Finally, while DOD's policy separates product development into a two-stage process-integration and demonstration-it does not require a decision milestone to move from one stage to the next.
DOD's policy states that there is a decision checkpoint between the two stages of integration and demonstration. 
mnli hypothesis: DOD's policy states that there is a decision checkpoint between the two stages of integration and demonstration.  premise: Finally, while DOD's policy separates product development into a two-stage process-integration and demonstration-it does not require a decision milestone to move from one stage to the next.