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 116 STAT. 2604 PUBLIC LAW 107-314—DEC. 2, 2002 the operational assessment of fieldable prototypes, and the management of spiral development programs. (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT. —The Secretary shall submit to Congress by September 30 of each of 2003 through 2008 a status report on each research and development program that is a spiral development program. The report shall contain information on unit costs that is similar to the information on unit costs under major defense acquisition programs that is required to be provided to Congress under chapter 144 of title 10, United States Code, except that the information on unit costs shall address projected prototype costs instead of production costs. (f) APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING LAW.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any program of the Department of Defense from the application of any provision of chapter 144 of title 10, United States Code, section 139, 181, 2366, 2399, or 2400 of such title, or any requirement under Department of Defense Directive 5000.1, Department of Defense Instruction 5000.2, or Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 3170.01B in accordance with the terms of such provision or requirement. (g) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: (1) The term "spiral development program", with respect to a research and development program, means a program that— (A) is conducted in discrete phases or blocks, each of which will result in the development of fieldable prototypes; and (B) will not proceed into acquisition until specific performance parameters, including measurable exit criteria, have been met. (2) The term "spiral" means one of the discrete phases or blocks of a spiral development program. (3) The term "major defense acquisition program" has the meaning given such term in section 139(a)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code. 10 USC 2302 SEC. 804. IMPROVEMENT OF SOFTWARE ACQUISITION PROCESSES. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAMS. — (1) The Secretary of each military department shall establish a program to improve the software acquisition processes of that military department. (2) The head of each Defense Agency that manages a major defense acquisition program with a substantial software component shall establish a program to improve the software acquisition processes of that Defense Agency. Deadline. (3) The programs required by this subsection shall be established not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— ^A program to improve software acquisition processes under this section shall, at a minimum, include the following: (1) A documented process for software acquisition planning, requirements development and management, project management and oversight, and risk management. (2) Efforts to develop appropriate metrics for performance measurement and continual process improvement. (3) A process to ensure that key program personnel have an appropriate level of experience or training in software acquisition.

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