This checklist is intended to identify, if appropriate, products and activities that are not complete, available, or of sufficient quality, and provides a basis from which to enforce standard practices. The likelihood of successful completion of an event and the most judicious use of resources is therefore increased. Deviations from items listed in the kernels are risk items that should be mitigated. Milestone Kernel Format Entry criteria are the conditions that must be present before a milestone event can occur. Strict adherence to the entry criteria and inputs provides a high level of assurance that appropriate products are available and have been verified to be of sufficient quality to begin the milestone event.
Actions are the activities that occur during the course of the event.
Outputs are the products that must be available for the event to be considered complete. Exit criteria are the conditions under which the event is complete. Metrics are based on a basic set of metrics mandated for the management of DoD systems acquisition in such references as DODI 5000.2 and ASAF Acquisition Policy 93M-17. Specific size, effort, schedule, quality, and rework metrics are defined for each milestone. Use these buttons to navigate between newsletter articles.