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Planning    (2WUA)

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Circular No. A–11 Section 300—Planning, Budgeting, Acquisition, And Management Of Capital Assets OMB Circular No. A–11 (2005)    (2WUC)

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Business Definition    (2WUF)

The process of setting goals and objectives, developing strategies, and identifying the means, resources and actions necessary to accomplish those goals and objectives within a specified period of time.    (2WUG)

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Composite Definition developed from multiple sources by Steven C. Decker, Chief Architect, Healthcare Mission Area, Center for Enterprise Management, MITRE Corporation, sdecker@mitre.org, 703.983.7151, created July 20, 2005    (2WUI)

Technical Definition    (2WUJ)

means preparing, developing or acquiring the information you will use to: design the investment; assess the benefits, risks, and risk-adjusted life-cycle costs of alternative solutions; and establish realistic cost, schedule, and performance goals, for the selected alternative, before either proceeding to full acquisition of the capital project (investment) or useful segment or terminating the investment. Planning must progress to the point where you are ready to commit to achieving specific goals for the completion of the acquisition before preceding to the acquisition phase. Information gathering activities may include market research of available solutions, architectural drawings, geological studies, engineering and design studies, and prototypes. Planning is a useful segment of a capital project(investment). Depending on the nature of the investment, one or more planning segments may be necessary.    (2WUK)

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Circular No. A–11 Section 300—Planning, Budgeting, Acquisition, And Management Of Capital Assets OMB Circular No. A–11 (2005)    (2WUM)

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