategic Military Framework The strategic military framework to combat WMD consists of ends (the military strategic goal and associated end state), 4 ways (military strategic objectives), and means (combatant commands, Military Departments, and combat support agencies) applied across the three pillars of the National Strategy to Combat WMD (nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and consequence management). Ends (Military Strategic Goal and Associated End state) Our military strategic goal is to ensure that the United States, its Armed Forces, allies, partners, and interests are neither coerced nor attacked by enemies using WMD. Specific end states delineate standards by which we can measure our effectiveness: 1. U.S. Armed Forces, in concert with other elements of U.S. national power, deter WMD use. 2.
To receive full credit, work must be shown if applicable. Section 3.1: Basic Concepts of Probability and Counting 1. Lock combinations are made by using 4 digits. How many different lock combinations can be made if repetition of digits is allowed? (References: example 4 page 135, end of section exercises 13 - 16 page 142 and 35 – 36 page 144) (6 points) 2.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: 1. Defend the purpose of technical evaluations in regard to: 2. the importance of integrity and fairness. b. the factors used to determine the competitive range. 3. Create an outline of the final technical evaluation report 3.
Executing a strategy. 5. Monitoring developments, evaluating performances, and initiating corrective actions. 4. Guidelines for setting objectives-long term, short term, obtainable, financial objectives, realistic, quantifiable, who is responsible 5.
Select from these CSIRT functional needs: a. Tracking incidents b. Reporting on incidents c. Archiving incidents d. Communicating incident information e. Managing an incident’s tasks and activities Software tools (note which CSIRT functional needs each product meets and why): 1. Archer Incident Management 2. D3 Incident Reporting and Case Management 3. Application for Incident Response Teams (AIRT) 4.