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What is the role of Policy Guidance ?

Policy guidance is the basis for identifying the military capability needed by our Armed Forces:

The MOD policy staffs provide policy guidance to the Capability Sponsor, primarily through Defence Strategic Guidance (DSG).
Where the guidance introduces major changes to policy or concepts, the policy staffs will engage directly with the Capability Sponsor in capability change planning.
As the overall Equipment and Support (E&S) Plan is developed, the risk against policy compliance is assessed. Where necessary policy staff will be consulted to ensure capability requirements match our resources.

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Strategic Guide to Acquisition

Owner

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Defence Acquisition Reform Project (DARP) Head

Point of Contact

Post	Email	Phone
DARP Communications and Secretariat	DARP-CommsSecretariat@mod.uk	Mil: 9621 86062 Civ: +44 (0) 207 218 6062

Change History

The AOF has been updated to Version 2.0.0 on 1st April 2008 following the introduction of the main content in the tactical layer. In addition small changes have been added to the Operational layer. Individual document Change History pages will detail any changes other than minor editorial amendments.

1 December 2009: Minor amendments made for Plain English review.; New Content Owner.
1 July 2008: POC updated.
2 July 2007: Revised in accordance with amendments offered by DACP and accepted by DDefAcq to reflect role changes and increase pan-acquisition view.
1 June 2007: Contact names deleted due to IAW DDefSy Hd InfoSy Pol advice with regards to potential Security and Data Protection Act issues.