## Accountability

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| **Competency Definition**                 | Position Associated      |
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| Assures that effective controls are       | -   AFSD for Screening   |
| developed and maintained to ensure the    |                          |
| integrity of the organization. Holds self | -   DFSD                 |
| and others accountable for rules and      |                          |
| responsibilities. Can be relied upon to   | -   FSD                  |
| ensure that projects within areas of      |                          |
| specific responsibility are completed in  | -   Scheduling           |
| a timely manner and within budget.        |     Operations Officer   |
| Monitors and evaluates plans, focuses on  |                          |
| results and measuring attainment of       | -   Security Manager     |
| outcomes.                                 |                          |
|                                           | -   STSO                 |
|                                           |                          |
|                                           | -   Training             |
|                                           |                          |
|                                           |   Coordinator/Specialist |
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| OLC Component Titles                      |                          |
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| Achieving Success Without Authority:      |                          |
| Focusing on Results                       |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| COURSE TSA-GEN-FOCUSRESULT-0001 (Rev -    |                          |
| 10/25/2003 15:14:33)                      |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| This course emphasizes the importance as  |                          |
| well as the actions necessary to stay     |                          |
| focused on achieving results. Each        |                          |
| employee within an organization must      |                          |
| maintain focus on achieving results and   |                          |
| the importance it has to the              |                          |
| organization. Employees must understand   |                          |
| that even without authority they still    |                          |
| have influence to the success of company  |                          |
| goals. Employees must harvest their       |                          |
| influence and use it appropriately to     |                          |
| their advantage.                          |                          |
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| Achieving Success Without Authority:      |                          |
| Personal Accountability                   |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| COURSE TSA-GEN-PERSACCOUNT-0001 (Rev -    |                          |
| 10/25/2003 15:16:26)                      |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| This course emphasizes the importance as  |                          |
| well as the actions necessary to stay     |                          |
| focused on achieving results. Each        |                          |
| employee within an organization must      |                          |
| maintain focus on achieving results and   |                          |
| the importance it has to the              |                          |
| organization. Employees must understand   |                          |
| that even without authority they still    |                          |
| have influence to the success of company  |                          |
| goals. Employees must harvest their       |                          |
| influence and use it appropriately to     |                          |
| their advantage.                          |                          |
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| Project Management: Part 1 - The          |                          |
| Fundamentals                              |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| **COURSE TSA-PRJMGT-PMBOKA-0001 (Rev -    |                          |
| 10/25/2003 13:57:39)**                    |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| This program covers the terms and         |                          |
| concepts that serve as the foundation of  |                          |
| project management training. Students     |                          |
| learn how projects are initiated, how     |                          |
| project and product management differ,    |                          |
| and the five project management process   |                          |
| groups. In addition, students will gain   |                          |
| an understanding of the environmental and |                          |
| socioeconomic issues that affect projects |                          |
| and how they are managed. This program    |                          |
| also features project organizational      |                          |
| structures, how to select an appropriate  |                          |
| structure for a project, the role and     |                          |
| challenges of a project manager, and      |                          |
| project staffing issues.                  |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| []{.mark}                                 |                          |
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| Project Management: Part 2 - Scope        |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| COURSE TSA-PRJMGT-PMBOKB-0001 (Rev -      |                          |
| 10/25/2003 14:00:14)                      |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| This program covers the terms and         |                          |
| concepts that serve as the foundation of  |                          |
| project management training. Students     |                          |
| learn how projects are initiated, how     |                          |
| project and product management differ,    |                          |
| and the five project management process   |                          |
| groups. In addition, students will gain   |                          |
| an understanding of the environmental and |                          |
| socioeconomic issues that affect projects |                          |
| and how they are managed. This program    |                          |
| also features project organizational      |                          |
| structures, how to select an appropriate  |                          |
| structure for a project, the role and     |                          |
| challenges of a project manager, and      |                          |
| project staffing issues.                  |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| []{.mark}                                 |                          |
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| Project Management: Part 3 - Time         |                          |
| Management                                |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| COURSE TSA-PRJMGT-PMBOKC-0001 (Rev -      |                          |
| 10/25/2003 14:03:13)                      |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| This program includes information about   |                          |
| the differences between tasks,            |                          |
| activities, and events, as well as how to |                          |
| identify predecessor, concurrent, and     |                          |
| successor activities. Students will learn |                          |
| how to identify dependency relationships, |                          |
| how to convert an activity list into a    |                          |
| network diagram, and how to estimate      |                          |
| activity duration. In addition, this      |                          |
| program covers the difference between     |                          |
| float and free float, how to use CPM,     |                          |
| PERT, and GERT when developing a          |                          |
| schedule, how to calculate a project_s    |                          |
| earliest start time, earliest finish      |                          |
| time, latest finish time, and latest      |                          |
| start time, and how to use duration       |                          |
| compression methods. Finally, the program |                          |
| explains how to maintain schedule control |                          |
| and how to level resources.               |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| []{.mark}                                 |                          |
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| Project Management: Part 4 - Estimating   |                          |
| Costs                                     |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| COURSE TSA-PRJMGT-PMBOKD-0001 (Rev -      |                          |
| 10/25/2003 14:04:55)                      |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| This course covers resource               |                          |
| identification, life cycle costing, the   |                          |
| tools used to identify necessary project  |                          |
| resources, and how to assign resources to |                          |
| activities. This program also includes    |                          |
| instruction on how to use the work        |                          |
| breakdown structure to complete cost      |                          |
| approximation, how to use resource rates, |                          |
| estimating publications, historical       |                          |
| information, and how to use a chart of    |                          |
| accounts when approximating costs. In     |                          |
| addition, students will learn the affect  |                          |
| of risks and activity duration estimates  |                          |
| on cost estimates. In addition, this      |                          |
| course covers cost budgeting techniques,  |                          |
| how to budget project costs by following  |                          |
| the guidelines to refining a project      |                          |
| budget, and how to identify the S-curve   |                          |
| for a project. This course includes       |                          |
| capital budgeting equations, depreciation |                          |
| methods, and techniques for controlling   |                          |
| cost and determining variance.            |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| []{.mark}                                 |                          |
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| Project Management: Part 5 - Quality      |                          |
| Standards                                 |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| COURSE TSA-PRJMGT-PMBOKE-0001 (Rev -      |                          |
| 10/25/2003 14:07:06)                      |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| This course covers the characteristics of |                          |
| quality, addresses the key issues of      |                          |
| quality management, and describes the     |                          |
| contributions of quality management       |                          |
| pioneers Deming, Juran, and Crosby. This  |                          |
| program also covers quality planning      |                          |
| issues and techniques. In addition, you   |                          |
| will learn how to perform specific        |                          |
| planning activities that will positively  |                          |
| impact project quality, as well as how to |                          |
| use checklists when performing quality    |                          |
| management. In addition, this course      |                          |
| covers the specific conditions used to    |                          |
| facilitate a credible audit, the proper   |                          |
| credentials for an auditor, as well as    |                          |
| what information a project audit should   |                          |
| contain. Finally, this course includes    |                          |
| information on maintaining quality        |                          |
| control of a project by establishing a    |                          |
| quality control system.                   |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| []{.mark}                                 |                          |
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| Project Management: Part 6 - Risk         |                          |
| Management                                |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| COURSE TSA-PRJMGT-PMBOKF-0001 (Rev -      |                          |
| 10/25/2003 14:08:33)                      |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| This program covers classifying project   |                          |
| risks, how to distinguish business risk   |                          |
| from insurable risks, how to know when to |                          |
| take risks and when to avoid them, and    |                          |
| the actions included in project risk      |                          |
| management. In addition, this program     |                          |
| provides instruction on how to identify   |                          |
| and classify risks according to their     |                          |
| level of impact, and how to use specific  |                          |
| tools in risk identification. This        |                          |
| program also covers risk assessment       |                          |
| methods, decision tress, and qualitative  |                          |
| and quantitative analysis methods.        |                          |
| Finally, this program covers methods for  |                          |
| effective risk response, categories for   |                          |
| possible risk response plans, and how to  |                          |
| develop a risk management.                |                          |
|                                           |                          |
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| Project Management: Part 7 - The Team     |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| COURSE TSA-PRJMGT-PMBOKG-0001 (Rev -      |                          |
| 10/25/2003 14:11:22)                      |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| This course covers the human resources    |                          |
| responsibilities of project managers, the |                          |
| types of power associated with project    |                          |
| management, and the advantages and        |                          |
| disadvantages of project organization     |                          |
| types. This course also includes          |                          |
| information about the fundamentals of     |                          |
| organizational planning, the steps to     |                          |
| follow when creating a project team, as   |                          |
| well as the questions you should answer   |                          |
| prior to staffing a project. In addition, |                          |
| this program provides instruction on      |                          |
| conducting a staff acquisition            |                          |
| negotiation, the characteristics to look  |                          |
| for in potential team members, and how to |                          |
| recognize and avoid personnel problems.   |                          |
| Finally, students will learn how to       |                          |
| create a team environment conducive to    |                          |
| quality performance, how to overcome      |                          |
| barriers to effective project team        |                          |
| development, and how to use motivational  |                          |
| theories to assess their own human        |                          |
| resource techniques.                      |                          |
|                                           |                          |
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| Project Management: Part 8 -              |                          |
| Communications                            |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| COURSE TSA-PRJMGT-PMBOKH-0001 (Rev -      |                          |
| 10/25/2003 14:32:36)                      |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| This course covers the fundamentals and   |                          |
| steps of communications planning, as well |                          |
| as how to provide a team with the         |                          |
| information they need to fulfill their    |                          |
| responsibilities. This course also        |                          |
| addresses how to determine which form of  |                          |
| communication to use in information       |                          |
| distribution, as well as how to actively  |                          |
| encourage informal team communication.    |                          |
| Other information in this program         |                          |
| includes: how to differentiate between a  |                          |
| progress report and a status report, how  |                          |
| to conduct successful performance         |                          |
| reviews, how to classify performance      |                          |
| reports, and how to evaluate a project\'s |                          |
| performance by using earned value         |                          |
| analysis. Finally, this program offers    |                          |
| techniques for completing a comprehensive |                          |
| close out report during administrative    |                          |
| closure, as well as how to ask questions  |                          |
| to determine when a project should be     |                          |
| terminated.                               |                          |
|                                           |                          |
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| Project Management: Part 9 - Contracts    |                          |
| and Procurement                           |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| COURSE TSA-PRJMGT-PMBOKI-0001 (Rev -      |                          |
| 10/25/2003 14:35:29)                      |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| This program covers how to identify       |                          |
| contract components, how to classify      |                          |
| contracts, and how to determine when a    |                          |
| contract is legally enforceable. In       |                          |
| addition, students will learn important   |                          |
| terms used in reading, interpreting, and  |                          |
| negotiating contracts. This program also  |                          |
| teaches the questions a project manager   |                          |
| should ask during procurement, the skills |                          |
| used to conduct procurement successfully, |                          |
| and the ways to use the scope statement   |                          |
| to benefit procurement planning. In       |                          |
| addition, this course covers how to       |                          |
| solicit and select contractors or         |                          |
| vendors, how to use a bid, a proposal, a  |                          |
| request for a proposal, and a request for |                          |
| information, and how to evaluate          |                          |
| proposals. Finally, this program          |                          |
| addresses the methods used to administer  |                          |
| and close out a contract, how to develop  |                          |
| a system for handling contractual         |                          |
| changes, and how to determine when a      |                          |
| contract should be terminated.            |                          |
|                                           |                          |
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