5  Safety Planning for Acquisitions  5.1  Portfolio Safety Strategy  The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Investment Portfolio Leads are  responsible for ensuring the conduct of Integrated Safety Management within their portfolio. This is not an independent effort; the  Office of NextGen (ANG) needs to rely on the input of  Safety and Technical Training (AJI) to fully assess the safety posture of any portfolio and to plan  Integrated Safety Management efforts. At a high level, AJI supports ANG and NextGen  Integrated Safety Management by participating in safety assessments and Safety Collaboration  Team (SCT)–directed safety analyses, as requested. AJI also provides consolidated Air Traffic  Organization (ATO) safety reviews of NextGen planning documents. AJI support also includes:  In addition, AJI and the PO work with the ANG NextGen Investment Portfolio leads to identify  any Integrated Safety Management gaps that may exist within a portfolio. Acquisition strategies vary among investment programs. As a result, the SRM documentation  requirements may also vary. The PO should contact AJI to schedule a Safety Strategy  Meeting (SSM) to determine the appropriate documentation requirements and to receive  guidance in fulfilling the PO's SRM obligations for the anticipated AMS milestone. The AJI  Safety Case Lead (SCL) facilitates the SSM, contributes his or her knowledge of policies and  SRM practices, establishes peer review process guidelines, and ensures that the proceedings  are captured in meeting minutes. The SSM should be conducted in consultation with the ATO  Chief Safety Engineer, if necessary (particularly if extensive documentation tailoring is planned). The SSM can be held at any time per the request of the PO from project inception through the  fielding of the system (including prior to the Initial Operating Capability being declared). 1. The ANG thrust is prior to the Concept and Requirements Definition and the Initial Investment Analysis phases of the AMS process. 5_SRMGSA_202003  Originally published March 2020  Uncontrolled copy when downloaded  35 5.2  Safety Strategy Meetings and Program Safety Plans  • Collaborating with ANG on all aspects of NextGen Integrated Safety Management to ensure that safety artifacts are developed as needed during the pre-investment phases of the Federal Aviation Administration Acquisition Management System (AMS); 1 • Developing a single ATO safety strategy to support NextGen concepts and implementation as depicted on the National Airspace System Enterprise Architecture (EA) safety roadmap as well as tracking ATO Safety Decision Points on the EA safety roadmap; • Approving the scope of NextGen safety assessments conducted in the pre-investment phase; • Participating in safety assessments and SCT-directed safety analyses, as requested; • Reviewing and approving Safety Risk Management (SRM) documents for NextGen solutions; • Reviewing and approving safety operational improvements’ functionality and implementation dates in the NextGen Safety Portfolio; and • Attending technical meetings between ANG and Program Offices (POs) to coordinate safety program requirements and engineering architecture artifacts.