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There are three basic phases to the PPBES: planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (as the name indicates). The planning phase generally includes the definition and examination of alternative strategies, the analysis of changing conditions and trends, threat, technology, and economic assessments, and efforts to understand both change and the long-term implications of current choices. The planning phase is the beginning of the PPBES. In determining what the requirements of the Army will be, the principle players in the system looks at the broad strategy and plans by breaking the planning timeframe into three sections: the long-range guidance period (out to twenty years), the

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first two parts must be translated into budgetary terms, while the remaining four parts are set aside to become the core of the next year's POM. The translation of these first two parts of the POM into budgetary terms is a rather complex process which is not completed in the first year; instead, the translation must be modified during the succeeding years as the program evolves. In particular, "competitors" enter into the program and budget as claimants for resources. These competitors must be prioritized, from "must dos" to "new initiatives." These competitors must therefore be evaluated according to need, affordability, fit into existing or planned organization and doctrine, and sensitivity to Congressional intent. The major players in the Budgeting phase are the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller (ASA(FM&C)) and the ODCSOPS (Army Force Management School, 1997, pp. 10-13; U.S. Army War College, 1997, pp. 9-44 – 9-48). The fourth phase of the PBBES is that of execution. The execution phase allows the Army to evaluate the work that was undertaken during the previous three stages; successful execution of a program is the ultimate indication that a program passed through the previous pha
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