1. MIL-HDBK-502A, “Product Support Analysis”
Defense Acquisition University
May 2013
LOG 211 MIL-HDBK-502A Overview

2. Status/Focus/Content Supportability Analysis Timeline Terminology
Outline
Status/Focus/Content
Supportability Analysis Timeline
Terminology
Supportability Analysis Functions & Product Support Elements
LOG 211 MIL-HDBK-502A Overview

3. Status/Focus/Content
Issued March 8, 2013 to replace the now obsolete MIL-HDBK-502 Acquisition Logistics. Available for download on the ASSIST website;
Addresses the Product Support Analysis (PSA) process and its associated activities, the selection and tailoring of those activities to meet DoD program supportability objectives, and sample contract language for acquiring PSA deliverables.” Applicable, in part or in whole, to all types of materiel and automated information systems and all acquisition strategies.
Offers guidance on TechAmerica/ANSI TA-STD-0017 Product Support Analysis as an integral part of the overall systems engineering process.
The focus of this handbook is to provide guidance to the members of the defense acquisition workforce who are responsible for the supportability of materiel systems or automated information systems. This handbook is for guidance only and cannot be cited as a requirement.”
Handbook uses the term "Product Support Analysis," while the Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG), the DoD Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) Outline, and DAU LOG 211, CLL 012, and CLL 042 learning assets use the term "Supportability Analysis.“
Pending further guidance from DoD, the term "Product Support Analysis" could arguably be considered as either synonymous with or as a subset of a broader "Supportability Analysis" construct.
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4. Supportability Analysis Timeline
1973
1984
1991
1997
DoDD G
DoDD M
MIL-STD-1561
MIL-STD
MIL-STD-1552
MIL-STD
DoDD
DoDD
MIL-STD A
MIL-STD A
MIL-STD B
DoDD
MIL-PRF-49506
MIL-HDBK-502
DoD R
1A Cancelled
Replaced by 502
2B Cancelled
Definitive Standard
Part of Sys Eng
2007
2013
ISO STEP
de jure standard
ISO AP239 PLCS
Long Range
Target
Mr. Kenneth Krieg, Under Secretary of Defense (ATL) Memorandum stating ISO STEP will be used.
23 Jun 2005
No Policy
Guidance Only
TA-STD-0017
MIL-HDBK-502A
GEIA-STD-0007
Contracting For Data Only
Proprietary Processes?
Current Focus:
Transaction
Organic
PSP
0007 DEX’s
de facto standard
GEIA-STD-0007B
DTM
DoDI
Streamlined LCSP
Policy
Analysis
Prior to 1973 each service was doing their own thing. The Army was using AR-30A and the Navy was using MIL-M-24365A.
1973
Policy
DoD Directive M Department of Defense Provisioning and Other Procurement Screening Manual
DoD Directive G Integrated Logistics Support Planning Guide for DoD Systems and Equipment
Analysis
Data
MIL-STD Logistics Support Analysis
MIL-STD-1561 Provisioning Procedures
MIL-STD Logistics Support Analysis Data Element Definitions
MIL-STD-1552 Provisioning Technical Documentation
Defined a set of Data Element Definitions for a) Reliability requirements, b) Failure Modes Effect Analysis, c) Personnel Skills, d) Provisioning and Packaging, etc.
1984
DoD Directive Acquisition and Management of Integrated Logistical Support for Systems and Equipment
DoD Directive Major System Acquisitions
MIL-STD A Logistics Support Analysis
Definitive Standard – Used to provide a single, uniform approach by the military services for conducting the activities necessary to the selective application of scientific and engineering efforts undertaken during the acquisition design process.
Part of the Systems Engineering Process – Defines the supportability through the use of an iterative process of definition, synthesis, tradeoff, test, and evaluation
MIL-STD A Logistics Support Analysis Record
Defined a set of business rules for the data
Defined a method of encoding the DED’s for automation by adopting the 80-Column Punch Card (Hollerith Card) images in an ASCII flat file
Refined the Data Element Definitions (DED’s)
Defined a set of three master files for data transfer between government and contractor, or contractor to contractor (electronic data interchange)
Defined a set of reports to enabling users to verify and validate the data.
1991
DoD Directive Defense Acquisition
DoD Directive Defense Acquisition Policies and Procedures
Written to establish a rigorous, event-oriented management process for acquiring quality products that emphasizes effective acquisition planning, improved communications with users and aggressive risk management by both government and industry. Enclosure 7 specifically called out MIL-STD-1388 Logistics Support Analysis to establish a common frame of reference for the total system, to include a) the maintainer of the system, b) the logistics support structure for the system, and c) other elements of the operational support infrastructure within which the system must operate.
MIL-STD A
Still in use with several revisions
MIL-STD B Logistics Support Analysis Record
Refined the Data Element Definition
Defined a subset of the 2A Reports for verifying and validating the data.
Refined the set of business rules
Defined a relational database for storage of the data
Defined a method to validate automated systems could meet the requirements set forth in the standard
Refined electronic data interchange
1997
DoD R Mandatory Procedures for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) and Major Automated Information System (MAIS) Acquisition Programs
Adopted MIL-HDBK-502 Acquisition Logistics
Cancelled MIL-STD A
NOTE: Guidance document only – Not Contractible
Adopted MIL-PRF Logistics Management Information
Eliminated all data element definitions to include business rules except for Provisioning and Packaging. Everything else was user defined (Jungle rules).
Eliminated the defined repository (relational database)
Cancelled MIL-STD B Logistics Support Analysis Record
Eliminated electronic data interchange
Eliminated all reports to verify and validate data enabling the user to request user specified ‘summaries’.
2007
No policy Guidance Only for Supportability
Contracting for Data Only as unable to contract for analysis
MIL-HDBK-502 still in use [no updates to handbook since inception]
Unable to trace data back to analysis performed
Request data from contractor and are told it is proprietary
Adopted a Non-Government Standard (NGS) GEIA-STD-0007
NOTE: Started developing standard in 2005 in response to comply with ISO AP 239 Product Life Cycle Support as mandated by Mr. Kenneth Krieg, Office of the Secretary of Defense ATL Memo, June 23, 2005, Subject: Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data (STEP) ISO 10303
Re-established data element definitions deleted by adopting MIL-PRF-49506
Standard is in Continuous Maintenance
In process of adopting some S2000M (European provisioning) data elements
Adopted some UK MoD data elements
Adopted some S1000D (Technical Publications) data elements
In process of adopting some S3000L (European Logistics Support Analysis Procedures) data elements
2011
Analysis (same issues as in 2007)
Still no policy
GEIA-STD-0007A
Developing Data Exchange Sets (DEX’s) to comply with PLCS
Data
Source: AT&L/ODASD/MR

5. Supportability Analysis/ Product Support Analysis Terminology
Terms used in Policy & Guidance Documents
DoD Supportability Analysis policy & guidance has been developed in coordination with DASD/SSE and DASD/MR, and incorporates:
DTM , Requirements for Life Cycle Management and Product Support
BBP 2.0 Affordability and
Product Support Assessment Team (PSAT) concepts.
Logistics Support Analysis
Supportability Analysis
October 2003
Designing and Assessing Supportability: A Guide to Increased Reliability & Reduced Logistics Footprint then subsequently incorporated in the Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) as “Supportability Analysis”
Logistics Support Analysis
Acquisition Logistics
Product Support Analysis
Source: AT&L/ODASD/MR

6. Supportability Analysis Functions & Product Support Elements
Establishing Affordable Requirements (e.g. KPP/KSAs)
Decomposing Sustainment related KPPs/KSAs into Affordable “Design-To” Requirements
Impacting the design to achieve affordable system operational effectiveness (Design Interface)
Developing the Product Support Package requirements and resources (Maintenance Plans)
Sustaining Engineering
Supportability Analysis addresses the System,
its Product Support Package and the Supply Chain.
Source: AT&L/ODASD/MR

7. Supportability Analysis Life Cycle Framework
Product Support Analysis
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8. X
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9. Product Support Analysis Structure/Activities
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10. PSA Activities/Interfaces
Activity
Interfaces
Comparative Analysis (Activity 6)
Interfacing activities-human engineering, reliability, maintainability, safety, design engineers and IPS element managers.
Functional Analysis
(Activity 9)
Interfacing activities-design engineering, reliability, maintainability, human engineering, safety and IPS element managers.
Evaluation of Alternatives and Tradeoff Analysis
(Activity 11)
Interfacing activities-design engineering, reliability, maintainability, safety, human engineering, cost estimating, and IPS element managers.
Task Analysis
(Activity 12)
Interfacing activities-reliability, maintainability, human engineering, and safety.
Resource Requirements Identification
Interfacing activities-design engineering, human engineering, and IPS element managers.
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11. MIL-HDBK-502A Content
Appendix A – Example CDRL and DIDs Appendix B – Assessing a Program’s Intellectual Property Rights and Developing a Data Rights Strategy Appendix C – Application Guidance for Implementation of Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) Program Requirements
LOG 211 MIL-HDBK-502A Overview

12. MIL-HDBK-502A Content
Definitions
Logistics Product Data (LPD) That portion of Product Support Analysis documentation consisting of detailed data pertaining to the identification of Product Support resource requirements of a product. See GEIA-STD-0007 for LPD data element definitions Product Support Analysis The analysis required to create the package of support functions required to field and maintain the readiness and operational capability of major weapon systems, subsystems, and components, including all functions related to weapon system readiness.
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