COMDTINST 5230.69
CG-6
Sponsor
Budget & Resources
Policy & Practices
Enterprise
Program Manager
Steward
Asset
Sponsor's
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Manager
Rep
Rqmts, CONOPS
SDLC, EA, Rqmts Mgmt,
CPIC
Customers
System
Users
Stakeholders
SDA/SSA
SSA
SDA
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Support Management
Development Management
Support Execution
Development Execution
System Development & Support
Figure 1: CG-6 Roles and Relationships Framework
c. Asset Manager. The Asset Manager is designated by CG-6 to guide, oversee, and monitor CM
policies and practices for the assigned system. An asset is a system, product (e.g., Commercial-
off-the-Shelf equipment, information, policy), data, service, capability, or resource that is
available, managed, delivered, applied, supported, or sustained on an enterprise scale by the CG-
6 organization in collaboration with its supporting Program Sponsor and Manager, customers,
and external stakeholders, System Development Agent (SDA), and System Support Agent
(SSA). The Asset Manager has the following responsibilities:
(1) Collaborating with the Program Manager or the Sponsor's Representative to facilitate
alignment and compliance with Coast Guard CM policies and practices.
(2) Developing and recommending changes to CM policies and practices, as necessary, to
enhance the quality of C4&IT systems and CM practices.
(3) Ensuring that CM performance measures are developed, tracked, and evaluated.
d. Sponsor. The Sponsor is the organizational element that accepts C4&IT capability needed to
support a Coast Guard mission or business function. The Sponsor is also responsible for:
(1) Defining, maintaining, and articulating organization and program goals.
(2) Validating requirements developed by the Program Manager.
e. Program Manager. The Coast Guard Program Manager is the Sponsor's designated manager
who is responsible for:
(1) Defining, maintaining, evaluating, and articulating program requirements.
(2) Advocating the end user's concerns and establishing or maintaining mechanisms that ensure
that program requirements are being addressed through CM.
(3) Ensuring that CM training is defined, resourced, and provided and that CM performance
measures are defined, tracked, and evaluated.
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