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  2. State capacity - Wikipedia

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    State capacity may involve an expansion of the state's information-gathering abilities. In processes of state-building, states began implementing a regular and reliable census, the regular release of statistical yearbooks, and civil and population registers, as well as establishing a government agency tasked with processing statistical information.

  3. Initial operating capability - Wikipedia

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    Initial operating capability or initial operational capability (IOC) is the state achieved when a capability is available in its minimum usefully deployable form. The term is often used in government or military procurement. [1] The United States Department of Defense chooses to use the term initial operational capability when referring to IOC. [2]

  4. Capability (systems engineering) - Wikipedia

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    A capability, in the systems engineering sense, is defined as the ability to execute a specified course of action. A capability may or may not be accompanied by an intention. [1] The term is used in the defense industry but also in private industry (e.g. gap analysis).

  5. Manufacturing readiness level - Wikipedia

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    Capability to produce the technology in a laboratory environment. Required investments, such as manufacturing technology development identified. Processes to ensure manufacturability, producibility and quality are in place and are sufficient to produce technology demonstrators. Manufacturing risks identified for prototype build.

  6. Capability management - Wikipedia

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    Capability management is a high-level management function, with particular application in the context of defense.. Capability management aims to balance economy in meeting current operational requirements, with the sustainable use of current capabilities, and the development of future capabilities, to meet the sometimes competing strategic and current operational objectives of an enterprise.

  7. Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance - Wikipedia

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    The government often needs to supplement its internal Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory capability in order to meet its frequently changing needs and demands. Through a formal Request for Information (RFI)/ Request for Proposal (RFP) process the government is able to contract with a commercial organization to provide certain services.

  8. Capability Maturity Model - Wikipedia

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    The Capability Maturity Model was originally developed as a tool for objectively assessing the ability of government contractors' processes to implement a contracted software project. The model is based on the process maturity framework first described in IEEE Software [ 2 ] and, later, in the 1989 book Managing the Software Process by Watts ...

  9. Analysis of Alternatives - Wikipedia

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    Risk is analyzed in many ways, such as technological maturity, manufacturing capacity, quality standards, manufacturing design, material and supply chain capacity, interoperability, operational survival, aggressiveness of the schedule, cost reasonableness, among many others. Each MOE and capability may carry an associated risk.