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Defense Acquisition University 2017 Catalog 2017 Catalog www.dau.mil Foundational Learning Workflow Learning Performance Learning FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY, CALL 888-284-4906 OR VISIT THE DAU WEB SITE AT WWW.DAU.MIL DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY 9820 BELVOIR ROAD FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA 22060-5565 inside Front Cover blank The training you get at DAU lays the foundation for success on the job to provide what our warfighters need to prevail and to come home safely. Mission Provide a global learning environment to develop qualified acquisition, requirements, and contingency professionals who deliver and sustain effective and affordable warfighting capabilities. Vision Enable the Defense Acquisition Workforce to achieve better acquisition outcomes, now and in the future. Contents INTRODUCTION: The Defense Acquisition University p. 5 Message from the President What’s New SECTION 1: The Defense Acquisition University p. 13 Our Work Organizations Colocated DAU Leadership Our Accreditation with DAU DAU Board of Visitors Our History Our Faculty and Staff Regions and Colleges Our Organization Our Facilities SECTION 2: DAU’s Learning Assets p. 35 Foundational Learning Performance Learning Workflow Learning Other Services SECTION 3: The Defense Acquisition Workforce Communities and Programs p. 43 Functional Leaders Defense Acquisition Communities SECTION 4: Acquisition Workforce Management and Administration p. 119 Overview of Acquisition Workforce U.S. Navy and Marine Corps DACM 4th Estate DACM Career Management U.S. Air Force DACM DAU Administrative Information U.S. Army DACM Appendix A: Appendix C: Training Courses | p. 131 Continuous Learning | p. 169 Appendix B: Appendix D: Course Prerequisites | p. 161 Mission Assistance Workshops | p. 219 4 Introduction The Defense Acquisition University 6 | Message from the President 8 | What’s New 5 Message from the President At the Defense Acquisition University, our staff and faculty are dedicated to providing the Defense Acquisition Workforce the training they need to ensure that our Nation’s warfighters are capable of defeating our adversaries. We support defense acquisition professionals through online and resident courses, job support tools and resources, and assistance tailored to an organization’s specific needs. Because defense acquisition is complex and dynamic, we continuously update our curriculum to incorporate new policies, guidance from senior leaders, proven acquisition program practices, and the latest job support tools. In this catalog, you’ll find information about certification training courses to help meet Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act requirements for all certification levels. But DAU provides much more than courses. The catalog also highlights virtual environments that host learning assets and encourage knowledge sharing and collaboration. Additionally, overviews of our continuous learning modules and mission assistance workshops are located in the appendices at the end of the catalog. Supporting the warfighter requires that individuals and organizations adjust to developing situations quickly. Not only do we consistently update our curriculum and improve our learning assets to ensure the most up-to-date information is available right at your fingertips, but as technology advances, we also explore new content delivery methods to meet the changing needs of the workforce. By taking advantage of new technologies, we are able to create learning environments that provide students opportunities to gain the knowledge and understanding they need while reducing time away from the job. The knowledge and experience of our faculty, and the availability and effectiveness of our tools, combine to help give Defense Acquisition Workforce members the resources they need to shape the future of defense acquisition and improve the capabilities of our warfighters. James P. Woolsey President Defense Acquisition University 6 The Defense Acquisition University 9820 BELVOIR ROAD, FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA 22060-5565 7 WHAT'S NEW LEARNING ASSETS a budget analyst within a major defense acquisition program office. The PPBE capstone Small Business exercise includes numerous related, competency- In 2014, the Under Secretary of Defense based, videos that were designed as additional for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics job aids to engage the student and enhance the established the Small Business career field. Small learning experience. Business professionals (SBPs) are charged with helping the acquisition workforce to make the In addition, the Business Cost Estimating best use of small business capabilities in DoD community may look forward to two new, acquisitions and ensuring the technological redesigned, 100-level courses: BCF 106 superiority of DoD, while also protecting and (Fundamentals of Cost Analysis) will be replaced strengthening the defense industrial base. The with BCF 130 and will retain the same name; BCF DoD Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) 107 (Applied Cost Analysis) will be replaced with has created a qualification framework that BCF 131 and also will retain the same name. Each outlines a clear track for career advancement of these courses has been revamped to address for SBPs, from the point of entry through topics such as price escalation, CADE data executive leadership positions. As part of repository, and several other topics. Furthermore, this professionalization, OSBP is creating BCF 250 (Applied Software Cost Estimating) Certification Training Standards and a Core will be introduced to the workforce to replace the Plus Development Guide that will give SBPs the old BCF 208. opportunity to receive training throughout three certification levels that combine existing DAU Also in FY 2017, the Business functional courses from other career fields with nine new community will deploy six new continuous Small Business-specific courses. The new courses learning modules: CLB 035 (Statistical emphasize and integrate tools to be used on the Analysis), CLB 036 (Foreign Military Sales), job as well as collaboration with other SBPs. CLB 037 (Defense Working Capital Fund), CLB 038 (Comparative Analysis), CLB 039 (Basic Key themes in the training will be the role of Terminology), and CLB 040 (Should Cost the SBP as a trusted business advisor, providing Management). Each of these modules will be valuable information to the acquisition team, and deployed to support the ongoing competency proactively supporting small businesses at both development of workforce members in the the prime and subcontracting levels throughout Business career field. the acquisition process. Cybersecurity Business Career Field DAU’s Engineering and Technology Center is DAU is pleased to announce several improvements developing training resources on cybersecurity. in the Business Financial Management and Already fielded is a continuous learning module, Business Cost Estimating certification programs. CLE 074 (Cybersecurity Throughout DoD In FY 2017, BCF 103 (Fundamentals of Business Acquisition). Two Program Planning Protection Financial Management) will be replaced with (PPP) courses are also under development. ACQ BCF 110 and maintain the same name. This 160 (Program Protection Planning Awareness) is course was redesigned to introduce several a 24-hour distance learning course intended for new topics to the workforce and to provide an the broad acquisition audience, while ENG 260 immersive and engaging learning experience (Intermediate Program Protection Planning) of the planning, programming, budgeting, and will use a flipped classroom approach with both execution (PPBE) process via a simulation-based distance learning and classroom components to capstone exercise. During the PPBE capstone, allow students to apply the principles of PPP. A students will experience realistic, scenario-based distance learning course on the Risk Management learning as they face day-to-day challenges that Framework (ISA 220) is also under development acquisition professionals typically encounter as with a projected release in February/March 8 of 2017. In early 2017, Defense Acquisition of Practice. Given the potentially profound Workforce members should also be on the lookout ramifications of additive manufacturing (3D for new continuous learning modules on Software printing) on DoD product support and supply Assurance and Supply Chain Risk Management chain management, the DAU logistics team also for ICT systems. has launched a new Additive Manufacturing Community of Practice, a series of hosted Knowledge Repository additive manufacturing-focused training videos, DAU is launching a new knowledge repository, and a new additive manufacturing-focused designed and populated with a variety of ACQuipedia article. The team is working closely databases and resources useful to the Defense with the Service and OSD staffs to ensure Acquisition Workforce. Examples include: current information on this rapidly evolving, transformative technology. » Public domain databases such as Congress. gov, Congressional Research Service, and GAO reports NEW DAU.MIL » Licensed subscriptions such as Defense Daily—Virtual Analyst, EBSCOhost academic Be on the lookout for DAU’s new Web site, and business e-book collections, Gale Virtual launching in FY 2017. This more interactive and Reference Library, Gale Newsvault, and intuitive site will bring together the content from ProQuest Military Collection the current www.dau.mil, the Acquisition Community » DAU-generated products such as MDAP/MAIS LibGuides