What does PPBE stand for?

• A. Priority, Program, Budgeting, and Evaluation
• B. Program Planning and Budgeting Executions
• C. Planning for Performance and Budget Execution
• D. Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution

Answer: (D)

PPBE stands for Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution. This four-phase DoD resource-management process links strategic priorities to funded programs and then to actual spending and results. Planning identifies needs and objectives; Programming translates those priorities into a feasible mix of programs within projected resources; Budgeting formalizes the funding request to support those programs; Execution puts the money to work and monitors performance to ensure funds reflect approved plans. The other choices use different terms or grammar that don’t match the established name and sequence of the process.