DOD INSTRUCTION 5000.02
O
PERATION OF THE ADAPTIVE ACQUISITION FRAMEWORK
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Effective: January 23, 2020
Change 1 Effective: June 8, 2022
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website
at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Reissues and Cancels: See Paragraph 1.4.
Approved by: Ellen M. Lord, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment
Change 1 Approved by: William A. LaPlante, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5135.02 and the December 20,
2019 Deputy Secretary of Defense (DepSecDef) Memorandum, this issuance:
• Establishes policy and prescribes procedures for managing acquisition programs, pursuant to the
relevant sections of Title 10, United States Code.
• Assigns acquisition program management responsibilities in accordance with the authority in
DoDDs 5135.02, 5137.02, and 5000.01.
• Describes the responsibilities of principal acquisition officials and the purpose and key
characteristics of the acquisition pathways.
• Restructures defense acquisition guidance to improve process effectiveness and implement the
Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF). As a result of that restructuring, this issuance has been
renamed “Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework,” to better reflect the current content.
