JOB

1) Occupation. 2) An activity performed for payment. 3) A group of contiguous operations related by similarity of functions, that can be completed by one or more workers without interference or delay.

JOB ANALYSIS

A detailed Examination of a Job to determine the duties, responsibilities, and specialized requirements necessary for its performance.

JOB COST

The Cost arrived at by the method of cost Accounting which collects charges for material, labor, and allocated Overhead in the production of a specific order, a finished unit or units.

JOB LOT

1) A relatively small number of a specific type of part or product that is produced at one time. 2) Miscellaneous merchandise sold as one group or unit.

JOB ORDER

A formal instruction to perform certain work according to specifications, outlines, or Estimates.

JOB SHOP

A manufacturing enterprise devoted to producing special or custom-made parts of products, usually in small quantities for specific customers.

JOINT ACQUISITION PROGRAM

A directed joint effort, involving two or more agencies or military services, for the Development and procurement of systems, sub-systems, equipment, software, or munitions, as well as supporting equipment or systems, with the goal of providing a new or improved Capability for a validated joint need. Certain modification programs may be included, when they are determined to be of significant interest or priority to the participating services. See also Joint Program.

JOINT MISSION NEED STATEMENT

A Mission Need Statement that documents a mission Operational Capability need that applies to and is supported by two or more military services.

JOINT OPERATING AGREEMENT

An agreement between the executive and participating parties, defining the methods and procedures for support of a multi-service or multi-Agency system or equipment.

JOINT OPERATING PROCEDURES (JOPs)

Documents which identify and describe detailed procedures and interactions necessary to carry out significant aspects of a Joint Acquisition Program. JOPs may include direction concerning Systems Engineering, Personnel Staffing, Reliability, Survivability, Vulnerability, Maintainability, Production, Management Controls and Reporting, Financial Management, Test and Evaluation, Training, Logistics Support, Procurement, and Deployment. JOPs are developed and negotiated by the Program Manager and the participating parties.

JOINT PROGRAM

Any Defense Acquisition system, subsystem, Component, or technology program that involves formal management or funding by more than one DoD Component during any phase of a system's Acquisition Life Cycle. See also Joint Acquisition Program.

JOINT PROGRAM MANAGER'S (PM) CHARTER

A formal document prepared by the lead service in a Joint Program, with the approval of the participating services, which delineates the PM's responsibility, authority and major functions, and describes relationships with other organizations which will use and/or support the program. The Charter also describes and assigns responsibility for satisfying peculiar management requirements of participating services. See also Program Manager's Charter.

JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL (JROC)

An advisory group, chaired by the Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, which conducts requirements analyses, determines the validity of mission needs, and develops recommended joint priorities for those needs. The JROC approves and validates performance objectives and thresholds in support of the Defense Acquisition Board. Council members include the Vice Chiefs of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, and the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.

JOINT SERVICES OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT (JSOR)

A document that describes the threat vulnerability and technical requirements for a system to be used by two or more military services. See Operational Requirements Document.

JUDGEMENT

1) The ability to perceive and distinguish relationships or alternatives. 2) In Cost Estimating, a term used to denote an Estimate of the effort, Cost, or material required for a specific task, based on the past experience of the estimator. This experience often is not documented or substantiated by recorded Data but commonly falls into the category of "intuition" or "gut feel". 3) A formal decision or legal court determination, such as an amount due as the result of a judicial decision.

JUDGEMENT FACTOR(S)

Subjective factors which are not verifiable. Judgement factors include Assumptions, Estimates of future conditions, rates, factors, Extrapolations, estimates of Direct Labor requirements, and other Data where it is impractical to establish an auditable basis for the estimate, and it is necessary to rely on a multiple of experiences to establish the projected Cost.

JUDICIAL BRANCH

One of the three primary branches of the U.S. Government (the other two being the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch), the Judicial is the Branch charged with executing justice and interpreting the country's laws.

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL (J&A)

Required for most non-competitive Contract Awards, a J&A is a formal contracting document which provides the rationale for exemption from open Competition regulations.

JUST-IN-TIME (JIT)

A "pull" inventory system, driven by actual demand. The goal of a JIT system is to produce or provide one part just as it is required for the next operation. JIT reduces stock inventories, but leaves no room for schedule error. JIT is as much a managerial philosophy as it is an inventory system.