1) Which one of the following best describes the conditions under which a P-5a budget exhibit is required to be submitted? When a P-40a budget exhibit is prepared When a P-3a budget exhibit is prepared When a P-10 budget exhibit is prepared When a P-5 budget exhibit is prepared

2) The PPBE process is driven by the legal requirement to submit the President’s Budget (PB) to Congress by the: Last Friday in January First Monday in October First Monday in February First Monday in October

3) All of the following would likely trigger a question or adjustment by a budget analyst reviewing a budget request, EXCEPT: Construction program budgeted on a full funding basis Construction program used a Procurement escalation index Program’s obligations and expenditures are significantly lower than goals Budget request is not consistent with the program’s current cost estimates and schedule

4) Which one of the following statements regarding Earned Value (EV) information is FALSE? The EV information should relate work performed to associated budgets and schedules When required, EV information should be a contract deliverable For maximum objectivity, the Program Office should not use EV information obtained from the contractor Program Managers can use EV information to manage program risk

5) Which one of the following best describes the conditions under which a P-1 budget exhibit is required to be submitted? When the line item funding is $5 million or more in the budget year When the program element funding is $1 million or more in the budget year When it covers a weapon system modification program whose costs exceed $5 million in any year covered by the budget request When any funding is requested under a particular Procurement appropriation

6) Which of the following statements are true concerning the R-1 budget exhibit? Select all that apply. It contains information on related non-RDT&E funding for acquisition programs It contains detailed cost information for RDT&E projects grouped into 4 categories: Product Development, Support Costs, Test and Evaluation, and Management Services It is prepared at the Component level All other RDT&E budget exhibits for a particular program element should reconcile to the R-1

7) The PPBE phase that develops affordable resource packages identifying force levels, personnel and funding required to execute DoD strategy is: Planning Budgeting Execution Programming

8) Which of the following statements is true concerning the R-4 budget exhibit? It contains funding requirements for the budget year It includes a brief explanation of a project’s acquisition strategy if the project is part of a program element in RDT&E budget activity 4, 5, or 7 It contains information on related non-RDT&E funding for acquisition programs It provides a schematic display of major program milestones

9) Which one of the following best describes the purpose of the P-40 budget exhibit? Provide narrative justification and total procurement costs for a particular line item Summarize the funding requirements for a particular Procurement appropriation account Provide detailed cost analysis for each P-1 line item (excluding Advance Procurement, modification programs, and aggregated line items) Provide budget justification for a particular Procurement-funded weapon system modification program

10) All of the following are reasons that an acquisition program may lose funding during the PPBE process, EXCEPT: High technological risk Providing detailed justification for requested funding DoD balancing of priorities Duplicating capabilities of another program

11) Which one of the following best describes conditions under which a P-21 budget exhibit would be required to be submitted? When an ACAT I program plans to award production contracts during the budget year or has end items under contract that will not be delivered before the start of the budget year When the program element funding is $1 million or more in the budget year When a procurement line item is an aggregation of different end items requiring funding of less than $5 million apiece When advance procurement funding is requested for a program that does not require specific authorization by Congress

12) Which of the following are produced during the Programming Phase of the PPBE process? Select all that apply. Resource Management Decisions (RMDs) (programming phase annex) Chairman’s Program Recommendation (CPR) Chairman’s Program Assessment (CPA) Defense Planning Guidance (DPG)

13) All of the following are characteristics of an effective reclama, EXCEPT: Specifically addresses reasoning for proposed funding cut Uses technical jargon and acronyms Provides specific, believable impacts on the program Is concise

14) The P-3a displays all of the following information, EXCEPT: Funding requirements for the three years prior to the budget year Funding requirements for 4 out-years following the budget year Production lead time for each end item Funding requirements for the budget year

15) Place these PPBE process Planning Phase documents in the order in which they are most commonly considered: Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) 1 2 3 4 National Security Strategy (NSS) 1 2 3 4 National Military Strategy (NMS) 1 2 3 4 Chairman’s Program Recommendation (CPR) 1 2 3 4

16) Which of the following information is displayed in the R-3 budget exhibit? Select all that apply. Detailed cost information for RDT&E projects grouped into 4 categories: Product Development, Support Costs, Test and Evaluation, and Management Services Narrative justification for each program element’s budget request Funding requirements for 4 out-years following the last budget year Performing organization for each effort requiring over $1 million in funding

17) Which one of the following best describes the conditions under which a P-5 budget exhibit is required to be submitted? When the P-40 is supported by a P-10 budget exhibit When the line item funding is less than $5 million in the budget years When it covers a weapon system modification program whose costs exceed $5 million in any year covered by the budget request When the P-40 is not supported by any P-3a, P-10, or P40a budget exhibits

18) Which of the following statements is true? Once an acquisition program has established its affordability at program initiation, it does not need any further interaction with the PPBE process over the life of the program The PPBE process decisions do not require the execution of an acquisition program to be changed Acquisition program budget requirements must only be updated in the PPBE process when a milestone decision occurs The PPBE process and the Defense Acquisition System interact concerning personnel and financial resources

19) Which one of the following statements most accurately describes how Earned Value (EV) data should be used to determine the budget requirement for a contract? Use the contractor’s Latest Revised Estimate Develop an Estimate at Completion and add appropriate profit or fee Develop an Estimate at Completion Use the contractor’s Latest Revised Estimate and subtract appropriate profit or fee

20) All of the following information is displayed in the R-2 budget exhibit, EXCEPT: Summary of program changes since the last budget request Detailed cost information for RDT&E projects grouped into 4 categories: Product Development, Support Costs, Test and Evaluation, and Management Services Funding requirements for 4 out-years following the last budget year

As a way of reviewing and synthesizing the main course themes, you will complete 5 synthesis think pieces, one at the end of each unit. Remember that these are the culminating assignments for each unit, which means that they are our way of assessing whether you have read, understood, and processed all of the material from the unit. They are like a mini-midterm or final for each unit. Due dates are listed in the syllabus and on Canvas. Choose a tweet (or series of tweets, no longer than 3); instagram post, OR meme that explains/reflects/synthesizes at least 2 of the keywords for the unit. Write a 2-3 sentence analysis of the tweet, instagram post, or meme that unpacks its meaning in relation to the unit themes and keywords. Include parenthetical references to the course readings that relate. Late submissions will be docked one full later grade for every day they are late.

Rubric

1 2 Tweet/meme/instagram post chosen for analysis is relevant to course

unit.

1 2 Think piece successfully engages at least 2 keywords from relevant

course unit.

1 2 Demonstrates understanding of course readings from the relevant

unit by specifically referencing at least 2, at least one of which must be

from a reading connected to a keyword (a pdf, not an online link).

1 2 Shows an integrated understanding of the unit’s overall, main themes.

Example

The social construction of gender is a concept that refers to the way that social norms collectively shape the meaning of gender; they do so by creating a shared set of “meanings and symbols” enforced by the “rules, privileges, and punishments” associated with either upholding or transgressing these meanings and symbols (Wilchins 25). This meme makes the common mistake of assuming that “social construction” means that something is not real. On the contrary: the social construction of gender and sex as binary are such powerful social realities that, as Cheryl Chase says, to fall outside of these binaries is “humanly possible, but socially unthinkable” (207).

Rubric

STP Rubric (1)

STP Rubric (1)

Criteria	Ratings	Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomerelevanceTweet/meme/instagram post chosen for analysis is relevant to course unit.		2.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomekeywordsThink piece successfully engages at least 2 keywords from relevant course unit.		2.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcomecourse readingsDemonstrates understanding of course readings from the relevant unit by specifically referencing at least 2, at least one of which must be connected to a keyword and a class prep (a pdf, not an online article).		2.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcomeoverall understanding and synthesisShows an integrated understanding of the unit’s main themes.		2.0 pts
Total Points: 8.0

I need someone to finish the paper below: Go to Holtz (2013) p. 131 and read case study: Tackling Big Tobacco A Bold New Path Toward Implementing Global Health Standards. The WHO initiated the tobacco treaty known as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in response to increasing tobacco concerns. Review the process of this study and outline the impact it has created. With this launch, has tobacco use declined, gotten better, or gotten worse? How does this affect the global market and global health? Does freedom of choice have an impact over this decision? A minimum of 2 pages must be submitted for a full grade. Please submit your paper using APA guidelines (i.e., cover page, reference page, 1-inch margins, 12-pt Times New Roman font). The book information: Holtz, C. (2013). Global health care: Issues and policies (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett. ISBN-13: 9781449679590.

PJM440

Module 8: Portfolio Project

Portfolio Project (250 Points)

Important! Read First

Choose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do
not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title
of your submission.

Option #1: Quality Management and Small Cell Infrastructure Design

The Department of Public Works, Engineering Division for the City and
County of Denver in May of 2019 published the Small Cell Infrastructure
Design Guidelines. Communications companies use small cell
infrastructure to improve wireless communication in densely populated
areas. To complete the construction of the infrastructure,
communications companies requested the right to install poles holding
small cell equipment in the public right of way of the City and County
of Denver. For that reason, the Small Cell Infrastructure Design
Guidelines were published and are available at the following website: https://www.denvergov.org/content/dam/denvergov/Portals/705/documents/guidelines/PWES-016.1-Small_Cell_Infrastructure_Design_Guidelines.pdf (Links to an external site.)

While the document provides standards for building small cells in the
Denver city and county public right of way, it offers no quality
management plan. You have been contracted to develop a quality
management plan, and you will report to the Engineering Supervisor, Jon
Reynolds. If Mr. Reynolds is pleased with the quality management plan
your company develops, your firm will likely be hired to project manage
and quality check the portion of the small cell infrastructure build
impacting the public works and public safety for the City and County of
Denver.

Note: While the document at the core of this assignment is an actual
document published by The Department of Public Works, Engineering
Division for the City and County of Denver, the quality management
scenario described is fictional and only for the educational purpose of
showing mastery of the course objectives set forth for this course.

In Module 3, you were asked as a first step, to familiarize yourself
with the Small Cell Infrastructure Design Guidelines. Note that two
contract firms were instrumental in the development of the guidelines:
Clanton & Associates, Inc. and Jacobs Engineering Group. After your
review of the guidelines, you were asked to provide your input to the
following:

• Are the current Small Cell Infrastructure Design Guidelines (SCIDG)
  ones that promote high quality? If yes, how? If no, why not and what
  should change to promote quality? Support your position with specific
  references to the SCIDG or current scholarly documentation.
• What do you interpret to be meant by “quality” from the perspective
  of the public works personnel, communications companies deploying small
  cell infrastructure, the contract companies involved, and the public
  both now and in the future? What support do you have for your position
  with specific references to the SCIDG or current scholarly
  documentation?
• What are the drivers for change, and the barriers to change from the
  perspective of the public works personnel and the public? Are there
  competing drivers for change that may impact quality from the public’s
  perspective? Support your position with specific references to the SCIDG
  or current scholarly documentation.

In Module 8, you are asked to build upon your work from Module 3 and show additional mastery through other course modules.

Provide the following quality management plan in your final portfolio:

1. Provide an opening paragraph which describes the importance of the
   using this case to show your mastery of course objectives, and mapping
   of what is contained in your paper to prove that mastery.
2. Delineate your next section with a header, and in less than one
   page, describe the case of using small cell infrastructure to improve
   wireless communication in densely populated areas, and the role of the
   Department of Public Works, Engineering Division for the City and County
   of Denver in promoting quality.
3. Delineate your next section using headers and sub-headers with your
   work from Module 3. Include any updates that you wish to make as a
   result of learning more about quality management, and input from your
   instructor in Module 3 for the following:
   1. Are the current Small Cell Infrastructure Design Guidelines (SCIDG)
      ones that promote high quality? If yes, how? If no, why not and what
      should change to promote quality? Support your position with specific
      references to the SCIDG or current scholarly documentation.
   2. What do you interpret to be meant by “quality” from the perspective
      of the public works personnel, communications companies deploying small
      cell infrastructure, the contract companies involved, and the public
      both now and in the future? What support do you have for your position
      with specific references to the SCIDG or current scholarly
      documentation?
   3. What are the drivers for change, and the barriers to change from the
      perspective of the public works personnel and the public? Are there
      competing drivers for change that may impact quality from the public’s
      perspective? Support your position with specific references to the SCIDG
      or current scholarly documentation.
4. Delineate your next section with a header to discuss the operational
   issues that must be managed and controlled to support quality including
   partnering and strategic alliances if any are pertinent. How will those
   issues be managed and controlled in your plan? As usual, what support
   do you have for your position with specific references to the SCIDG or
   current scholarly documentation?
5. Delineate your next section with a header to discuss the human
   resource issues that must be managed and controlled to support quality
   including employee empowerment, teamwork, education and training. How
   will those issues be managed and controlled in your plan? As usual, what
   support do you have for your position with specific references to the
   SCIDG or current scholarly documentation?
6. Delineate your next section with a header to discuss customer
   satisfaction and how it will be measured. How will and when will
   measurement happen in your plan? As usual, what support do you have for
   your position with specific references to the SCIDG or current scholarly
   documentation?
7. Delineate your next section with a header to discuss how problems
   will be solved, conflicts resolved, and how decisions will be made. As
   usual, what support do you have for your position with specific
   references to the SCIDG or current scholarly documentation?
8. Delineate your next section with a header to discuss what quality
   tools should be used, when and how, including communications tools,
   process control tools, benchmarking, or other tools as you find
   appropriate. What support do you have for your position with specific
   references to the SCIDG or current scholarly documentation?
9. Finally, conclude with the final section making a recommendation to
   Mr. Reynolds for your plans, and why your company is in the best
   position to lead the quality management effort going forward through
   implementation.

Submission:

• Write a paper addressing the case of The Department of Public Works,
  Engineering Division for the City and County of Denver regarding the
  Small Cell Infrastructure Design Guidelines and quality management. Your
  paper should be 8-10 pages in length, not including the required title
  and references pages and any appendix if required. For more information
  see “How do I do an Appendix in APA style?” (Links to an external site.)
• Support the paper with a minimum of six current (published in the
  most recent five years) scholarly sources from the CSU-Global Library.
  This is in addition to any course textbooks, lecture material you decide
  to use, or the case itself. Of course, you may always exceed the
  minimum number of sources.
• Format the paper according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.).
• Be clear, concise, and focused.

Tip: Cases may be addressed in 6 steps:

1. Read the assignment and questions provided to get an idea of the
   important course concepts to be covered. There is plenty of material in a
   case that may be immaterial to the course learning objectives. (For
   example, a case may have significant information on utility pole design
   issues, but the assignment questions relate to quality management. In
   that case, do not spend time on utility pole design unless relevant to
   quality management. Use your time searching the case, researching and
   reporting on quality management.)
2. Read and take notes on the entire case. Read every figure and table to thoroughly understand them.
3. Determine who are the key players; what are the key issues; what is the problem to be solved?
4. Do the research and analyze any data. Use the CSU Global library to
   research the key issues and problems. Find current academic information
   on those topics.
5. Make your decisions relative to the important course concepts, and
   document the defense of your position by melding the scholarly research
   and examples from the case. Remember, no opinions; only facts.
6. Finalize your portfolio by checking all assignment questions are
   fully answered, rubric items are met, and the document follows CSU
   Global Guide to Writing and APA requirements.

Option #2: Total quality management and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Federal Retirements

The Government Accounting Office (GAO), Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) in May of 2019 published the Federal Retirement: OPM
Actions Needed to Improve Application Processing Times. OPM has a goal
of processing most retirement application in 60 days, but for several
years has not met that standard. The GAO OPM for that reason, studied
the process for federal retirement processing to determine root causes
of delays, and to determine what strategies should be employed to remedy
the situation. The results of that study are available at the following
website: https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/699120.pdf (Links to an external site.)

While the document provides root cause analysis and recommends six
opportunities for improvements, it offers no quality management plan.
You have been contracted to develop a quality management plan, and you
will report to the Comptroller General of the United States, the
director of the Government Accountability Office. The GAO is a
legislative branch agency established by Congress in 1921 to ensure the
fiscal and managerial accountability of the federal government. If your
quality management plan is acceptable, the Comptroller General of the
United States will support your company for project managing the
implementation of funded improvements. This could be a long and
lucrative contract for your company.

Note: While the document at the core of this assignment is an actual
document published by The Government Accounting Office, the quality
management scenario described is fictional and only for the educational
purpose of showing mastery of the course objectives set forth for this
course.

In Module 3, you were asked as a first step, to familiarize yourself
with the Federal Retirement: OPM Actions Needed to Improve Application
Processing Times document, hereafter called the GAO report. After your
review of the guidelines, you were asked to provide your input to the
following:

• Is the current Federal Retirement: OPM Actions Needed to Improve
  Application Processing Times document one that promotes high quality? If
  yes, how? If no, why not and what should change to promote quality?
  Support your position with specific references to the GAO report or
  current scholarly documentation.
• What do you interpret to be meant by “quality” from the perspective
  of the GAO OPM, retirees, Congressional leaders, and the public both now
  and in the future? What support do you have for your position with
  specific references to the SCIDG or current scholarly documentation?
• What are the drivers for change, and the barriers to change from the
  perspective of the GAO OPM, retirees, Congressional leaders, and the
  public? Are there competing drivers for change that may impact quality
  from the public’s perspective? Support your position with specific
  references to the GAO report or current scholarly documentation.

In Module 8, you are asked to build upon your work from Module 3 and show additional mastery through other course modules.

Provide the following quality management plan in your final portfolio:

1. Provide an opening paragraph which describes the importance of the
   using this case to show your mastery of course objectives, and mapping
   of what is contained in your paper to prove that mastery.
2. Delineate your next section with a header, and in less than one
   page, describe the current situation with federal retirement processing,
   the recommendations from the GAO study, and the role of the GAO OPM in
   promoting quality.
3. Delineate your next section using headers and sub-headers with your
   work from Module 3. Include any updates that you wish to make as a
   result of learning more about quality management, and input from your
   instructor in Module 3 for the following:
   1. Is the current Federal Retirement: OPM Actions Needed to Improve
      Application Processing Times document one that promotes high quality? If
      yes, how? If no, why not and what should change to promote quality?
      Support your position with specific references to the GAO report or
      current scholarly documentation.
   2. What do you interpret to be meant by “quality” from the perspective
      of the GAO OPM, retirees, Congressional leaders, and the public both now
      and in the future? What support do you have for your position with
      specific references to the SCIDG or current scholarly documentation?
   3. What are the drivers for change, and the barriers to change from the
      perspective of the GAO OPM, retirees, Congressional leaders, and the
      public? Are there competing drivers for change that may impact quality
      from the public’s perspective? Support your position with specific
      references to the GAO report or current scholarly documentation.
4. Delineate your next section with a header to discuss the operational
   issues that must be managed and controlled to support quality including
   partnering and strategic alliances if any are pertinent. How will those
   issues be managed and controlled in your plan? As usual, what support
   do you have for your position with specific references to the GAO report
   or current scholarly documentation?
5. Delineate your next section with a header to discuss the human
   resource issues that must be managed and controlled to support quality
   including employee empowerment, teamwork, education and training. How
   will those issues be managed and controlled in your plan? As usual, what
   support do you have for your position with specific references to the
   GAO report or current scholarly documentation?
6. Delineate your next section with a header to discuss customer
   satisfaction and how it will be measured. How will and when will
   measurement happen in your plan? As usual, what support do you have for
   your position with specific references to the GAO report or current
   scholarly documentation?
7. Delineate your next section with a header to discuss how problems
   will be solved, conflicts resolved, and how decisions will be made
   especially any interagency issues, or legislative issues that may arise.
   As usual, what support do you have for your position with specific
   references to the GAO report or current scholarly documentation?
8. Delineate your next section with a header to discuss what quality
   tools should be used, when and how, including communications tools,
   process control tools, benchmarking, or other tools as you find
   appropriate. What support do you have for your position with specific
   references to the GAO report or current scholarly documentation?
9. Finally, conclude with the final section making a recommendation to
   the Comptroller General of the United States for your plans, and why
   your company is in the best position to lead the quality management
   effort going forward through implementation.

Submission:

• Write a paper addressing the case of federal employee retirement
  processing regarding the GAO OPM report and quality management. Your
  paper should be 8-10 pages in length, not including the required title
  and references pages and any appendix if required. For more information
  see “How do I do an Appendix in APA style?” (Links to an external site.)
• Support the paper with a minimum of six current (published in the
  most recent five years) scholarly sources from the CSU-Global Library.
  This is in addition to any course textbooks, lecture material you decide
  to use, or the case itself. Of course, you may always exceed the
  minimum number of sources.
• Format the paper according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.).
• Be clear, concise, and focused.

Tip: Cases may be addressed in 6 steps:

1. Read the assignment and questions provided to get an idea of the
   important course concepts to be covered. There is plenty of material in a
   case that may be immaterial to the course learning objectives. (For
   example, a case may have significant information on staff
   acknowledgements, but the assignment questions relate to quality
   management. In that case, do not spend time on those acknowledgements
   unless relevant to quality management. Use your time searching the case,
   researching and reporting on quality management.)
2. Read and take notes on the entire case. Read every figure and table to thoroughly understand them.
3. Determine who are the key players; what are the key issues; what is the problem to be solved?
4. Do the research and analyze any data. Use the CSU Global library to
   research the key issues and problems. Find current academic information
   on those topics.
5. Make your decisions relative to the important course concepts, and
   document the defense of your position by melding the scholarly research
   and examples from the case. Remember, no opinions; only facts.
6. Finalize your portfolio by checking all assignment questions are
   fully answered, rubric items are met, and the document follows CSU
   Global Guide to Writing and APA requirements.