Managed by the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) , this phase translates planning decisions into detailed five-year resource allocations. Each DoD component develops a Program Objective Memorandum (POM) to balance mission requirements within fiscal constraints .
Led by the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy , this phase defines the strategic direction. It reviews top-level guidance like the National Security Strategy (NSS) and translates it into the Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) , which shapes investment priorities for the next five years . Managed by the Director of Cost Assessment and
The process operates in four distinct but overlapping phases, each led by different senior officials within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) : Managed by the Director of Cost Assessment and