PHONE NUMBERS:

President ........................................................................................................................................ (703) 805-3360

DSN ................................................................................................................................................... 655-3360

Fax .......................................................................................................................................... (703) 805-2639

Vice President ................................................................................................................................ (703) 805-3360

Executive Officer ........................................................................................................................... (703) 805-3360

Senior Enlisted Advisor ................................................................................................................ (703) 805-3169

Executive Institute ........................................................................................................................ (703) 805-4857

Acquisition Education Training & Career Development .......................................................... (703) 578-2772

Provost............................................................................................................................................ (703) 805-2155

Administration and Services ........................................................................................................ (703) 805-2140

Strategic Planning Action Group ................................................................................................. (703) 805-2289

Chief Information Officer .............................................................................................................. (703) 805-4594

Chief Financial Officer ................................................................................................................... (703) 805-4560

Campuses

DSMC, Fort Belvoir, VA

Commercial ................................................................................................................. (703) 805-5051

DSN ......................................................................................................................................... 655-5051

Registrar ...................................................................................................................... (703) 805-3003

Fort Lee, VA

Commercial ................................................................................................................. (804) 765-4253

DSN ......................................................................................................................................... 539-4253

Registrar ...................................................................................................................... (804) 765-4106

Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH

Commercial ................................................................................................................. (937) 255-7777

DSN ......................................................................................................................................... 785-7777

Registrar ..................................................................................................... (937) 255-7777, Ext. 3129

Norfolk, VA

Commercial ................................................................................................................. (757) 443-2347

DSN ......................................................................................................................................... 646-2347

Registrar ...................................................................................................................... (757) 443-2362

DAU Press ....................................................................................................................................... (703) 805-3056

DAU Home Page ..................................................................................................................... http://www.dau.mil

DAU Registrar ................................................................................................................................. (703) 805-3003

DSN ................................................................................................................................................... 655-3003

(Toll-free number in U.S.) ..................................................................................................... 1-888-284-4906

E-Mail Address ................................................................................................................. registrar@dau.mil

Key Phone Numbers and

Internet Addresses
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DEFENSE A

UNIV

2001 

CQUISITION

ERSITY

CATALOG
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Publisher: DAU Press

Director: Kelley Berta

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Chapter 1 The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) .................................................................. 1

The Defense Acquisition University ............................................................................................................. 3

DoD/DAU Leadership ...................................................................................................................................... 4

Chapter 2 Administrative Information ........................................................................................... 9

Administrative Information ......................................................................................................................... 11

Course Information .................................................................................................................................. 11

Acquisition Workforce and Acquisition Corps Education Standards ............................................. 12

Student Information ................................................................................................................................ 13

Course Registration and Quota Allocation .......................................................................................... 14

Chapter 3 Career Field Descriptions ............................................................................................. 17

Career Field Descriptions ............................................................................................................................. 19

Acquisition Logistics ............................................................................................................................... 19

Auditing ..................................................................................................................................................... 19

Business, Cost Estimating, and Financial Management .................................................................... 19

Contracting ............................................................................................................................................... 19

Industrial and/or Contract Property Management ............................................................................ 20

Information Technology ......................................................................................................................... 20

Manufacturing and Production ............................................................................................................. 20

Program Management ............................................................................................................................. 21

Purchasing................................................................................................................................................. 21

Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering .......................................................... 21

Test and Evaluation ................................................................................................................................. 21

DAU Program Directors Team ..................................................................................................................... 22

Chapter 4 Course Descriptions ....................................................................................................... 23

Course Descriptions ...................................................................................................................................... 25

Mandatory Courses ................................................................................................................................. 25

Assignment-specific Courses ................................................................................................................. 25

Some Acronyms Used in This Chapter ................................................................................................. 25

ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management.................................................. 26

ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition ................................................................................. 26

ACQ 401 Senior Acquisition Course ............................................................................................... 27

ACQ 402 Executive Management Course ...................................................................................... 27

ACQ 403 Defense Acquisition Executive Overview Workshop ................................................. 28

ACQ 404 Systems Acquisition Management Course for General/Flag Officers ...................... 28

ACQ 405 Executive Refresher Course ............................................................................................ 29

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Chapter 4 Course Descriptions (continued)

AUD 1130 Technical Indoctrination ................................................................................................. 29

AUD 1320 Intermediate Contract Auditing ..................................................................................... 30

AUD 4120 Statistical Sampling .......................................................................................................... 30

AUD 4230 Graphic, Computational, and Improvement Curve Analysis Techniques ............... 31

AUD 8560 Defense Contract Audit Agency Supervisory Skills Workshop................................. 31

BCF 101 Fundamentals of Cost Analysis ....................................................................................... 32

BCF 102 Fundamentals of Earned Value Management ............................................................... 32

BCF 103 Fundamentals of Business Financial Management ..................................................... 33

BCF 203 Intermediate Earned Value Management...................................................................... 33

BCF 204 Intermediate Cost Analysis ............................................................................................. 34

BCF 205 Contractor Finance for Acquisition Managers ............................................................ 34

BCF 206 Cost Risk Analysis ............................................................................................................. 35

BCF 207 Economic Analysis ............................................................................................................ 35

BCF 208 Software Cost Estimating................................................................................................. 36

BCF 209 Selected Acquisition Report ........................................................................................... 36

BCF 211 Acquisition Business Management ............................................................................... 37

BCF 301 Business, Cost Estimating, and Financial Management Workshop ......................... 37

BCF 802 Selected Acquisition Report Review ............................................................................. 38

CAR 805 Contemporary Approaches to Acquisition Reform .................................................... 38

CON 101 Basics of Contracting ....................................................................................................... 39

CON 104 Principles of Contract Pricing ......................................................................................... 39

CON 202 Intermediate Contracting ................................................................................................ 40

CON 204 Intermediate Contract Pricing ........................................................................................ 40

CON 210 Government Contract Law .............................................................................................. 41

CON 232 Overhead Management of Defense Contracts ............................................................. 41

CON 233 Cost Accounting Standards Workshop ......................................................................... 42

CON 234 Contingency Contracting................................................................................................. 42

CON 235 Advanced Contract Pricing ............................................................................................. 43

CON 236 Contractual Aspects of Value Engineering ................................................................... 43

CON 237 Simplified Acquisition Procedures ................................................................................ 44

CON 243 Architect-Engineer Contracting ...................................................................................... 44

CON 244 Construction Contracting ................................................................................................ 45

CON 301 Executive Contracting ...................................................................................................... 45

CON 333 Management for Contracting Supervisors ................................................................... 46

GRT 201 Grants and Agreements Management ........................................................................... 46

IND 101 Contract Property Administration Fundamentals ...................................................... 47

IND 102 Contract Property Disposition........................................................................................ 47

IND 103 Contract Property Systems Analysis ............................................................................. 48

IND 201 Intermediate Contract Property Administration......................................................... 48

IND 202 Contract Property Management Seminar ..................................................................... 49

IRM 101 Basic Information Systems Acquisition ........................................................................ 49

IRM 201 Intermediate Information Systems Acquisition .......................................................... 50

IRM 303 Advanced Information Systems Acquisition ................................................................ 50

LAW 801 Acquisition Law................................................................................................................. 51

LOG 101 Acquisition Logistics Fundamentals ............................................................................. 51

LOG 201 Intermediate Acquisition Logistics ............................................................................... 52

LOG 203 Reliability and Maintainability ....................................................................................... 52

LOG 204 Configuration Management ............................................................................................ 53

LOG 205 Provisioning ....................................................................................................................... 53
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Chapter 4 Course Descriptions (continued)

LOG 304 Executive Acquisition Logistics Management ............................................................. 54

PMT 202 Multinational Program Management ............................................................................ 54

PMT 203 International Security and Technology Transfer/Control ......................................... 55

PMT 250 Program Management Tools ........................................................................................... 55

PMT 302 Advanced Program Management Course ..................................................................... 56

PMT 303 Executive Program Manager’s Course .......................................................................... 56

PMT 304 Advanced International Management Workshop........................................................ 57

PMT 305 Program Manager’s Skills (ACAT III Programs) ........................................................... 57

PQM 101 Production, Quality and Manufacturing Fundamentals ............................................. 58

PQM 103 Defense Specification Management .............................................................................. 58

PQM 104 Specification Selection and Application ....................................................................... 59

PQM 201 Intermediate Production, Quality and Manufacturing ............................................... 59

PQM 202 Commercial and Nondevelopmental Item Acquisition .............................................. 60

PQM 203 Preparation of Commercial Item Descriptions ............................................................ 60

PQM 212 Market Research ............................................................................................................... 61

PQM 301 Advanced Production, Quality and Manufacturing .................................................... 61

SAM 101 Basic Software Acquisition Management ..................................................................... 62

SAM 201 Intermediate Software Acquisition Management ....................................................... 62

SAM 301 Advanced Software Acquisition Management ............................................................. 63

SYS 201 Intermediate Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering ........... 63

SYS 301 Advanced Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering ........................ 64

TST 101 Introduction to Acquisition Workforce Test and Evaluation .................................... 64

TST 202 Intermediate Test and Evaluation .................................................................................. 65

TST 301 Advanced Test and Evaluation ....................................................................................... 65

Course Predecessors ............................................................................................................................... 66

Appendices ........................................................................................................................................... 69

Appendix A DAU Campuses ................................................................................................................... 71

DAU – Defense Systems Management College (DSMC), Fort Belvoir, Virginia .................................. 72

DAU – Fort Lee, Virginia ........................................................................................................................... 73

DAU – Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia .................................................................................................... 74

DAU – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio ....................................................................................... 75

DAU Organization Chart ........................................................................................................................... 76

Appendix B Certification Standards Checklists ................................................................................ 77

Appendix C Assignment-specific Training ......................................................................................... 93

Appendix D DoD School Equivalencies .............................................................................................. 99

Appendix E College Program Equivalencies .................................................................................... 101

Appendix F Continuing Education Units .......................................................................................... 103

Appendix G Meeting Acquisition Corps Education Standards ........................................................ 109
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DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

The challenge to the faculty and staff of DAU is simple — prepare the

Workforce to make smart business decisions. The products and services we provide the acquisition community are an investment, and

the return must be visible and valuable to all our customers and

stakeholders.

DAU must continue to produce a highly skilled and innovative Workforce by adapting our curriculum to meet new requirements. We

must lead in producing strategies that help revolutionize the way we

do business. During the past year, we have been very busy revamping our internal processes to improve our training and educational

products and services.

The challenge for DAU is to smartly adapt to the changing and growing

needs of the acquisition community. We must provide the energy and

creativity necessary to turn education into practice using business

skills that support Defense operational needs. We must provide effective and efficient acquisition education, training, research, and direct

job performance support through consulting and just-in-time, targeted

training. In the future, we must become an exemplary corporate university, recognized inside and outside DoD. We must lead in areas,

such as knowledge management, e-learning, and problem-based learning. Our overarching goal is to facilitate the development of an Acquisition Workforce capable of responding to the most complex acquisition challenges.

As active participants in acquisition research, consultants for ongoing

acquisition programs, and policy developers, we must help streamline

DoD processes and incorporate new concepts and technologies. We

must also partner with other academic activities that support the career development of DoD professionals. To this end, we have established a strategic alliance initiative with external partners — colleges,

corporate universities, and industry. This initiative is expanding our

ability to quickly incorporate best practices and ideas from the private

sector and field acquisition organizations into our courses and educational products. Additionally, we have significantly expanded our use

of e-learning to reduce the time acquisition students will spend away

from their jobs and families.
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We will build on our past successes and incorporate the advice and

guidance of our many partners. We will:

• provide our stakeholders and customers what they need,

when and where they need it;

• operate as a premier learning enterprise;

• advance excellence in acquisition business practices;

• employ knowledge management to enhance learning and

productivity; and

• provide our stakeholders and customers with a preeminent

faculty and staff.

DAU is committed to these endeavors; and we have established a

planning system that will allow us to survey our present environment, both internal and external, and present scenarios concerning

our future. This continuous feedback and tracking system will help

us achieve our established goals.

Additionally, we are doing a better job of listening and responding to

you. We solicit your feedback and constructive criticism. Your ideas

and thoughts are important to us! To be successful, we must establish a collaborative implementation process that involves all of our

stakeholders. With your help, we will successfully position the Defense Acquisition University community to provide the right training

solutions when and where they are needed.

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Sincerely,

Frank J. Anderson, Jr.

President

Defense Acquisition University
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DAU Vision

The acquisition community’s learning

resource of choice!

DAU Corporate Goals

Provide our stakeholders and customers with what they need,

when and where they need it

•

Operate a premier learning enterprise

•

Advance excellence in acquisition business practices

•

Employ knowledge management to enhance learning and productivity

•

Provide our stakeholders and customers with a preeminent faculty and staff
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Chapter 1

The Defense Acquisition

University (DAU)

The Defense Acquisition University

DoD/DAU Leadership

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2
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The Defense Acquisition University (DAU)

provides mandatory, assignment-specific, and

continuing education courses for military

and civilian acquisition personnel within the

Department of Defense. Its mission is to provide the acquisition community with the right

learning products and services to make smart

business decisions. Authorized by 10 U.S.C.

1746 and chartered by DoD Directive 5000.57,

the DAU was established on August 1, 1992.

The DAU coordinates acquisition education and

training programs to meet the training requirements of more than 140,000 DoD acquisition

personnel. As the DoD corporate university for

acquisition education, the DAU sponsors curriculum and instructor training to provide a

full range of basic, intermediate, advanced, and

assignment-specific courses to support the career goals and professional development of the

Acquisition Workforce.

Each DoD acquisition functional area is represented by a Functional Integrated Product

Team (FIPT), comprised of senior-level acquisition officials of the DoD components and

led by Functional Advisors. These teams advise the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) (USD(AT&L))

on career development issues and recommend mandatory training, education, and experience required for their respective functional areas. DAU Program Directors work in

conjunction with the FIPTs to identify

The Defense Acquisition University

performance outcomes for various career

levels and incorporate them into DAU

courses.

The Chief Executive Officer of the University is

the President, who reports to the Deputy Under

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Reform

(DUSD(AR)). A Board of Visitors, individuals

selected for their preeminence in academia,

business, and industry, advises the President

and the DUSD(AR) on matters such as organizational management, curricula, methods of instruction, and facilities. The Executive Institute

consists of members from the Services and

defense industry, an International Chair, and

Visiting Professors, who provide advice and

counsel to faculty, staff, and students in their

respective areas of expertise. The Service

Chairs also act as liaisons between the Services

and the University.

The DAU Executive Board advises the USD(AT&L)

on Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement

Act (DAWIA) implementation in the career development of the AT&L Workforce. The Director,

Acquisition Education, Training and Career Development (AET&CD) develops policy for the

implementation of the DAWIA through the DAU.

In addition to providing curriculum-based

training, both in the classroom and via the Internet, the DAU fosters professional development through publications, symposia, research

and consulting in areas related to the acquisition functions.
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DoD/DAU Leadership

DAU EXECUTIVE BOARD

Ms. Donna Richbourg,

Chairperson

Principal Assistant

DUSD(AR)

Mr. Ed Elgart

Acting Deputy Assistant

Secretary of the Army

(Procurement)

Mr. Frank J. Anderson, Jr.

President, Defense

Acquisition University

Deputy Under Secretary

of Defense (Acquisition

Reform)

Vacant

Mr. William Hauenstein

Director of Acquisition

Career Management

(Department of the Navy)

Ms. Darleen Druyun,

Principal Deputy Assistant

Secretary of the Air Force

(Acq. and Mgmt.)

RADM Raymond A.

Archer, USN

Vice Director, Defense

Logistics Agency

Dr. Diane Disney

Deputy Assistant Secretary

of Defense (Civilian

Personnel Policy)

Dr. Jerome Smith

DoD Chancellor for

Education and

Professional Development

Mr. Eric M. Levi

Consultant

DAU Board of Visitors

Member

Dr. J. Ronald Fox

Consultant

DAU Board of Visitors

Member

COL James R. Moran, USA

Vice President, Defense

Acquisition University,

and Commandant, DSMC
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Mr. Eric M. Levi

Consultant

Mr. Robert J. Murray

President, Center for

Naval Analysis

Ms. Karen Wilson

VP, Government Business

and Finance, Honeywell

International

DAU BOARD OF VISITORS

Dr. J. Ronald Fox

Chairperson

Professor Emeritus,

Harvard Business School

Dr. Wendell M. Holloway

VP, Government Relations,

Suburban Hospital Health

Care System, Inc.

Mr. James M. Gallagher

President, The Dayton

Group

Mr. Peter DeMayo

Consultant

Lt Gen Thomas R.

Ferguson, Jr., USAF (Ret)

Senior Partner, Dayton

Aerospace Associates, Inc.

Dr. Lionel V. Baldwin

President, National

Technological University

Mr. Charles E. Adolph

Senior VP, SAIC

Mr. R. Stephen Ayers

Senior VP for Contracts &

Procurement, SAIC
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DAU LEADERSHIP TEAM

Mr. Frank J. Anderson, Jr.

President, Defense

Acquisition University

Dr. John Matherne

Dean

Fort Lee, VA

Dr. Richard Murphy

Dean

WPAFB, OH

Mr. Richard Graham

Dean

Norfolk, VA

Mr. Tim Shannon

Dean

DSMC, Fort Belvoir, VA

CAMPUS DEANS

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Available

Mr. Joe Wargo

Chief Financial Officer

COL Joseph Johnson, USA

Director, Administration

and Services

Mr. Andrew A. Zaleski II

Director, Strategic

Planning Action Group

Dr. Craig Lush

Chief Information Officer

Mr. Richard Reed

Provost

HEADQUARTERS DIVISION DIRECTORS

Mr. William Erie

Director, Commercial

Business Environment

Initiatives

COL James R. Moran, USA

Vice President, Defense

Acquisition University,

and Commandant, DSMC
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Mr. Frank Swofford

Industry Chair

Mr. B. A. “Tony” Kausal

Air Force Chair

RADM Mike Sullivan,

USN (Ret)

Navy Chair

Ms. Joann Langston

Army Chair

EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE CHAIRPERSONS

Dr. Gertrud Humily

International Chair

Mr. Bob Krush

Director

Rock Island, IL

Education and Training

Center

Dr. Greg Kailian

Director

Port Hueneme, CA

Education and Training

Center

Mr. Steve Gillespie

Director

Patuxent River, MD

Regional Training Site

Mr. Walt Keays

Director

San Diego, CA

Regional Training Site

REGIONAL DIRECTORS

Brig Gen Robert Tate,

USAF (Ret)

Director

Los Angeles, CA

Regional Training Site

Mr. Joe Schmoll

Director

Huntsville, AL

Regional Training Site

Mr. Rich Stillman

Director

Boston, MA

Regional Training Site

Director

Fort Monmouth, NJ

Regional Training Site

Ms. Judy Ward

Director

Norfolk, VA

Education and Training

Center

Vacant
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Dr. Delores M. Etter

Director, Defense

Research and

Engineering,

ODUSD(S&T)

Dr. Vitalij Garber

Director, Interoperability,

OUSD(AT&L)

Mr. Allen W. Beckett

Principal Assistant

Deputy Under Secretary

of Defense (Logistics and

Readiness)

LOGISTICS

SCIENCE &

TECHNOLOGY

TECHNICAL

MANAGEMENT

FUNCTIONAL ADVISORS

Mr. William A. Curtis

Director, Investment and

Acquisition, Office of the

Deputy Chief Information

Officer, OASD(C3I)

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

AET&CD DIRECTOR

Mr. Keith Charles

Director, Acquisition

Education, Training &

Career Development

Mr. William H. Reed

Director, Defense

Contract Audit Agency

Ms. Deidre A. Lee

Director of Defense

Procurement,

OUSD(AT&L)

Dr. Nancy L. Spruill

Director, Acquisition

Resources and Analysis,

OUSD(AT&L)

PROCUREMENT &

CONTRACTING AUDITING

BUSINESS, COST ESTIMATING, & FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT

Ms. Christine E. StellohGarner

DPEO, Air ASW Assault &

Special Mission Programs,

Asst SECNAV (RD&A)

ACQUISITION

MANAGEMENT
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Chapter 2

Administrative

Information

Course Information

Acquisition Workforce and

Acquisition Corps Education Standards

Student Information

Course Registration and

Quota Allocation

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COURSE INFORMATION

DAU COURSES

Sequence of Courses

The DAU provides a highly structured sequence

of courses needed to meet the mandatory and

desired training standards established in DoD

5000.52-M, “Career Development Program for

Acquisition Personnel.” In many cases, prerequisite courses are identified; students are expected to be competent in prerequisite knowledge and skills. Where specific prerequisites are

not identified, students are strongly encouraged

to attend mandatory courses in the sequence

prescribed. Using this Catalog, DoD Acquisition

Workforce personnel can identify the training

and education required for their career field and

career level and the sequence of courses to

meet those requirements.

Core Courses

Most personnel must take a core acquisition

course before taking other mandatory training

at Career Levels I and II. The core course for

Career Level I is ACQ 101, Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management, and for Level II,

ACQ 201, Intermediate Systems Acquisition.

ACQ 101 is a prerequisite for ACQ 201. The

core courses are required for all Workforce

members in the following career fields:

Acquisition Logistics

Business, Cost Estimating, and Financial

Management

Information Technology

Manufacturing, Production, and Quality

Assurance

Program Management

Systems Planning, Research, Development

and Engineering

Test and Evaluation

Course Types

Certification courses are identified in Appendix

B of this Catalog, which provides concise checklists of the education, experience, and training

standards established for certification in each

career field. The checklists also provide the

recommended sequence of courses for training

within each career level.

Level I courses are designed to provide fundamental knowledge and establish primary qualification and expertise in the individual’s career

field, job series, or functional area.

At Level II, functional specialization is emphasized. Courses at this level are designed to enhance the employee’s capabilities in a primary

specialty or functional area.

At Level III, the focus is on managing the acquisition process and learning the latest methods

being implemented in the career field or functional area.

Each of these levels typically corresponds to

particular GS levels or military grades/ranks

that are defined by a Military Department or

agency. Grade, however, is not generally a requirement for course enrollment.

Assignment-specific courses provide the training

needed to perform specific acquisition functions.

These may be functions performed by a subset of

individuals in a career field. Assignment-specific

training is also required when individuals in one

career field must understand some of the processes of other career fields. Appendix C provides a description of DAU assignment-specific

courses and the audiences for which they are

developed.

Course descriptions for all DAU certification

and assignment-specific courses are listed

alphanumerically in Chapter 4. Details of

course length, prerequisites, method of delivery, and Personnel Data System (PDS) codes

are included in these course descriptions.

DAU-sponsored courses provide the opportunity for Acquisition Workforce members, who

have completed all training and education requirements for their position, to meet standards for obtaining 80 contact hours of continuing education and training over a 2-year

Administrative Information
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period. In addition, many professional organizations and associations have continuing education requirements for their members. Appendix F presents a listing of continuing

education units (CEUs) associated with DAU

courses.

Course Offerings

DAU courses are offered in a variety of modes.

The most frequently used are resident (where

the student attends class at one of the DAU

campuses) and on-site (where the instructor teaches at locations having sufficient

numbers of students to support a class).

Some DAU courses are also offered via the

Internet.

Course offerings, schedules, and the location of

courses are published separately in the DAU

Course Schedule, which is posted on the DAU

Website at http://www.dau.mil.

Online Courses

DAU currently offers several courses via the

World Wide Web, at https://dau.fedworld.gov.

Some of these courses are taught entirely and

exclusively online and others involve an online

portion followed by classroom instruction. To

complete an online course, the student must

have access to a computer with the following

capabilities:

• World Wide Web connection;

• any web browser that supports Javascript;

and

• a monitor that supports a resolution of at

least 800x600.

Some online courses have further specific computer requirements, which are explained on

the DAU Home Page at http://www.dau.mil. Students should ensure the computer they will

use for instruction meets these requirements

before enrolling in an online course.

COURSE EQUIVALENCIES AND ALTERNATIVES

Course Predecessors

Many DAU courses were developed from existing component courses, some of which are sufficiently similar to meet the requirement to attend the DAU course. Course predecessors for

each DAU course are listed at the end of Chapter 4, Course Descriptions.

Equivalent Courses

Appendix D of this Catalog lists DoD schools that

offer courses certified to be equivalent to DAU

courses. Colleges listed in Appendix E also offer

courses that meet DAU course requirements.

Fulfillment

Pursuant to Section 8147 of Public Law 105-

262 (FY 1999 Defense Appropriations Act) of

October 17, 1998, ADS 97-03-GD (January

1997), “Acquisition Career Management Mandatory Course Fulfillment and Competency

Standards” were reinstated as ADS 99-03-GD.

The fulfillment program enables members of

the Acquisition Workforce to receive credit

for mandatory DAU courses for which they

are able to demonstrate competency through

experience, education, and/or alternative

training. Information on the program, including policy, procedures, DD Form 2518, and the

course competencies, is available on the DAU

Website at http://www.dau.mil.

ACQUISITION WORKFORCE AND ACQUISITION

CORPS EDUCATION STANDARDS

The Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (Public Law 101-510, 1990), as

amended, requires that DoD employees must

meet certain educational standards. These standards apply to new employees in the GS-1102

occupational series and to those applying to the
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Acquisition Corps or seeking a contracting

officer’s warrant above the small purchase

threshold. See DoD 5000.52-M, “Acquisition

Career Development Program,” for additional

information concerning these educational

standards.

Employees may meet credit-hour standards

by passing college course equivalency examinations, which demonstrate knowledge comparable to accredited courses of study in these

subjects. For more information on using

equivalency exams to meet mandatory education qualifications, see Appendix G of this Catalog. Employees also may apply certain DAU

courses to meet the educational requirements.

STUDENT INFORMATION

REPORTING AND REGISTRATION

Once a student has been accepted for admission into a DAU course, the campus registrar of

the school sponsoring the course will provide

the student with specific reporting instructions

and information on housing, meals, campus facilities, and appropriate classroom attire.

TRAVEL, PER DIEM, AND REIMBURSEMENT

Each Service Acquisition Career Management

Office or parent organization funds student

travel expenses and per diem based on Serviceor agency-specific policy. Funding of other entitlements, such as rental cars, varies. Students

should consult their Acquisition Career Management Office for policy and guidance on student travel funding entitlements, funding eligibility, certification and accountability of funds,

processing of travel orders, and reimbursement. Internet websites and contact information are provided later in this chapter. The

student’s local finance and accounting office

can provide the student a determination of the

amount of travel and per diem allowed and

method of accounting for expenses; however,

certification of travel orders may need to be

submitted to a Service-designated central location for certification of funds.

It is very important that students arrive with a

government credit card to pay for all legitimate

travel-related expenses or, if needed, draw

cash advances in lieu of receiving advance per

diem payments. The University’s campuses

cannot process travel claims or provide advance per diem payments. If questions arise

concerning use of the government credit card,

students should arrive knowing the name and

telephone number of the government credit

card program coordinator for their Service or

organization.

ATTENDANCE POLICY

Students are expected to attend all scheduled

course sessions (including teleconferencing

and satellite sessions) and complete all course

work. Absences for medical or family emergencies must be approved by the course manager,

lead instructor, or designated representative.

Cumulative absences that exceed 5 percent of

contact time may be grounds for removal from

the course and receipt of an “incomplete”

grade. Remediation to make up any missed instruction is at the discretion of the course

manager.

DAU follows established DoD and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance for civilians and Service regulations for military personnel concerning various categories of leave.

CANCELLATIONS

If circumstances dictate cancelling course attendance after students receive notification

of acceptance, they should follow the procedures set forth by their respective Service

or agency as outlined in this chapter. Students should also report cancellations occurring within 5 working days prior to the

class start date to the appropriate DAU Campus Registrar’s Office. This will afford a substitute student the opportunity to attend the

course.

HANDICAPPED ACCOMMODATIONS

Students with disabilities who are scheduled to

attend DAU classes should notify their local

training office and the DAU Registrar as soon

as possible prior to the starting date of the

class to ensure appropriate accommodations

are made.
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COURSE REGISTRATION

AND QUOTA ALLOCATION

Acquisition Workforce employees and their supervisors may prepare career development

training plans using the requirements provided

in Appendices B and C and course descriptions

in Chapter 4. Appendix B identifies courses that

are required for certification by career field and

certification level, and Appendix C lists courses

necessary for performing an assignment-specific

function in acquisition.

For DoD Acquisition Workforce members attending certification or assignment-specific

courses, all costs of tuition, travel, and per

diem for DAU training, including equivalency

examinations, will be funded by DAU via the

student’s component. DAU does not fund travel

and per diem costs for Acquisition Workforce

members to attend continuous learning (800

series) courses.

The DAU uses the Army Training Requirements

and Resources System (ATRRS) to maintain

course schedules, allocate quotas, manage class

registration, and provide data for reporting requirements. Agencies with quota allocations

are required to register students into the system no later than 45 calendar days prior to the

class start date to ensure that students have

sufficient time to make necessary arrangements for attending class. Information entered

into ATRRS is used by the DAU campus registrars to provide reporting instructions and general student information packets to registered

students.

The student’s command or organization will

notify the student of registration for training.

For resident classes, the appropriate DAU campus registrar will provide reporting instructions with class start and end dates and times,

building and room numbers, etc. The student’s

organization should provide this information if

it is an on-site class. In case of late entries or

nonreceipt of reporting instructions, basic reporting instructions are provided in ATRRS for

most schools. Once registered, students who

have not received reporting instructions 15

days prior to the class start date should contact the appropriate DAU campus registrar for

assistance.
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ARMY PERSONNEL

COMM: (703) 604-7107

DSN: 664-7107

FAX: (703) 604-8178

24-hour information

response system:

(800) 808-6467

DACM Website:

http://dacm.sarda.army.mil

IDP Website:

https://rda.rdaisa.army.mil/

idp/idpprod/newidpstart.htm

AITAS Website:

https://www.atrrs.army.mil/

channels/aitas

Army Acquisition

Mandatory Training

Website:

http://www.sarda.army.mil/

rdaisa/atrrs/aaedau.htm

Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW) civilian and military personnel desiring DAU

training (including online courses) must have those courses annotated and approved on their automated Individual Development Plan (IDP). Upon the

supervisor’s approval of a course, individuals may submit applications from the

IDP or by accessing the ATRRS Internet Training Application System (AITAS).

AAW personnel requiring assistance with the IDP/AITAS should contact one of

the appropriate POCs listed at the DACM Website under “Contacts.” The Research, Development, and Acquisition Information Systems Activity (RDAISA) is

responsible for processing all applications, registering students for training, and

issuing funding for travel and per diem.

Non-Acquisition Workforce personnel may submit applications for DAU training

by going directly to AITAS.

Class schedule information can be found at the IDP, AITAS, or Army Acquisition

Mandatory Training websites. Individuals/organizations should monitor closely

the availability of on-site class offerings to minimize expenses associated with

class attendance in resident mode. Student cancellations or substitutions should

be limited to only extreme emergencies and must be submitted through the

AITAS.

Military personnel enroute to a new duty station or an acquisition position should

contact their assignment officer for assistance in obtaining DAU training. Assignment officer’s contact information can be found at http://www.perscom.army.mil/

OPfam51/ambmain.htm.

Workforce members can obtain a copy of the current training schedule and information on rental car authorization, travel advances, travel orders, lodging,

training, and policies from the 24-hour-a-day telephone information response

system at (800) 808-6467.

NAVY PERSONNEL

COMM: (717) 605-6485

DSN: 430-6485

FAX: (717) 605-2295

DACM Website:

http://dacm.secnav.navy.mil

Register-NOW Website:

http://www.registernow.cms.navy.mil

Department of the Navy (DON) civilian and military personnel (regardless of duty

station) must submit applications for acquisition courses using Register-Now, the

DON electronic registration system at http://www.register-now.cms.navy.mil.

Upon supervisory approval, applications are forwarded to the DON Registrar at the

Career Management Site (CMS) in Mechanicsburg, PA. The CMS processes all approved applications based on student priority and seat availability. Students who

cannot be registered in their requested offering will be notified by the registrar and

may reapply for an alternate date. These actions are performed electronically, and

the student is notified by e-mail as each step of the process is completed.

DON students who must travel to attend mandatory training may also request

their funding via Register-Now. Travelers should log on approximately 30 days

prior to the start date of their training and complete a Travel Requirements

Worksheet. CMS will process the worksheet and forward student travel orders

via e-mail not later than 2 weeks prior to the class start date.

Students who are unable to attend training as scheduled due to unforeseen

circumstances must log onto Register-Now and follow the instructions to cancel

their registration. The supervisor of record will be notified of the cancellation via

e-mail. To reschedule training, students must reapply using the procedures above.

For additional information concerning course registration, DON students should

contact their local acquisition training representative. Names and contact information are available by selecting “Acquisition Workforce POCs” on the “Help”

menu on Register-Now. If further assistance is needed, phone and fax numbers

and e-mail addresses for CMS personnel are available by selecting “Contact Navy

Registrar” or “Contact Navy Travel Manager.”
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AIR FORCE PERSONNEL

COMM: (210) 652-6580

DSN: 487-6580

FAX: (210) 652-8842/-6560

E-mail:

afato@afpc.randolph.af.mil

DACM Website:

http://www.safaq.hq.af.mil/

acq_workf

Air Force Acquisition Workforce personnel requiring mandatory acquisition education and training should contact the base-level training monitor or the designated Employee Development Manager.

Air Force personnel desiring space available seats should use the same process

as that for regular students.

Current class schedules, rosters, vacancies, a list of training representatives, and

other useful information regarding acquisition career management is available at

the Air Force DACM Website.

ACQUISITION

PERSONNEL IN OTHER

DoD COMPONENTS

COMM: (703) 602-9160

DSN: 332-9160

FAX: (703) 602-9161

E-mail:

ctaylor@doddacm.com

DACM Website:

http://www.doddacm.com/

acmp

In the DoD Components outside the Military Departments (including the Office

of the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the

Joint Staff, the Inspector General, the Defense agencies, the Defense field activities, the Joint Service schools, and the Defense support activities), the supervisors of persons who require mandatory training are responsible for ensuring

that the training is properly requested and authorized and that travel, if any in

connection with the training, is properly requested.

Supervisors of civilian employees in the Components should consult with acquisition training officials (most often, such an official will be located in the civilian

personnel training office) to determine the detailed procedures for requesting

and authorizing training. Supervisors of military members may need to coordinate with both the acquisition training officials in the Component and with the

member’s Military Department, which is responsible for the member. The procedures specified for the Military Department, which provides host and supporting

services, may be followed by civilian personnel assigned to the Unified and

Specified Commands, consistent with individual command requirements (other

than the U.S. Special Operations Command, which has established unique

procedures).

ALLIED PERSONNEL

COMM: (757) 788-3255

DSN: 680-3255

FAX: (757) 727-4142

E-mail:

arlene.anderson@monroe.

army.mil

Allied personnel requesting DAU training must go through the Security Assistance Training Field Activity (SATFA) (Commander, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Security Assistance Training Field Activity, ATTN: ATFA-RQ

(Arlene Anderson), 173 Bernard Road, Bldg. 143, Fort Monroe, VA 23651-1003).

SATFA is the executive agency responsible for scheduling formal training for foreign students at all U.S. Government agencies. The SATFA will coordinate with

DAU for quotas, determine the appropriate category for cost reimbursement

(e.g., IMET, FMS, etc.), ensure that the student meets the course eligibility criteria, and determine that the student’s English comprehension is adequate for effective participation.

INDUSTRY/

NON-DoD PERSONNEL

COMM: (703) 805-4498

DSN: 655-4498

FAX: (703) 805-3709/3983

E-mail:

mccormick_arthur@dau.mil

Defense industry and non-DoD Federal employees requesting DAU training may

go to http://www.dsmc.dsm.mil/registrar/industry_applic.htm and complete the

online application. Enrollment is on a “first come, first served” basis. Students

may be added to a waiting list for courses in high demand. Travel and lodging

costs are the responsibility of the requesting person or organization.
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Chapter 3

Career Field Descriptions

Acquisition Logistics

Auditing

Business, Cost Estimating, and

Financial Management

Contracting

Industrial and/or Contract Property

Management

Information Technology

Manufacturing and Production

Program Management

Purchasing

Systems Planning, Research,

Development and Engineering

Test and Evaluation

Program Directors Team

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T his chapter provides position category

descriptions that are defined in terms of

acquisition-related duties. The acquisition

career fields described are:

• Acquisition Logistics

• Auditing

• Business, Cost Estimating, and Financial

Management

• Contracting

• Industrial and/or Contract Property

Management

• Information Technology (formerly

Communications-Computer Systems)

• Manufacturing and Production

• Program Management

• Purchasing

• Systems Planning, Research, Development

and Engineering

• Test and Evaluation

ACQUISITION LOGISTICS

The Acquisition Logistics career field includes

individuals who are involved in support activities as defined in DoD Directive 5000.1 and DoD

Regulation 5000.2-R. They manage logistics activities associated with the procurement, integration, and fielding support systems/environment, weapons systems/equipment, or system

modifications.

AUDITING

The mandatory education, experience, and

training requirements for the auditing career

field apply to contract auditors. Persons in

this career field perform contract auditing,

accounting, and financial advisory services to

DoD and other government agencies in negotiations, administrations, and settlement of

contracts and subcontracts. Duties include

evaluating information about contractor

economic assertions, comparing those assertions to established criteria, and reporting the

results to interested third parties. Some reasons

for audits include: proposal submissions, incurred cost, compliance with the “Truth in Negotiations Act,” compliance with cost accounting standards, contract terminations, claims for

abnormal conditions, contractor financial condition, and contractor systems and operations.

BUSINESS, COST ESTIMATING, AND

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

This career field encompasses all aspects of

business financial management. It includes

cost analysis, financial planning, formulating financial programs and budgets, budget analysis

and execution, and earned value management.

As an advisor to commanders, PEOs, program

managers, or other acquisition decision makers, individuals of this career field are responsible for business financial management of defense acquisition programs in direct support of

the defense acquisition process.

CONTRACTING

The contracting career field includes the positions of contract negotiator, contract specialist,

contract termination specialist, contract administrator, procurement analyst, administrative

contracting officer, procuring contracting officer,

contract price and/or cost analyst, contracting

officer, and termination contracting officer.

Individuals in this career field develop, manage, supervise, or perform procedures involving the procurement of supplies and services;

construction, research, and development; acquisition planning; cost and price analysis; solicitation and selection of sources; preparation,

negotiation, and award of contracts; all phases

Career Field

Descriptions
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of contract administration; and termination or

close out of contracts. Employees are required

to have knowledge of the legislation, policies,

regulations, and methods used in contracting,

as well as knowledge of business and industry

practices, sources of supply, cost factors, cost

and price analysis techniques, and general requirements characteristics.

INDUSTRIAL AND/OR

CONTRACT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

This career field includes the industrial property management specialist, property administrator, industrial plant clearance specialist,

plant clearance officer, and contract and industrial specialist (if assigned property management responsibilities). Individuals in this

career field include personnel who perform,

manage, supervise, or develop policies and

procedures for government property. It may

involve the acquisition, control, management,

use, and disposition of government-owned

property used by contractors or storage to

support future contractual requirements.

Responsibilities include: providing guidance,

counsel, and direction to government and

contractor managers and technicians relating to regulatory and contractual requirements for managing government property;

participating in pre-award surveys and postaward reviews; reviewing contracts assigned

for property administration; evaluating a

contractor’s property management system;

and developing and applying property systems analysis programs to assess the effectiveness of contractors’ government property

management systems.

These functions are normally performed by

property administrators as part of the contract

administration team and as required by Parts

42.3, 45, and 245 of the Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) and Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS). Plant Clearance Officers are

responsible for performing the duties necessary to dispose of excess and surplus contractor inventory in accordance with Part

45.6 of the FAR and Part 245.6 of the DFARS

requirements.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

This career field (formerly the “Communications-Computer Systems” career field) includes

computer scientists, information technology

management specialists, computer engineers,

telecommunications managers, etc., who directly

support the acquisition of information technology. This may include hardware, software, or

firmware products used to create, record, produce, store, retrieve, process, transmit, disseminate, present, or display data or information. The

employee identifies requirements; writes and/or

reviews specifications; identifies costs; obtains

resources (manpower, funding, and training); and

tests, evaluates, plans, obtains, and manages life

cycle development and support (operations,

maintenance, and replacement).

MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION

Acquisition-related manufacturing and production

duties vary greatly in managerial, administrative

and technical content; but they usually involve

program management or monitoring the manufacturing and production efforts of contractors.

The quality assurance specialist manages quality assurance activities to establish essential

quality standards and controls. He or she also

develops and executes plans that focus on quality of design and conformance and fitness for
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use; integrates quality plans into the system engineering process; and develops policies, procedures, test provisions, and quality requirements

in specifications, standards, and solicitations.

Using design reviews, functional and configuration audits, production readiness reviews, and

milestone reviews, the specialist evaluates quality assurance during acquisition.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Acquisition professionals in the Program Management career field are concerned with all of

the functions of a Program Management Office

(PMO) or a Program Executive Office (PEO).

Program management professionals are found

serving in a wide range of PMO and PEO positions, from program integrators and analysts to

program managers and PEOs, their deputies,

and in a number of support and management

positions throughout the Workforce. The fundamental responsibilities of the Program Management careerist are to balance the many factors that influence cost, schedule, and

performance, to interpret and tailor the DoD

5000 series regulations, and to ensure that high

quality, affordable, supportable, and effective

defense systems are delivered to the warfighter

as quickly as possible.

PURCHASING

Individuals in the purchasing career field are

typically purchasing agents or supervisory

purchasing agents. This function requires the

individuals to purchase, rent, or lease supplies,

services, and equipment through either formal

open-market methods or formal competitive

bid procedures with the primary objective of

the work being the rapid delivery of goods and

services in direct support of operational requirements. It requires knowledge of commercial supply sources and of common business

practices for roles, prices, discounts, deliveries, stocks, and shipments.

SYSTEMS PLANNING, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING

Personnel in this field are usually engineers

and scientists, performing systems planning,

research and development, and/or other engineering tasks. These individuals, who directly

support acquisition programs, projects, or activities, may include managers or technical

specialists in engineering, chemistry, physics,

operations research, mathematics, and computer science fields. These positions require

the incumbent to plan, organize, monitor, oversee, and/or perform engineering activities that

relate to the design, development, fabrication,

installation, modification, or analysis of systems

or system components. Duties may require identification, establishment, organization, or implementation of acquisition engineering objectives

and policies or establishment of specifications.

TEST AND EVALUATION

Individuals who work in this field are usually

engineers, scientists, operations researchers,

computer scientists, and other degree-holding

technical personnel who perform test and

evaluation tasks in support of acquisition. The

field includes managers and technical specialists in engineering, physics, operations research, mathematics, and computer science

fields. They are responsible for planning,

monitoring, conducting, and evaluating tests

of prototype, new, or modified weapon systems equipment or materiel. Individuals also

analyze, assess, and evaluate test data and results; prepare assessments of the data; and

write reports of the findings.
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DAU Program Directors Team

Mr. Jim Childress

Systems Engineering/Test

and Evaluation

(SE/TE)

Mr. Chuck Cochrane

Acquisition Management

(AM)

Maj Garry Shafovaloff,

USAF

Contracting Business

Management

(CBM)

Mr. Bill Burnham

Cost Estimating

(CE)

Dr. Bob Burnes

Program Management

(PM)

Mr. John Cibula

Logistics

(LOG)

Ms. Sharon Richardson

Financial Management

(FM)

Mr. George Prosnik

Information Technology

(IT)

Dr. Douglas Goetz

Industrial Property

(IP)

Mr. Joel Brown

Contracting

(CON)

Mr. Richard Reed

Provost

Team Leader

Mr. Steve Nelson

Production, Quality, and

Manufacturing

(PQM)
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Chapter 4

Course Descriptions

Mandatory Courses

Assignment-specific Courses

Some Acronyms Used In This Chapter

Course Descriptions

Course Predecessors

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Course Descriptions

MANDATORY COURSES

The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) has

designated certain courses as mandatory. They

meet all or part of the training requirements for

certification in various career fields within each

Service’s Acquisition Workforce at Levels I, II, or

III. The primary authority for these courses is the

Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement

Act, implemented by Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 5000.52 and DoD 5000.52-M. Appendix B of this Catalog lists detailed mandatory

requirements for certification in all career fields.

The Directors of Acquisition Career Management

(DACMs) for each Service and for DoD agencies

manage attendance at these courses. Normally,

the DACMs give priority to Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Workforce members who are

pursuing certification in an acquisition career

field. It is also recommended that students meet

appropriate certification-level requirements. For

example, attendance at a Level III course presumes the student meets all requirements for,

and is certified at, Level II in that career field.

ASSIGNMENT-SPECIFIC COURSES

Assignment-specific courses are required to

qualify for specific assignments or billets

rather than for certification in a career field.

Appendix C of this Catalog contains further details on assignment-specific courses. The Service or agency DACM can confirm whether the

applicant’s position justifies this type of training. DAU, working through the Service or

agency, will fund TDY expenses if the Service

or agency DACM validates the requirement for

assignment-specific course attendance.

Other courses included in this chapter are designed to enhance the job skills of Acquisition

Workforce members and to keep them current

with the very latest legislation, policies, and

procedures necessary to successfully perform

their duties. These courses may also be used to

meet the continuous learning requirements established for Defense Acquisition Workforce

members.

This chapter provides a description of all

mandatory, desired, assignment-specific, and

continuing education courses. The description for each course includes the training objectives and prerequisites; the recommended

experience/education levels for students; and

the course length, method of delivery, and assigned Personnel Data System (PDS) code. For

updates to these course descriptions during

the training year, consult the online catalog at

http://www.dau.mil.

SOME ACRONYMS USED IN THIS CHAPTER

AIS – Automated Information System

BCEFM – Business, Cost Estimating, and

Financial Management

C3I – Command, Control, Communications,

and Intelligence

CAIV – Cost As an Independent Variable

COTS – Commercial Off-The-Shelf

CPR – Cost Performance Report

DAR – Defense Acquisition Regulation

DAWIA – Defense Acquisition Workforce

Improvement Act

DBOF – Defense Business Operations Fund

DCAA – Defense Contract Audit Agency

DCAI – Defense Contract Audit Institute

DODIG – DoD Inspector General

DWCF – Defense Working Capital Fund

EVM – Earned Value Management

GAO – General Accounting Office

IBR – Integrated Baseline Review

ICAF – Industrial College of the Armed Forces

IS/IT – Information Systems/Information

Technology

IEEE/EIA – Institute of Electrical and Electronic

Engineers/Electronic Industries Alliance

MCCR – Mission Critical Computer Resources

OFPP – Office of Federal Procurement Policy

OSCR – Operations and Support Cost

Reduction

PPBS – Planning, Programming, and Budgeting

System (DoD)

RFP – Request for Proposal

SBA – Small Business Administration

VE – Value Engineering

VECP – Value Engineering Change Proposal
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T his course provides a broad overview of

the DoD systems acquisition process,

covering all phases of acquisition. It introduces the requirements generation and resource allocation processes, the DoD 5000

documents governing the defense acquisition

process, and current issues in system acquisition management. Designed for individuals

who have little or no experience in DoD acquisition management, ACQ 101 has proven very

useful to personnel in headquarters, program

management, and functional or support offices.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to recognize:

• the fundamental precepts and bases of defense systems acquisition management;

• the diverse, interrelated, and changing nature in the different disciplines of defense

systems acquisition management; and

• the regulations and governing structures of

defense systems acquisition management.

Who Should Attend: This course is for military officers, O-1 through O-3, and DoD civilians, GS-5 through GS-9.

Prerequisite: None

Length: This is a nonresident, self-paced

course available on the Internet. Students must

complete the course within 60 calendar days of

the start date.

Method of Delivery: PC

PDS Code: BU5

ACQ 101

Providing a comprehensive and integrated

view of the DoD systems acquisition management process, ACQ 201 covers the managerial, technical, and business aspects of defense acquisition.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• understand the specialized terminology, concerns, policies, and roles of the primary acquisition participants;

• cooperate in a multifunctional, synergistic

environment; and

• accept empowerment necessary to implement the concept of integrated product and

process development.

Who Should Attend: This course is for military officers, O-3 and above; civilians, GS-9 and

above; and industry equivalents who are Level

I certified acquisition management journeymen with significant experience in a particular

career field. The target student has 2 to 4 years

of acquisition experience.

Prerequisite: ACQ 101

Note: For contracting personnel, the prerequisites are ACQ 101 (within 1 year of assignment

to a major defense acquisition program) or

contracting Level II certification. This course is

assignment-specific for only contracting personnel. This course is required at Level III for

all contracting personnel assigned to a major

program or for those who devote at least 50

percent of their time to a major acquisition

program.

Length: 14 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

(On April 1, 2001, this course is scheduled to

be delivered as a combination of Internet and

classroom instruction.)

PDS Code: JHA

ACQ 201

FUNDAMENTALS OF SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

MANAGEMENT

INTERMEDIATE SYSTEMS ACQUISITION
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Apreeminent course for members of the Acquisition Corps, ACQ 401 is designed toprepare selected military officers and civilians for senior leadership and staff positions

throughout the acquisition community.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course are awarded a masters of science degree in National Resource Strategy.

The Senior Acquisition Course consists of the

entire 10-month Industrial College of the

Armed Forces (ICAF) curriculum. The curriculum is enhanced for designated acquisition students through four major elements:

• the core curriculum;

• mandatory acquisition policy advanced

studies;

• advanced studies electives; and

• research.

Who Should Attend: Students are selected by

their respective Services or agencies. Military officers are selected as part of the Senior Service School Selection Process and

designated by the Directors of Acquisition

Career Management.

Prerequisite: None

Length: 10 months

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: ABW

ACQ 401

F

or individuals who are not graduates of

PMT 301 or PMT 302, this 3-week course

serves senior managers who interface with,

or otherwise need to understand, the defense

systems acquisition process. Participants explore better ways to support, guide, and oversee acquisition programs through case studies

and examples; faculty discussion; and guest

speakers from the DoD community and the defense industry.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• recognize what issues are important in defense systems acquisition at the executive

level; and

• understand why these particular issues are

important from a macro perspective.

Who Should Attend: This course is open to

military officers and civilians, O-6/GM-15, who

are working in positions requiring an understanding and working knowledge of DoD systems acquisition. Additionally, participants of

equivalent rank from the defense industry,

other Federal agencies, and allied nations are

admitted on a space-available basis.

Prerequisite: None

Length: 15 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: AD2

ACQ 402

SENIOR ACQUISITION COURSE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COURSE
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T his 1-week course for flag officers and SES

civilians focuses on understanding the perspectives of key government and defense

industry decision-makers. The course includes

discussion of topics affecting the weapon system acquisition environment. Participants who

are not graduates of PMT 301 or PMT 302 will

develop an executive-level understanding of

defense systems acquisition management.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will:

• gain an executive-level understanding of defense systems acquisition in terms of what is

important and why it is important;

• understand recent legislation and executive

actions affecting acquisition;

• refresh their knowledge of current DoD acquisition policy and procedural initiatives;

• appreciate the perspectives of the Congress,

defense industry, and executives of the Office

of the Secretary of Defense; and

• apply available resources, issues, lessons

learned, and hot topics to their current

programs.

Who Should Attend: This course is for general/flag officers and senior executive service

civilians who are working in positions requiring an understanding of DoD systems acquisition. Also, participants of equivalent rank from

the defense industry, other Federal agencies,

and allied nations are admitted on a spaceavailable basis.

Prerequisite: None

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: ADM

ACQ 404

SYSTEMS ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR

GENERAL/FLAG OFFICERS

T his innovative course provides flag officers

and SES civilians with an executive-level

understanding of the defense systems acquisition process. The workshop curriculum is

100 percent tailored to the specific needs of

the participant, conducted “on demand,” and

delivered in a one-on-one forum over a period

of one-half day to 2 days.

Objectives: General/flag officers and SES civilians who successfully complete this course will:

• augment their knowledge of specific aspects

of defense systems acquisition in a one-onone forum;

• gain an appreciation of the entire spectrum

of the defense acquisition process studied or

specialized in one or two specific areas; and

• experience “just-in-time” learning and apply

this tailored learning directly to real-time

issues.

Who Should Attend: This workshop is available to all DoD general/flag officers, political

appointees, and senior executive service civilian employees. Membership in an Acquisition

Corps career program is not required.

Prerequisite: None

Length: Variable, depending upon the number

of topics to be addressed; typically one-half to

2 workshop days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: ADU

ACQ 403

DEFENSE ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE

OVERVIEW WORKSHOP

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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T he Executive Refresher Course provides

an acquisition policy, process, and lessons

learned update. The class members examine

their role as acquisition leaders in our changing

environment. Guest speakers lead discussions on

contemporary management and leadership topics, such as reform initiatives, partnering with industry, contracting tools, resource allocations,

downsizing, earned value oversight, logistics

reengineering, and supply-chain management.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• understand acquisition management policies,

processes, regulations, and statutes; and

• develop a leadership role in a changing acquisition management environment.

Who Should Attend: This course is open only

to graduates of the Program Management

Course or Advanced Program Management

Course (PMT 302) who are, or have been selected for, rank/grade O-6 or GS-15 or the industry equivalent thereof. Non-PMC/PMT 302

graduates who meet the rank/grade requirement should attend the Executive Management

Course (ACQ 402).

Prerequisite: PMT 302

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: BB8

ACQ 405

EXECUTIVE REFRESHER COURSE

AUD 1130

T echnical Indoctrination provides the newly

hired auditor with the basic concepts, techniques, and procedures of contract auditing.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• list the elements of a contract’s life cycle and

general types of negotiated contracts;

• contrast principal objectives of government

contract cost accounting and financial cost

accounting;

• explain the history of Federal Acquisition

Regulation (FAR) Part 31 and discuss allocability, allowability, and financial cost accounting;

• explain Cost Accounting Standards;

• identify direct costs, indirect costs, General

and Administrative (G&A) expenses, and

costs allocated to final cost objectives from

intermediate cost allocation pools;

• calculate questioned overhead and G&A rates

as a result of pool and/or base adjustments;

• identify relationships between Generally Accepted Auditing Standards and Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards;

• describe risk assessment;

• list common audit research material sources;

• state requirements of FAR Part 15 and Standard Forms 1411 and 1412;

• select, run, and evaluate the proper E-Z-Quant

sample program;

• prepare required working papers; and

• draft an initial pricing audit report.

Who Should Attend: New contract auditing

personnel should attend approximately 8

weeks after reporting date.

Prerequisites: AUD 1111*, Orientation to Contract Auditing (SS) and AUD 1124*, Audit Applications of FAR Part 31, Cost Principles (SS).

(*For course description, contact DCAI at (901)

325-6383.)

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: PC6

TECHNICAL INDOCTRINATION
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AUD 1320

I

ntermediate Contract Auditing provides the

staff auditor with information needed to adequately plan and conduct audits. Class discussions, practical exercises, and group case

studies are used to highlight problem areas

and evaluate alternative courses of action.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• identify the importance of defining audit objectives and planning the audit;

• list factors influencing risk assessment and

assess high and low audit risk areas;

• state the importance of Generally Accepted

Government Auditing Standards;

• explain why auditors need to attend negotiations;

• list negotiation techniques and concepts;

• list requirements of Form 2000, State Auditor

Responsibility to Detect Fraud, and Identify

Common Fraud Indicators;

• discuss the purpose and requirements of the

cost accounting standards and complete

case studies on CAS-401 and accounting

changes;

• describe post-award review concepts and

complete a price adjustment case study; and

• discuss audit leads and observations.

Who Should Attend: Auditors with 1 to 5

years of contract audit experience

Prerequisites: AUD 1130(R) and AUD 1280*,

Fraud Prevention and Detection (SS). (*For

course description, contact DCAI at (901) 325-

6383.)

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: JR7

INTERMEDIATE CONTRACT AUDITING

S

tatistical Sampling concentrates on the

knowledge and skills necessary to perform

statistical sampling in the contract audit

environment.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• discuss statistical sampling basic concepts;

• explain the criteria for a valid statistical

sample;

• differentiate between variable and attribute

sampling;

• discuss the difference between dollar unit

and physical unit sampling;

• determine the proper sample selection

method and stratification method to use on

an audit;

• select a statistical sample using the E-ZQuant programs; and

• evaluate the results of a statistical sample using the E-Z-Quant programs.

Who Should Attend: Level I personnel working on their Level II certification requirements

Prerequisite: AUD 1130(R)

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: QP0

AUD 4120

STATISTICAL SAMPLING

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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AUD 8560

T he Supervisory Skills Workshop addresses

the new supervisor’s adjustment to the demands and responsibilities of a supervisory auditor. Emphasis is placed on developing

the supervisor’s ability to use key personnel

management programs (staffing, training and

development, performance appraisal, promotions, and employee relations) and interactive

leadership skills necessary in Defense Contract

Audit Agency’s (DCAA’s) participative workteam environment.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• incorporate DCAA’s personnel management

requirements and interactive leadership

skills into the personnel actions taken as a

supervisor; and

• coach employees, conduct meetings, resolve team conflict, and facilitate employee

relations.

Who Should Attend: Supervisors and managers

Prerequisite: None

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: CBJ

AUD 4230

GRAPHIC, COMPUTATIONAL, AND IMPROVEMENT

CURVE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY SUPERVISORY

SKILLS WORKSHOP

T his course provides students the skills

necessary to perform a regression analysis and a simple improvement curve in the

contract audit environment. The course stresses

graphic presentation of trend and improvement

curve data, identification of possible irregularities in the contractor’s history, and the reporting of audit findings.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• identify audit situations for regression analysis or improvement curves;

• properly utilize the correct E-Z-Quant program for a given audit situation;

• correctly interpret the E-Z-Quant program

output;

• determine if reliance can be placed upon interpretation of the output;

• analyze improvement curve data and identify

major irregularities or significant changes in

trend data; and

• research the more complex issues associated with regression analysis and improvement curves.

Who Should Attend: Level I personnel working on their Level II certification requirements

Prerequisite: AUD 1130

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: QPC
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Policies and techniques are introduced for

preparing weapon systems life cycle cost

estimates, including DoD estimating requirements and guidance, estimate use and

structure, analogy estimates, parametric estimating, learning curves, inflation, risk, economic analysis, software cost estimating,

forecasting, and Cost As an Independent Variable (CAIV). These skills are applied in case

studies.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• define cost data and apply appropriate quantitative techniques to estimate costs for major defense acquisition programs;

• explain cost estimating policies;

• define the economic analysis, analysis of alternatives, and CAIV programs; and

• perform a life cycle cost analysis.

Who Should Attend: BCF 101 is required for

DoD employees responsible for the preparation

of materiel system life cycle cost estimates. It is

also beneficial for individuals who use information from life cycle cost estimates, supervise cost

estimators, prepare budgets based on life cycle

cost estimates, manage acquisition programs,

evaluate and negotiate contract proposals, or

want to learn cost estimating basics.

Prerequisite: ACQ 101. Students need competence in algebra equal to a second-year high

school algebra course, and they should have

completed an introductory course in statistics as well. Students with questions about

their math skills should contact the course

manager. Students will also need familiarity

with IBM-compatible computers and spreadsheet packages.

Length: 15 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: Q1A

BCF 101

T his course builds on the Earned Value

Management (EVM) concepts introduced

in ACQ 101. Students will learn in a virtual

classroom environment as part of a virtual

learning team. The course begins with a key exercise to guide students through the thoughtful

process of developing a baseline plan, or Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB). Students will distinguish between the Integrated

Baseline Review (IBR) process and the EVM

System Certification process. Finally, students

will perform basic data analysis and develop

Estimates at Completion (EAC). They will recognize the relationship between EVM data

analysis and industry and government program decisions.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• describe how EVM is used to plan and integrate cost, schedule, and technical program

aspects, and assess progress;

• correlate contractors’ management systems

characteristics to the guidelines in the EVM

Systems Industry Standard EIA-748;

• recommend alternative EVM applications

based on project risks;

• explain the IBR process;

• develop EACs based on project cost, schedule,

and technical data; and

• identify relevant acquisition organizations,

key players, and formal agreements.

Who Should Attend: This course is for military officers, O-1 and above; civilians, GS-9 and

above; and equivalent industry personnel

working in, or selected for, positions requiring

knowledge and use of EVM.

Prerequisite: ACQ 101

Length: 28 days. This is a nonrolling-enrollment

course, with specific start and end dates. Course

begins the first week of each month and ends

the last week of that month.

Method of Delivery: PC

PDS Code: Q1B

BCF 102

FUNDAMENTALS OF COST ANALYSIS FUNDAMENTALS OF EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT
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T he Fundamentals of Business Financial

Management course develops skills necessary for formulating and executing a program office budget. Topics include cost analysis;

funding policies; the DoD planning, programming, and budgeting system; the congressional

enactment process; and the budget execution

process. The course includes lectures, case

studies, and student-led discussions.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• describe the overall DoD resource allocation

process and identify the terminology and

concepts used in analyzing the costs of defense acquisition programs;

• explain the appropriations, policies, and

practices applicable to developing a program

budget;

• examine the Planning, Programming and

Budgeting System (PPBS) and the impact of

programming and budgeting decisions on defense acquisition programs;

• summarize the congressional enactment process and the impact of congressional actions

on defense acquisition programs; and

• identify the processes by which budget authority is apportioned, executed in accordance with public law, and reprogrammed.

Who Should Attend: BCF 103 is required for

military officers and DoD civilians working

in, or selected for, positions requiring knowledge or use of funds management principles.

Equivalent industry personnel are encouraged to attend.

Prerequisite: ACQ 101

Recommended: Baccalaureate degree and 1

year of BCEFM acquisition experience

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: PGC

BCF 103

FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.

BCF 203

I

ntermediate Earned Value Management (EVM)

students work through an EVM case study,

including acquisition strategy, Request for

Proposal (RFP) development, post-award activities, and analysis. During the case exercises, the

students learn to apply EVM as a program management tool and incorporate EVM into the integrated management process.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• synthesize the relationship between EVM and

defense acquisition management;

• prepare EVM requirements for the RFP;

• evaluate a contractor’s management systems

against the 32 EVM guidelines;

• synthesize the planning, organization, execution, and follow-up of an integrated baseline

review;

• identify working relationships of stakeholders;

and

• use EVM techniques and automated tools to

analyze information from the Cost Performance Report and critical path scheduling

tools to assess and report a contractor’s cost

and schedule performance.

Who Should Attend: This course is for military officers, O-3 and above; DoD civilians, GS-9

and above; and equivalent industry personnel

needing knowledge of EVM principles.

Prerequisite: BCF 102

Precourse Materials: A self-assessment is

available from the course manager to determine suitability for attendance.

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: Q2G

INTERMEDIATE EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT
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I

ntermediate Cost Analysis emphasizes development and application of cost analysis

techniques and estimate interpretation. The

course addresses estimate definition and planning, data collections, formulation, review and

presentation, and documentation. Estimating

techniques, such as parametrics, analogies,

expert opinions, and learning curves, are addressed in more depth. Computations are

done using ACEIT.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• understand the cost estimating process;

• normalize data for content, quantity, and

economic year;

• develop cost estimates using various techniques;

• document cost models and estimates;

• apply time phasing techniques in development, production, and operation and support

phases of the life cycle, including cost improvements curves; and

• understand and perform sensitivity and risk

analysis of an estimate.

Who Should Attend: This course is required

for Level II certification for the DoD acquisition

cost analyst; it is suggested for anyone in the financial management or earned value area.

Prerequisite: BCF 101

Recommended: Two years of acquisition experience in cost estimating, financial management,

or the earned value analysis job series is recommended. Competence with algebra is essential, and some familiarity with statistics is beneficial. Students should direct math skills

questions to the course manager.

Length: 15 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: Q2B

BCF 204

INTERMEDIATE COST ANALYSIS

BCF 205

T he Contractor Finance for Acquisition Managers course provides students with a betterunderstanding of the contractors and contractor data with which they deal directly. The

course concentrates on the government contracting industry and includes the special financial regulations required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Cost Accounting Standards.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• recognize financial management issues; and

• use the vocabulary and concepts necessary

to discuss these issues with the defense contractor community.

Who Should Attend: This course is for military officers, O-3 and above, and DoD civilians,

GS-9 and above, who are involved in the systems acquisition process, interface with contractors, or deal with contractor financial data.

Prerequisite: None

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: Q2A

CONTRACTOR FINANCE FOR ACQUISITION

MANAGERS
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Cost Risk Analysis prepares cost analysts

to model the cost risk associated with a

defense acquisition program. Topics covered include basic probability concepts, subjective probability assessment, goodness-of-fit

testing, basic simulation concepts, and spreadsheet-based simulation. Practical exercises, a

small-group workshop, and a capstone article

review reinforce the techniques taught.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• assess subjective probabilities to represent

uncertain cost elements in a defense acquisition program;

• model the cost risk associated with a defense

acquisition program; and

• judge the reasonableness of a cost risk analysis for a defense acquisition program.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is designed for Acquisition Workforce

personnel whose duties include developing

and/or evaluating cost estimates for such areas

as procurement, software, research and development, weapon systems, etc.; planning and

management of DoD systems acquisitions;

evaluation and negotiation of contract proposals; and cost and performance tradeoff analysis. Participants typically include members

from the Business, Cost Estimating, and Financial Management (BCEFM) community as well

as program/project managers and personnel in

contracting; systems planning, research, development and engineering; and information

technology.

Prerequisite: BCF 101

Recommended: ACQ 201 and working familiarity with any spreadsheet package

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: Q2C

BCF 206

E conomic Analysis (EA) prepares students to

conduct economic analyses within the DoD

environment. Topics include decision analysis, cost analysis, present value, and sensitivity

analysis. Practical exercises and a group workshop are used in class.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• determine the most cost-effective way of conducting DoD business;

• determine the alternative that will warrant

the highest benefits;

• estimate the costs of competing alternatives

in an EA in accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-94 and Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 7041.3;

• assess the uncertainty that may exist, using

sensitivity analysis and prior estimates of

benefits and costs of competing alternatives

in an EA; and

• provide a rationale for conclusions.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is for personnel who develop and/or

evaluate costs and benefits of alternative

courses of action (leave vs. buy, in-house vs.

contractor, privatization or outsourcing, or repair or replace) or prepare funding proposals

for such programs as OSCR or DWCF (DBOF).

Participants typically include the BCEFM community. This course would also be appropriate

for program/project managers and personnel

in contracting; systems planning, research, development, and engineering; information technology; and non-DoD personnel who conduct

economic analyses of materiel systems.

Prerequisite: ACQ 101

Recommended: Working familiarity with any

spreadsheet package

Length: 4 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: Q2D

BCF 207

COST RISK ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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S oftware Cost Estimating is designed for

those who estimate and/or review the cost

of software development and maintenance.

Topics include: life cycle management, development paradigms, capability evaluations, risk

analysis, reuse, Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)

items, function points, IEEE/EIA 12207, parametric models, and model calibration. Case studies

allow students to apply the course materials.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• describe the software acquisition process;

• determine an appropriate cost-estimating

methodology and the types of data required

for a software cost estimate;

• use models for software life cycle cost

estimating;

• compare and contrast alternative techniques

for software cost estimating;

• apply software cost-estimating techniques;

• discuss the strengths and weaknesses of software cost-estimating models; and

• discuss major influences on software cost

estimating.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is for personnel whose duties impact embedded or automated information systems acquisitions. It includes developing and/or evaluating

cost estimates for life cycle management, planning and managing DoD system acquisitions,

evaluating and/or negotiating contract proposals, or analyzing cost and performance tradeoff.

Prerequisite: ACQ 201

Recommended: Completion of BCF 101 and

familiarity with any word-processing package

on an IBM-compatible personal computer is

desirable.

Length: 9 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: Q2E

BCF 208

SOFTWARE COST ESTIMATING

T he Selected Acquisition Report (SAR)

course prepares acquisition personnel

to generate and review the SAR. Through

lecture and computer-assisted case studies,

the student learns step-by-step SAR preparation using the Consolidated Acquisition Reporting System (CARS) software. The Acquisition Program Baseline, Defense Acquisition

Executive Summary, and Unit Cost Report are

also discussed.

Objective: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to prepare, generate, and review the SAR.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is for military officers, O-1 and above,

and DoD civilians, GS-7 and above. It is generally limited to acquisition personnel whose assignment requires preparation or review of acquisition documentation or reporting using the

CARS software. Civilians under contract to support a military program office with a SAR reporting requirement are eligible with the recommendation of the Program Manager.

Prerequisite: None

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: Q2F

BCF 209

SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORT
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T his capstone course teaches students how

to apply BCF 301 concepts, techniques, and

on-the-job experience to functional interrelationships and opportunities among the disciplines of cost estimating, earned value management, and financial management.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• explain the tasks and duties of Business, Cost

Estimating, and Financial Management

(BCEFM) functions;

• define current BCEFM-related laws, regulations, policies, and procedures;

• evaluate the interrelationships among the

BCEFM functions; and

• point out the appropriate decision-making information based on the integrated nature of a

BCEFM task.

Who Should Attend: This course is for personnel in positions supporting DoD weapon

systems and the various aspects of business

and financial management throughout the life

cycle of a system.

Prerequisites: ACQ 201 and a minimum of two

of the following: BCF 101, BCF 102, or BCF 103

Recommended: Four years of acquisition experience is recommended.

Precourse Materials: A self-assessment will be

mailed to students before class begins and

should be faxed back to the course manager

prior to the class start date. Also, students

should come to class prepared to research a

work-related topic. They will either brief the

class on their findings or prepare a paper at the

end of the course.

Length: 9 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: BZF

BCF 301

BUSINESS, COST ESTIMATING, AND FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP

Hands-on experience dealing with common

financial issues in acquisition is provided

during BCF 211, including cost estimating;

earned value analysis; Planning, Programming,

and Budgeting System (PPBS); and budget

preparation and execution. Students complete

an Internet precourse (BCF 211A) to review basic concepts prior to applying these concepts in

the classroom (BCF 211B).

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• prepare, justify, and defend budget exhibits

and obligation/expenditure plans;

• formulate impact/reclama statements and reports; and

• develop and defend business aspects of the

acquisition and PPBS cycle.

Who Should Attend: This course is for intermediate-level personnel in positions supporting DoD weapons systems and the various aspects of business and financial management

throughout the life cycle of a system.

Prerequisites: BCF 102 and BCF 103

Recommended: 2 years of acquisition experience and completion of ACQ 201

Note: There are two required components to

this course — BCF 211A (online) and BCF 211B

(resident). Both must be completed for certification.

Length: BCF 211A – up to 45 calendar days;

BCF 211B – 5 class days

Method of Delivery: PC and Resident

PDS Code: PGD

BCF 211

ACQUISITION BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

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visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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T he Selected Acquisition Report Review

course provides acquisition personnel with

a refresher of Selected Acquisition Report

(SAR) preparation, including the latest policy

changes and updates to the Consolidated Acquisition Reporting System (CARS) software.

Lecture is supplemented by computer-based

case studies using the latest version of CARS

software.

Objective: Upon completing this course, the

student will be able to apply the latest policy

and software changes to prepare, generate, and

review the SAR.

Who Should Attend: This continuing education course is for acquisition personnel with

previous SAR/CARS experience and training.

Civilians under contract to support a military

program office with a SAR requirement are eligible with the recommendation of the Program

Manager. Acquisition personnel with no previous SAR/CARS experience or training should

take the Selected Acquisition Report Course,

BCF 209. This course should be retaken whenever there is a major update to the CARS software, usually on an annual basis.

Prerequisite: BCF 209

Length: 3 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: Q2J

BCF 802

SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORT REVIEW

CAR 805

Contemporary Approaches to Acquisition

Reform provides an integrated perspective

of continuing Acquisition Reform and concurrent changes in the global political and economic environment resulting from advances in

information technology. Emerging information

technologies and best commercial management

practices are discussed with a focus on improving acquisition service to the customer while assuring best value to the government.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• assess the impact of the latest legal and regulatory changes and advances in information

technology on the acquisition process, and

• evaluate how emerging management practices

and information technology promote improvements in the acquisition process.

Who Should Attend: This continuing education course is appropriate for acquisition professionals who are already Level III certified in

an acquisition career field and in all types of

defense programs, including those dealing with

weapons; Mission Critical Computer Resources;

Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence; and Automated Information Systems.

Prerequisite: None

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: JHG

CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO

ACQUISITION REFORM

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visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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Entry-level contracting personnel will develop a foundation in proposal, price, andcost analysis and the art of negotiations

during this course. Students demonstrate their

skills through practical team exercises that include using price analysis, cost analysis, and

buyer/seller role playing. These exercises encourage effective win-win negotiations.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• understand the general environment of contract pricing;

• determine the sources and means of acquiring data for cost and price analysis;

• analyze direct and indirect costs;

• perform a profit analysis, including the appropriate use and application of requirements relative to cost of money;

• integrate and apply the various concepts and

methods learned to a real-time cost analysis

in the form of an integrating exercise;

• apply selected techniques of cost of money

and profit analysis; and

• apply the essential techniques, strategies,

and tactics of the negotiation process.

Who Should Attend: This course is for civilians, GS-5 and above; military officers, O-1 and

above; and enlisted, E-4 and above, working in

base, post, camp, or station-level positions.

Prerequisite: CON 101

Recommended: A basic knowledge of algebra

is strongly recommended. Students should

bring a hand-held calculator.

Length: 14 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BDR

CON 104

PRINCIPLES OF CONTRACT PRICING

Emphasizing commercial business practices, this survey course encompassesthe entire contracting process from receipt

of a purchase request through contract closeout. Students use the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the DoD Supplement (DFARS)

to make related business decisions. As business advisors to the customer, students conduct an integrated case study requiring critical

thinking and analysis.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• analyze contracting requirements;

• plan competition and source selection;

• draft contract solicitations;

• evaluate quotes and offers;

• award contracts;

• plan contract administration;

• monitor contract quality and administer payments; and

• modify, terminate, and close out contracts.

Who Should Attend: This course is for students new to the contracting workforce, either

entry-level personnel or crossovers from other

career fields.

Prerequisite: None

Length: 19 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BDQ

CON 101

BASICS OF CONTRACTING
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CON 202

I

ntermediate-level contracting personnel

examine contracting, focusing on complex,

noncommercial acquisitions. Through an integrated case study, students are challenged to

accept their roles as business advisors and to

apply ethical principles and sound judgment to

resolve contracting issues.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• plan procurement (including acquisition planning with a formal source selection plan pursuant to the analysis of market research and

requirements documents and consideration

of recurring requirements, government property, competition, contract type, and contract

financing);

• create a contract (including preparation of a

Request for Proposal; evaluation of factors;

competitive range determination, discussions

and processing of a request for final proposal

revisions); prepare an award decision, conduct debriefings, and take steps to mitigate

and/or resolve protests; and

• administer a contract (including administration planning, conducting a post-award orientation, contract surveillance and quality assurance, financial management, terminations

and disputes resolution).

Who Should Attend: This course is for intermediate-level contracting personnel with Level

I contracting certification and 2 years of contracting experience.

Prerequisite: CON 104

Recommended: 2-1/2 years of contracting experience after completing CON 101

Precourse Materials: Integrated product team

read-ahead assignment

Length: 15 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: PGE

INTERMEDIATE CONTRACTING

CON 204

T his course reinforces pricing skills taught

in CON 104 and further develops skills in

price and cost analysis. Through team case

studies, students demonstrate their ability to

recognize, resolve, and provide advice on pricing issues and appropriately use price and cost

analysis in developing prenegotiation objectives.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• use pricing-related market research and

know the benefits of its use;

• understand collaboration opportunities to

streamline price/cost analysis efforts;

• recognize the appropriateness of the cost/

price analysis as it relates to preferred acquisition approaches;

• realize when and how to perform various

cost/price analysis techniques and how to

use the results;

• consider cash flow and analysis from the supplier and customer perspectives; and

• understand how to use and advise on alternative contract incentives.

Who Should Attend: Level I certified personnel who are working on Level II certification

should take this course.

Prerequisite: CON 104

Precourse Materials: A welcome packet is

mailed approximately 30 days prior to attendance. It outlines objectives, purpose, competencies, introductory reading material, and

sample problems relevant to the course.

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BU6

INTERMEDIATE CONTRACT PRICING

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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Overhead Management of Defense Contracts provides an understanding ofindustry overhead costs and their impact

on seller pricing/business strategies under

various acquisition environments with differing contract types. Attendees will understand

the development and application of overhead

rates used in contract formation, administration, and closeout. The course-integrating case

provides hands-on application of the overhead

rate process where students determine their

own final overhead rates.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• develop, evaluate, and apply indirect rates;

• assess program impacts with the changing

business base;

• interpret Defense Contract Audit Agency

(DCAA) audit reports and evaluate recommendations; and

• make final decisions on cost issues.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is appropriate for contracting officers,

buyers, price analysts, auditors, and contract

administration personnel who are assigned to

projects in which overhead situations are

present and either in contract formation or

administration.

Prerequisite: CON 104

Recommended: It is strongly recommended

that all applicants have at least 1 year of contracting experience after Level I certification

before attending this course.

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BKA

CON 232

OVERHEAD MANAGEMENT OF DEFENSE

CONTRACTS

CON 210

Attendees will understand the impact of

government contract law on acquisition.

The course introduces basic principles

and sources of law relevant to acquisition.

Court cases and administrative decisions emphasize how law affects the government/contractor relationship, legal disputes, and the

maintenance of ethical business.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• analyze how the law affects government contract formation;

• differentiate among types of inspection, warranties, acceptance, and changes;

• recognize situations requiring an equitable

adjustment;

• articulate key issues and describe procedures available for dispute resolution;

• explain the application of different types of

contract termination;

• contrast different forums available to hear

protests relating to government contract formation and describe the basic issues;

• explain the allocation and enforcement of government rights to various types of property;

• identify and apply limitations on spending of

government funds; and

• recognize procurement fraud and available

remedies.

Who Should Attend: This course is for

intermediate-level personnel who have some

experience with government contracting and

are responsible for contract formation or

management.

Prerequisite: CON 104

Recommended: CON 202 is strongly recommended

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BDP

GOVERNMENT CONTRACT LAW

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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T he Cost Accounting Standards Workshop

provides detailed, hands-on instruction

in the various aspects of Public Law 100-

679 to include the rules and regulations of the

Cost Accounting Standards Board, the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), and disclosure

statements for Federal contracts.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• ascertain if a given practice is compliant with

the cost accounting standards;

• verify applicability of cost accounting standards and type of coverage;

• determine if and when disclosure of the

contractor’s practices is required;

• find out if a cost impact proposal is necessary; and

• determine appropriate contract adjustments

if a cost impact proposal is necessary.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is designed for civilian (or equivalent

military) personnel, GS-9 and above, with at

least 2 years of experience in the contracting

career field. Personnel should also have a current (or pending) assignment dealing on a

regular basis with CAS issues.

Prerequisite: CON 204

Recommended: Completion of a first year

college accounting course or equivalent and

completion of CON 232

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: QMF

CON 233

COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

WORKSHOP

CON 234

Contingency Contracting develops skills

for contracting support provided to

Joint Forces across the full spectrum of

military operations. Exercises focus on unique

aspects of contingency operations, critical

thinking skills, and executing appropriate contractual instruments.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• identify and apply contracting laws, regulations, and procedures for contingencies;

• apply ethical principles in procurement decisions in foreign environments;

• identify key personnel and organizations in

contingencies, explain their roles and responsibilities, and illustrate required coordination;

• summarize and discuss elements of contingency contracting support planning;

• assess customer requirements and execute

appropriate procurement actions;

• prepare, assemble, administer, and close out

contracts, documents, files, and reports; and

• recognize cross-cultural behavioral patterns

and antiterrorism force protection measures

and explain their impact on contingency

contracting.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific course is for contracting and purchasing

career field personnel who are in deployable

positions. Whenever practical, students

should attend the course prior to assuming

duties as a deployable contracting officer or

purchasing agent.

Prerequisite: CON 101 or PUR 101

Recommended: 2 years of purchasing or contracting experience

Length: 9 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: PAP

CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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T his course provides an intensive review of

the techniques and objectives of the DoD

Value Engineering (VE) program. Students

are exposed to basic VE concepts and definitions

and the relationship of VE to other incentives

contained in the contract and subcontracts.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• apply the appropriate VE clause by differentiating among the types of VE programs;

• validate, by assessment, VE Change Proposals (VECPs);

• calculate savings resulting from accepted

VECPs; and

• modify the contract after formal processing

and acceptance of the VECP.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is for contracting, program management, and functional personnel who may be involved in VE applications or who support major weapon systems and can be expected to

encounter specific VE activity. Although the

course is targeted for contracting personnel,

individuals not assigned to contracting are encouraged to attend.

Prerequisite: None

Recommended: Level II certification in contracting or a field of expertise is desirable before attending this course. A working knowledge

of contracting, program management, or a functional area of expertise, with 2 years of experience, is a satisfactory substitute.

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: PAR

CON 236

CONTRACTUAL ASPECTS OF VALUE ENGINEERING

F

rom price-based acquisition to the traditional cost-based environment, this course

is designed for buyers, price analysts, and

contracting officers tasked with obtaining fair

and reasonable prices. CON 235 addresses market forces, the market research process,

commerciality issues, and cost/price analysis

techniques such as interviewing experts, analogy, decision theory, earned value statistics,

parametrics, learning curves, and risk analysis.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• use inferential statistics and hypotheses

testing;

• analyze the relationship between two or

more variables, describe that relationship using regression analysis, and defend the appropriateness of the model;

• perform cost-risk analysis to support prenegotiation objectives;

• integrate quantitative techniques in a cost/

price estimate;

• conduct market research on a given procurement item; and

• conduct a price analysis of a commercial

item as broadly defined by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) criteria.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is for any Level II/III personnel wanting

to advance in major acquisitions (systems, sustainment, or services), particularly in a pricebased acquisition environment.

Prerequisite: CON 204

Recommended: Level II contracting certification

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: PAQ

CON 235

ADVANCED CONTRACT PRICING

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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T he Simplified Acquisition Procedures

(SAP) course is intended to support the

training of the DoD Acquisition Workforce

on the use of simplified acquisition procedures

utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Parts 12 and 13. This course combines interactive computer-based training with performance support resource access, which is provided via the Internet.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• recognize and explain the advantages of using SAP for acquisition;

• identify the purchases that can be made using SAP;

• list sources of information regarding potential open-market suppliers;

• determine whether the small business set-aside

requirement applies;

• decide whether data justifies a decision regarding the extent of competition;

• explain the importance of the requirement to

maintain an open-market source list;

• plan a solicitation, evaluate quotes, and select a contractor for award; and

• solve post-award issues.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is designed as a continuing education

tool for acquisition personnel who completed

their basic contract training prior to the implementation of Federal Acquisition Streamlining

Act (FASA) and the Clinger-Cohen Act. Individuals should have at least 1 year of experience in

applying government contracting procedures.

Prerequisite: CON 101, PUR 101, or PUR 201

Length: This is a nonresident, self-paced

course available through the Internet. Students

must pass the final examination within 60 calendar days of the start date.

Method of Delivery: PC

PDS Code: PAS

CON 237

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES

Architect-Engineer (A-E) Contracting

focuses on the unique aspects of contracting for professional A-E services. The

course is designed for Acquisition Workforce

personnel in the contracting career field who

have achieved a solid baseline of contracting

knowledge through a combination of actual experience and completion of all Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Level

I courses. Students will cover issues across the

contracting spectrum, including acquisition

planning, source selection, proposal analysis,

contract award, and work and contract management. Specific topics and practical exercises

also include the Brooks Act, SF-254s/255s, slate

and selection process, review of government estimates, liability, Title II services, modifications,

and Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) responsibilities.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• determine the necessity of using Brooks Act

procedures;

• select an A-E firm;

• negotiate, award, manage, and administer a

contract to satisfy the needs of the government; and

• understand critical pre- and post-award functions concerning A-E contracts.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is intended for military and civilian Acquisition Workforce members in the contracting career field who are assigned contracting

responsibilities for A-E contracts. Whenever

practical, students should attend CON 243 prior

to assuming A-E contracting duties.

Prerequisite: CON 104

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: PGF

CON 243

ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTING
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E xecutive Contracting is a unique forum for

senior personnel in the contracting career

field to examine a wide range of acquisition

issues. This course provides guest speaker lectures, discussions, workshops, and a visit to

Capitol Hill to observe congressional activities.

Topic areas cover contracting policy (DAR

council, OFPP, changes, and changing technologies), external forces (SBA, GAO, DODIG, and

legislative statutes), and work environment.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• identify and discuss the impact of recently

established or proposed policies, regulations, directives, or studies on present acquisition and contracting practices;

• understand how legislation and procurement

policy makers operate; and

• network with other contracting personnel on

various approaches.

Who Should Attend: This course is required at

Level III for all contracting personnel who represent their activities regarding policy implementation. This course is required as a refresher every 3 to 5 years to keep current in

contracting policy. The senior contracting officer at a smaller activity, if certified at Level II,

may also attend.

Prerequisite: 1 year of contracting experience

after Level II certification

Precourse Materials: Prior to attending the

course, participants must prepare a paper describing contracting issues of importance to

their activity and a contracting-improvement paper to be shared in class. Students who have

not received precourse materials 2 weeks prior

to the course should contact the school.

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: BB3

CON 301

EXECUTIVE CONTRACTING

T his course focuses on unique construction

contracting issues such as acquisition

planning, contract performance management, funding, environmental concerns, construction contract language, construction contracting in the commercial setting, Davis-Bacon,

design/build, basic schedule delay analysis,

constructive changes, acceleration, and construction contract quality management.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• conduct appropriate, successful, effective

construction acquisition planning;

• properly solicit and award a construction

contract;

• diagnose, troubleshoot, and determine better

construction contract administration; and

• through critical analysis/thinking, select the

best construction business decision given

the contract situation.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is for military and civilian personnel in

the Acquisition Workforce who are in the contracting career field or who are assigned specific contract administration duties for construction contracts, e.g., professional engineers.

Whenever practical, students should attend the

course prior to assuming duties related to construction contracting.

Prerequisite: CON 104

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: PGG

CON 244

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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CON 333

MANAGEMENT FOR CONTRACTING SUPERVISORS

Designed for supervisors, managers, and

team leaders assigned to acquisition/contracting positions within the Federal Government, CON 333 shows participants how to

apply leadership, critical thinking, and decision-making principles to case studies in a

contracting environment. Small group interaction, customer focus, communications,

and the contracting professional’s role as a

business advisor are emphasized.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• understand the contracting professional’s

role as “business advisor” and develop processes to manage the business relationship

with their customers;

• balance the competing interests of various

agencies and principal players, i.e., requiring

activities, industry, higher headquarters, and

oversight agencies;

• identify processes that promote early and

fair government-contractor interaction;

• develop procurement planning skills utilizing

critical thinking;

• manage workload distribution effectively

within the contracting office by emphasizing

empowerment and risk management;

• balance the requirement for workload

completion with the need for professional

development;

• establish and justify effective procurement

organizational structures; and

• maximize use of team members’ expertise.

Who Should Attend: Supervisors, managers,

team leaders, or those about to be assigned to

such positions in the acquisition or contracting functions

Prerequisite: 1 year of contracting experience

after Level II certification

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BU7

GRT 201

Grants and Agreements Management presents the foundational knowledge requiredto begin service as a grants officer. The

course provides the information needed to resolve relevant assistance issues by applying

knowledge, discretion, and judgment.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• explain the qualitative differences among instruments available for obligating Federal

dollars and choose the most appropriate instrument in various situations;

• identify the elements of the legal framework

that apply to assistance; and

• perform the responsibilities of the grants officer in accordance with regulations and statutes.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is designed for personnel involved in

pre-award and post-award assistance processes, e.g., grants specialists and DoD personnel in a career path to become grants officers.

(This course is not intended for personnel in

the National Guard Bureau (NGB). DAU is working on a variation of this course, customized

for the NGB.) GRT 201 does not address Other

Transactions (OTs) used for acquisition (Sec.

845 OTs). The course provides a brief overview

only of OTs and Technology Investment Agreements used for research.

Prerequisite: None

Recommended: Level I (Contracting) courses

Length: 3-1/2 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BU4

GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS MANAGEMENT

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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T his course is designed to enhance the skills

of government personnel performing contract property disposition functions. Participants will analyze the contract property disposition process and the responsibilities of the

contractor, plant clearance officer, property administrator, and contracting officer. Contract

property disposition statutes, regulations, and

policies are examined and discussed.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• understand the duties of the plant clearance

officer;

• understand Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR) 45.6, DoD FAR Supplement (DFARS)

245.6, and regulations on plant clearance;

• understand screening procedures for DoD

excess/surplus property; and

• discuss current topics such as demilitarization procedures and disposition of information technology.

Who Should Attend: This course is required at

Level I for all industrial property management

specialists and industrial plant clearance specialists, including property administrators and

plant clearance officers in the GS-1103 series.

This course may be required for contracting officers (GS-1102), program managers, auditors,

and team leaders with significant property administration responsibilities. It is highly recommended for production and quality assurance

personnel involved with property administration.

This course is required as a refresher every 3 to 5

years to keep current in contract property

policy.

Prerequisite: IND 101

Recommended: CON 101 and 104

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: PDO

IND 102

CONTRACT PROPERTY DISPOSITION

IND 101

CONTRACT PROPERTY ADMINISTRATION

FUNDAMENTALS

T his course provides contracting officers,

property administrators, plant clearance

officers, and personnel in related career

fields a comprehensive understanding of the

contractual regulatory and statutory requirements for government property administration.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• state government policies and exceptions on

providing property to contractors;

• describe five major types of government

property;

• explain the government property Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses;

• describe the responsibilities of the property

administrator;

• plan and initiate property management;

• evaluate a contractor’s property control system;

• provide a property control system analysis,

identify deficiencies, and recommend

corrections;

• investigate and determine appropriate action

for lost, damaged, or destroyed property; and

• describe methods used to properly dispose

of government property.

Who Should Attend: This course is required at

Level I for all industrial property management

specialists and industrial plant clearance specialists, including property administrators and

plant clearance officers in the GS-1103 series.

This course may be required for contracting officers (GS-1102), program managers, auditors,

and team leaders with significant property administration responsibilities. It is highly recommended for production and quality assurance

personnel involved with property administration.

Prerequisite: None

Recommended: Some prior knowledge or experience with property management

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: PDM
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IND 103

CONTRACT PROPERTY SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

Contract Property Systems Analysis builds

a solid foundation in auditing principles

and process analysis techniques for entrylevel property professionals. The instructional

process underscores the importance of property control system requirements and provides

the tools necessary for the property administrator to plan and perform a property control

systems analysis.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• plan and schedule contract property control

systems analysis;

• determine proper use of sampling;

• define the appropriate population for review

for all processes;

• analyze the sample for deficiencies that fail

to meet contractual requirements;

• determine the rating for the function, functional segment, and property control system; and

• recommend a course of corrective action.

Who Should Attend: This course is for all

Level I industrial property management specialists and industrial plant clearance specialists, including property administrators and

plant clearance officers in the GS-1103 series. It

is recommended for contracting, production,

and quality assurance personnel with property

control systems analysis responsibilities.

Prerequisite: IND 101

Recommended: 1 year of property management experience after completing IND 101

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BRL

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.

IND 201

INTERMEDIATE CONTRACT PROPERTY

ADMINISTRATION

T his course is for experienced industrial

property management specialists, property

administrators, plant clearance officers,

contracting officers, and their supervisors. Current contractual, regulatory, and statutory issues are analyzed using student case studies

and plant tours.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• define types of property provided to contractors and the clauses used to do so;

• describe inventory management procedures

and policies, consumption analysis, physical

inventories, and adjustments;

• identify criteria for acquiring, using, and recording special tooling, test equipment, and

agency-peculiar property;

• apply various risk-of-loss contract provisions;

and

• differentiate policies and procedures for disposition and plant clearance of government

property.

Who Should Attend: This course is for all

Level II industrial property management specialists and industrial plant clearance specialists, including property administrators and plant clearance officers in the GS-1103 series. This course

may be required for contracting officers (GS1102), program managers, auditors, and team

leaders with significant property administration

responsibilities. It is highly recommended for

production and quality assurance personnel involved with property administration.

Prerequisite: IND 103

Recommended: 1 year of property management experience after completing IND 101

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: PDN
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T his course combines interactive computerbased training with performance-supportresource access. Students in this course

explore the introductory-level concepts involved in DoD information systems acquisition management.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will not only gain a basic

knowledge and comprehension of the following

fundamental concepts of an information systems acquisition, but they will also be able to:

• apply laws and regulations;

• understand organizational and individual

roles and responsibilities;

• interpret information technology terminology; and

• apply acquisition management practices, such

as risk management, quality assurance, requirements management, architecture, and

configuration management.

Who Should Attend: This course is for civilians, GS-5 to GS-9, or military officers, O-1 to O-3,

who are members or prospective members of

the Information Technology career field.

Prerequisite: ACQ 101

Length: This is a nonresident, self-paced

course available through the Internet. Students

must pass the final examination within 60 calendar days of the start date.

Method of Delivery: PC

PDS Code: JHD

IRM 101

BASIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

T he Contract Property Management Seminar

is designed for property professionals and

related contracting professionals and builds

upon the introductory and intermediate contract

property courses. Participants analyze problems,

policies, and initiatives that impact the property

administration function. Participants discuss

DoD property management initiatives and commercial practices, and they explore the challenges faced by property administration offices.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to perform the following functions in the property management

environment:

• apply complex interactions of government

property and related clauses in problemsolving situations;

• apply new DoD and departmental initiatives;

• analyze newly issued regulatory materials; and

• apply contemporary management techniques to address technical and managerial

problems.

Who Should Attend: All Level II and III industrial property management specialists and industrial plant clearance specialists, including

property administrators and plant clearance officers in the GS-1103 series, should attend. This

course is also recommended for contracting,

production, and quality-assurance personnel

who are assigned to contracts with a significant

amount of government property accountability

and who have a substantial involvement with

the management and control of government

property. This course is required as a refresher

every 3 to 5 years to keep current in contract

property policy.

Prerequisite: IND 201

Recommended: At least 1 year of experience

in the field after completing IND 201

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BRM

IND 202

CONTRACT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
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I

ntermediate Information Systems Acquisition

focuses on the application of policies, concepts, and practices that guide and control

the management and acquisition of Information Systems/Information Technology (IS/IT) in

DoD. Exercises, labs, lecture, and group discussion are used in covering such topics as IT policies, strategic planning, information assurance,

architecture, advancing technologies, and

more.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• explain the concepts and terminology that

comprise the major and nonmajor information systems acquisition management processes and how the processes interact;

• define the roles, activities, and relationships

of the DoD, other government entities, and

industry that participate in and affect the acquisition of information technology;

• apply management skills needed to effectively

and efficiently utilize people, money, facilities,

information, and time to accomplish information systems acquisition objectives;

• identify internal and external factors that influence and constrain the information systems acquisition process; and

• summarize strategies on how to deal with

these factors in light of risk, uncertainty, and

change.

Who Should Attend: This course is for Level I

certified mid-level managers with responsibilities in IS/IT acquisitions.

Prerequisites: ACQ 201 and IRM 101

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: QN5

IRM 201

INTERMEDIATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

ACQUISITION

Advanced Information Systems Acquisition

is the capstone course in the DAU Information Resource Management sequence. It

focuses on decision making and issues related

to information technology (IT) leadership,

capital investment management, and acquisition. Using case studies, the course integrates

advanced topics in planning, designing, and

implementing comprehensive programs to acquire effective information systems.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• evaluate IS/IT leadership, management, and

acquisition issues to make strategic-level decisions in DoD; and

• effectively lead or participate in IS/IT integrated product teams that operationalize Acquisition Reform initiatives and manage IS/IT

as a capital investment.

Who Should Attend: This course is for civilian senior managers, grades GS/GM-13 to GS/

GM-15, and military officers, ranks O-4 to O-6,

who have successfully completed the requirements for Level II in the Information Technology career field.

Prerequisite: IRM 201

Length: 14 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BZE

IRM 303

ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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Acquisition Logistics Fundamentals provides

a broad overview of the role of acquisition

logistics in the system acquisition life cycle

and system engineering processes. Modules

cover the logistics-relevant aspects of subjects,

such as operational requirements identification, life cycle costing, integrated product and

process development, sustainment logistics,

supportability analyses, contracting, and contractor support.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• understand how today’s defense systems and

equipment are conceived, developed, tested,

acquired, and operated;

• understand the role of the commercial sector;

• comprehend the philosophy and objectives

of logistics support and attendant management functions; and

• understand logistics-related disciplines and

the policies, procedures, and management

techniques used to establish a logistics support capability.

Who Should Attend: Individuals recently assigned responsibility to plan, establish, and

maintain the logistics support infrastructure

for DoD systems and equipment in each phase

of the acquisition life cycle should attend.

Prerequisite: ACQ 101

Recommended: Students who take this course

should have 6 to 12 months of experience in an

acquisition organization.

Precourse Materials: Students are encouraged

to read DoDD 5000.1 and DoD 5000.2-R.

Length: This is a nonresident, self-paced

course available through the Internet. Students

must pass the final examination within 60 calendar days of the start date.

Method of Delivery: PC

PDS Code: JR1

LOG 101

ACQUISITION LOGISTICS FUNDAMENTALS

DoD policy now mandates that the acquisition process be conducted through Integrated Product Teams (IPTs). The employment of IPTs in the acquisition process

has resulted in the involvement of many noncontracting government personnel. This course

provides an overview of government contract

law to students from the various acquisition disciplines. LAW 801 also provides useful knowledge of the laws and regulations specifically applicable to government contracts.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• apply various laws and regulations applicable to the government contracting process; and

• comprehend the legal significance of the contents of the contractual instrument and actions taken by those involved in the acquisition process.

Who Should Attend: This is a continuing education course for Level I certified acquisition

personnel who are either not required to take

CON 210 or who completed CON 210 more than

5 years ago.

Prerequisite: None

Length: 4-1/2 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: JHH

LAW 801

ACQUISITION LAW
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LOG 203

RELIABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY

LOG 201

T his course concentrates on Reliability and

Maintainability (R&M) activities throughout the life cycle, enabling students to understand the relationship between R&M and

acquisition logistics and to evaluate the impact

of R&M decisions. Stressing a conceptual approach, the course presents basic R&M terminology and engineering practices.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• explain why successful R&M activity decreases logistics costs and increases combat

capability;

• develop operational and contractual R&M

requirements;

• discuss well-established R&M design/analysis

activities;

• explain reliability growth testing and reliability qualification testing; and

• explain how to preclude latent defects from

entering service.

Who Should Attend: Logisticians assigned to

DoD acquisition programs

Prerequisite: ACQ 201

Length: 3 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: AKA

I

ntermediate Acquisition Logistics provides a

dynamic, real-time learning environment oriented toward developing managerial and

technical logistics competencies in the areas

of systems engineering, life cycle cost management, and risk analysis. It challenges the student

to optimize the early integration of operational

supportability into the system development

process and refines these skills through facilitated student group exercises, presentations,

and research activities on current acquisition

initiatives.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• apply leading-edge logistics concepts, policies, constraints, and other considerations to

the development and execution of acquisition logistics within the DoD; and

• enhance their proficiency in performing the

core knowledge areas of their jobs as determined by the Defense Acquisition Logistics

Career Management Board (DALCMB).

Who Should Attend: Level I certified acquisition logistics managers and their supervisors

Prerequisites: ACQ 201 and LOG 101

Recommended: Students should have acquisition logistics experience as outlined in DoD

5000.52M and be currently assigned, or expect to

be assigned, to an acquisition logistics position.

Length: 15 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: JR3

INTERMEDIATE ACQUISITION LOGISTICS

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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Configuration Management (CM) provides

managers and functional staff with the

knowledge of how to apply CM successfully. After an overview of CM concepts and

practices, current CM practices in DoD and industry and future CM strategies in DoD are

covered. Other key areas discussed are the impact of Acquisition Reform on CM, the integrated data environment, open systems, and

commercial and nondevelopmental items. Continuing scenario exercises trace the technical

development, production, and support issues

of a system.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• explain and relate the elements of CM (planning/management, configuration identification, control, status accounting, audits, and

data management) to system engineering

and the life cycle model;

• understand the requirements for a CM program and techniques used to design, develop, implement, and operate it;

• understand how CM enables Acquisition Reform initiatives and open systems within an

Integrated Data Environment; and

• effectively use CM as part of the Integrated

Product and Process Development used to

develop, produce, and support a system.

Who Should Attend: This course is for acquisition and sustainment logisticians and systems engineers involved in the development of

systems and life cycle support.

Prerequisite: ACQ 201

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: QMB

LOG 204

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

LOG 205

PROVISIONING

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.

T his course emphasizes management-level

planning and oversight of logistics support

development for a new system. It emphasizes the flow of the provisioning process to ensure a sound understanding of the normal sequence of events in the provisioning of a system.

Instruction includes exercises and case studies.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• comprehend basic concepts and definitions

germane to provisioning and be able to distinguish among various applications of similar terms and concepts;

• understand management considerations that

affect provisioning planning and apply this

understanding to sample situations;

• understand events in a typical provisioning

process, from planning through cataloging

and fielding of support, and develop a model

of such a process under given criteria; and

• understand uses of technical codes and factors, which are assigned during provisioning,

in defining the support structure for a system

or an item.

Who Should Attend: This course is for individuals who are involved in the planning or execution of initial logistics support and require

Level II certification in acquisition logistics. It

is best taken as the final requirement for Level

II certification.

Prerequisite: LOG 201

Recommended: At least 1 year of experience

in acquisition logistics

Precourse Materials: A required text is mailed

to all students 3 to 4 weeks prior to the course.

Students who have not received the material 2

weeks prior to the course should contact the

school.

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: QM7
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Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.

T his course helps students develop an understanding of how to be effective in an international defense acquisition program. The

Multinational Program Management course

emphasizes the U.S. policy of encouraging armaments cooperation and enhancing interoperability with our allies. Key national, DoD,

and Service policies on international cooperative development, production, and support are

explored.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• understand key national, DoD, and Service

policies on international cooperative development, production, and logistics; and

• comprehend the various international defense

programs related to acquisition (Data Exchanges, Nunn Amendment Programs, Foreign Comparative Testing, Coalition Warfare

Programs, Bilateral and Multilateral Projects

and Programs, and Security Assistance –

Foreign Military Sales).

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is for military officers, O-3 and above,

and DoD civilians, GS-11 and above, who hold,

or have been selected for, the following positions impacting international defense acquisition programs: Program managers and program management staff, key government

laboratory and center personnel, Defense and

Service headquarters staff, and Office of Defense Cooperation personnel and attachés.

Prerequisite: None

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: PAJ

PMT 202

MULTINATIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

LOG 304

Executive Acquisition Logistics Management

prepares the acquisition logistician to function in executive-level logistics management

and policy-making positions. The student will

acquire an understanding of the complex relationships among logistics support planning, acquisition policy, requirements determination,

program management, contracting, and government funds management. Acquisition Reform issues will be explored as they pertain to

acquisition logistics.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• serve as proactive, credible, and influential

acquisition logisticians;

• identify each phase of the acquisition process and its major events;

• distinguish the acquisition logistician’s functions during each phase of the acquisition

process;

• identify the basic elements of the systems engineering process; and

• distinguish major acquisition policy requirements from the logistics perspective.

Who Should Attend: This course is for military officers, O-3 and above, and DoD civilians,

GS-11 and above, who are in, or soon will be assigned to, acquisition logistics positions and

who are Level II certified in the Acquisition Logistics career field.

Prerequisites: LOG 201, LOG 203, and either

LOG 204 or LOG 205

Precourse Material: Click on the icon for required precourse assignment information.

Length: 9 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: AH1

EXECUTIVE ACQUISITION LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
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As a comprehensive review, the International Security and Technology Transfer/Control course examines the international

transfer and control and export and import licensing of technology, hardware, software,

data exchange, engineering liaison, and training. PMT 203 is designed for the acquisition professional, Defense and Service headquarters

staff, and Defense Cooperation personnel and

attachés associated with international acquisition. The course has five components: acquisition documentation; security and data transfer;

export/import licensing; contractor operations; and laws, policies, and procedures.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• understand the basic classification systems,

i.e., Top Secret, Secret, and Confidential;

• develop a technology assessment control

plan; and

• differentiate intellectual property rights, military security, and technology transfer.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is for military officers, O-3 and above;

DoD civilians, GS-11 and above; and acquisition

professionals who require international acquisition training. The course is also appropriate

for foreign liaison office personnel or DoD representatives who deal with other nations or international agencies.

Prerequisite: None

Precourse Materials: Students must complete

a self-assessment prior to arrival at the course.

Security Clearance: A SECRET security clearance is required. Due to security restrictions,

allied students may not attend under most

circumstances.

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: PAK

PMT 203

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY

TRANSFER/CONTROL

PMT 250

As a follow-on to ACQ 201, the Program Management Tools course provides applicationskills needed in a program office or as an

Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead. Designed

to enhance journeymen-level skills for members of the Defense Acquisition Workforce,

PMT 250 also prepares students for later work

in the Level III Program Management Course.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• apply leadership skills in an IPT environment;

• understand and develop work breakdown

structures (WBS);

• build program schedules and apply risk management principles using state-of-the-industry

software;

• determine cost estimates using parametric

cost estimating processes;

• develop contract documentation as part of a

simulated contracting activity; and

• demonstrate use of earned value for program

planning and control.

Who Should Attend: This course is for personnel in the Program Management career

field assigned to a program office or to a position in support of a program office or are prospective IPT leads. Target attendees are civilians, GS-12/13, and military officers, O-3 and O-4.

Lower grades may apply if they have completed

ACQ 201.

Prerequisite: ACQ 201

Length: This is a nonresident, distance learning course taken entirely via the Internet.

Course length is 64 days. Students must complete modules 1–8 (consisting of about 56 hours

of work) within 60 calendar days of the start

date. Modules 9–10 are presented as a virtual

IPT classroom exercise, requiring 26 hours over

the last 4 days of the course.

Method of Delivery: PC

PDS Code: PGM

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT TOOLS
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PMT 303

This is an assignment-specific course designed to meet the learning and performanceneeds of newly selected Program Executive

Officers (PEOs), Deputy PEOs (DPEOs), and Acquisition Category (ACAT) I (ID/IC and IAM/

IAC) and II Program Managers (PMs)/Deputy

Program Managers (DPMs). Skills and behaviors are developed through a concentrated 4-

week period preceded by approximately 60

days of advance, part-time work.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• complete a comprehensive assessment of their

programs, program offices, and of themselves;

• identify program and program office issues;

• fill knowledge needs and work issues; and

• develop a plan of action to better manage

their programs, program offices, and professional development.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is statutorily required for newly selected PEOs, DPEOs, and ACAT I (ID/IC and

IAM/IAC) and II PMs/DPMs prior to assuming

the position. Allied and industry students are

eligible to attend on a space-available basis.

Prerequisite: PMT 302

Length: 2-day mandatory precourse workshop

(PMT 303A) and 20 class days (PMT 303B)

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: AH2

EXECUTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER’S COURSE

The Advanced Program Management Course

provides a comprehensive examination of

the integrated processes of systems acquisition management. A key focus is to expose

learners to current/emerging issues in the Acquisition Reform arena and other policy and

legislative changes that make acquisition management an extremely dynamic environment.

The primary learning methodology is facultyassisted, student-led cases and exercises.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• demonstrate, from the program management

perspective, the ability to integrate the dynamic processes used in systems acquisition

management; and

• use managerial abilities and functional-area

knowledge to perform in acquisition-related

positions.

Who Should Attend: This course is for Acquisition Workforce military officers, O-4/O-5, or

civilians, GS-13/GS-14, who are qualified for the

Acquisition Corps. Equivalent acquisition industry managers are also accepted.

Prerequisite: ACQ 201

Security Clearance: A SECRET security clearance is required.

Length: 14 weeks

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: BU1

PMT 302

ADVANCED PROGRAM MANAGEMENT COURSE
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PMT 305

PROGRAM MANAGER’S SKILLS

(ACAT III PROGRAMS)

During the Program Manager’s Skills course,

students assess their program and personal skills, update their functional knowledge, and examine lessons learned from recent

programs. PMT 305 focuses on the use of the

survival skills necessary to manage a DoD acquisition program effectively.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• identify the top five issues they will face during their first 6 to 12 months as a program

manager;

• create a plan, including resources and metrics,

to address those issues; and

• understand how the current acquisition system operates and how to operate effectively

within it.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is for Acquisition Category (ACAT) III

program/project managers and their deputies.

Allied and industry students are encouraged to

attend on a space-available basis.

Prerequisite: PMT 302

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: BU8

Reinforcing and advancing the principles

of collective defense through armaments

cooperation, the Advanced International

Management Workshop explores issues associated with international negotiation of cooperative acquisition project agreements.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• understand the policies of the President; the

Congress; Department of Defense; Departments of State, Commerce, and Treasury; and

the Services on international cooperative defense acquisition agreements; and

• know how to negotiate an international acquisition agreement and how to negotiate

the results according to U.S. policy.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is for personnel who work with international defense acquisition programs in any career field. The course is open to mid-level military officers, O-4 and above; DoD civilians,

GS-13 and above; and industry equivalents.

This is an advanced-level workshop, and attendees should understand U.S. domestic and

international defense acquisition. This course

targets positions of responsibility in international, or potentially international, programs

ranging from simple Data Exchange Agreements to complex cooperative development,

production, and support programs.

Note: Due to security restrictions, allied students are ineligible to attend under most

circumstances.

Prerequisite: None

Length: 5 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: PAL

PMT 304

ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT

WORKSHOP

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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Defense Specification Management covers

DoD policies and procedures for the

development, management, and use of

nongovernment standards, commercial item

descriptions, specifications, and standards.

Emphasis is placed on Acquisition Reform initiatives, including market research, use of commercial/nondevelopmental item alternatives,

use of performance specifications, and the

Single Process Initiative.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• use DoD policy for stating performancebased requirements;

• apply techniques that promote the use of

commercial products and practices;

• use market research to support acquisition

by revising existing documents or by creating new documents;

• apply DoD policy in managing standardization documents; and

• develop and apply standardization documents to meet essential user needs as best

value to the government.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is designed for DoD acquisition personnel actively involved in the development

or management of specifications, standards,

handbooks, commercial item descriptions, or

nongovernment standards.

Prerequisite: None

Recommended: ACQ 101

Length: 8-1/2 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BAP

PQM 103

DEFENSE SPECIFICATION MANAGEMENT

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.

Production, Quality and Manufacturing

Fundamentals is an entry-level course that

emphasizes basic production, manufacturing and quality assurance principles, policies,

processes, and practices used in DoD. It exposes participants to manufacturing and quality scheduling and control techniques and to

production surveillance activities.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• understand the multifunctional roles inherent in this career field; and

• describe manufacturing and quality processes, scheduling and control techniques,

and various quality and production surveillance activities.

Who Should Attend: This course is for industrial specialists, industrial engineers, quality

assurance specialists, production officers, production specialists, contract administrators,

and others involved with and responsible for

production and quality.

Prerequisite: ACQ 101

Length: This is a nonresident, self-paced

course available through the Internet. Students

must pass the final examination within 60 calendar days of the start date.

Method of Delivery: PC

PDS Code: BU2

PQM 101

PRODUCTION, QUALITY AND MANUFACTURING

FUNDAMENTALS
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PQM 201

INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTION, QUALITY AND

MANUFACTURING

This journeyman-level course exposes students

to manufacturing and quality processes,

production scheduling and control techniques, surveillance activities, and systemslevel production and quality planning. Course

content includes contracting aspects of the job,

planning for manufacturing and quality, technology and quality assurance issues, material control, and continuous improvement techniques.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• apply production and quality requirements

of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

and Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS);

• review integrated management plans for

manufacturing and quality requirements;

• provide guidance to contracting officers on

the technical aspects of cost estimating,

activity-based costing, and physical progress

reviews;

• assess the effectiveness of quality assurance

and manufacturing systems; and

• apply various tools and techniques to solve

quality and production issues and relate

their output to process performance.

Who Should Attend: This course is required for

Level II certification of production, quality, and

manufacturing management personnel; it is also

for production, quality, or engineering personnel

providing pre- or post-award technical support.

Prerequisites: ACQ 201 and PQM 101

Recommended: At least 2 years of production

or quality management experience after Level I

certification

Length: Students have up to 60 days to complete the online portion of the course, which is

followed by 5 days of classroom instruction.

Method of Delivery: PC and Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BU3

T he Specification Selection and Application

course provides instruction on the appropriate selection and correct application of

nongovernment standards, commercial item

descriptions, specifications, standards, and related documents in the acquisition process.

Emphasis is placed on current acquisition initiatives, such as the Single Process Initiative,

for the proper use of documents.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• support military specification reform objectives, policies, and procedures;

• implement the criteria for selection of the

type of acquisition document; and

• know the tools available, including market research, for making standardization decisions.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is designed for personnel who are involved in setting requirements and making standardization decisions or for those who use

specifications and standards but are not actively involved in the development or management of requirements documentation.

Prerequisite: None

Length: 2 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: PGH

PQM 104

SPECIFICATION SELECTION AND APPLICATION
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T his course presents instruction on the preparation and review of commercial item descriptions, including characterization of commercial items, the development and use of

market acceptability criteria, and the development of performance-based salient characteristics. Current policy on the use of commercial

item descriptions and performance specifications is discussed.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• employ market research to determine the

commerciality of an item in accordance with

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 2;

• develop a performance requirements document for describing commercially available

products suitable for meeting the users’

needs; and

• implement DoD policy for the acquisition of

commercial items.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is designed for personnel involved in

generating product descriptions for commercial and nondevelopmental items or who are

involved in determining the commerciality of

an item.

Prerequisite: None

Length: 1 class day

Method of Delivery: On-site

PDS Code: PAN

PQM 203

PREPARATION OF COMMERCIAL ITEM

DESCRIPTIONS

T he Commercial and Nondevelopmental Item

Acquisition (C/NDI) course focuses on tools

and techniques for identifying and evaluating C/NDI alternatives throughout the acquisition process. It provides instruction on requirements definition, acquisition strategy

development, acquisition, support planning, and

the use of multiple award schedules and market

acceptability criteria for C/NDI acquisitions.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• employ market research to determine the appropriateness of commercial or nondevelopmental items for satisfying users’ needs; and

• plan an acquisition strategy for the management of commercial and nondevelopmental

items.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is designed for acquisition personnel involved in planning and managing the acquisition of commercial and nondevelopmental

items.

Prerequisite: None

Recommended: ACQ 101

Length: 2 class days

Method of Delivery: On-site

PDS Code: PAM

PQM 202

COMMERCIAL AND NONDEVELOPMENTAL ITEM

ACQUISITION
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tructured around an integrated product

development, concurrent engineering acquisition philosophy prescribed in DoD Directive 5000.1 and DoD 5000.2-R, the Advanced

Production, Quality and Manufacturing course

investigates decision-making issues relevant to

successfully managing three core technical

tasks in DoD acquisition: systems and process

development, manufacturing, and product

quality management.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• evaluate modern distributed manufacturing

management practices;

• fully understand the use and application of

best manufacturing practices, such as supply

chain management, e-manufacturing, and

lean manufacturing;

• use case studies, discussions, and class exercises to apply basic design of experiments,

modeling and simulation, quality function deployment, statistical process control, six

sigma, and design-build principles; and

• understand the use of DoD electronic commerce policy and information technology to

leverage the integrated digital environment to

support technical and business operations.

Who Should Attend: Civilians, GS-13 and

above, and military officers, O-3 to O-6

Prerequisite: PQM 201

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: HV2

PQM 301

ADVANCED PRODUCTION, QUALITY AND

MANUFACTURING

T he Market Research course defines market

research, explains its practical value, and

discusses the government mandate to conduct market research. The course addresses the

memberships and roles of a market research

team, sources of market data, and techniques

for the evaluation and documentation of market

information.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• plan and conduct market surveillance within

a commodity or technical area; and

• plan and conduct a market investigation for

a specific acquisition requirement.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is designed for acquisition personnel

involved in developing acquisition requirements, conducting tradeoff evaluations with

users, or determining the commerciality of

supplies or services.

Prerequisite: None

Recommended: ACQ 101

Length: 2 class days

Method of Delivery: On-site

PDS Code: PGK

PQM 212

MARKET RESEARCH

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.
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Using in-depth integrated product teambased case studies, labs, and exercises,supplemented by lecture and group discussion, students learn how to manage DoD

software-intensive systems. They also learn to

apply a variety of real-world software acquisition management “best practices.” Topics include requirements management, architectures, cost estimation, vendor qualification,

metrics, process maturity, quality, testing, and

more.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• apply acquisition strategies used for software and software-intensive systems;

• evaluate factors related to software architecture and systems architecture;

• perform domain analysis on a softwareintensive system acquisition,

• assess program software life cycle planning

and test program planning factors;

• apply requirements management and risk

mitigation;

• illustrate the value of modeling and simulation in requirements analysis; and

• analyze software performance measures.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is open to all military officers, O-3 through

O-5, and DoD civilians, GS-9 through GS-12,

working in, or selected for, software acquisition

management positions. This course is mandatory for those who serve in Level II acquisition

positions and whose duties include software acquisition management.

Prerequisites: ACQ 201 and SAM 101

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: JHC

SAM 201

INTERMEDIATE SOFTWARE ACQUISITION

MANAGEMENT

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.

Basic Software Acquisition Management

covers software acquisition/development

risks; DoD regulatory and technical frameworks; software and system architectures; software development life cycle and integration

processes; software standards, measurements,

testing, security, quality issues, and process

maturity; and “best practices” for the management of software-intensive systems.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• define software acquisition management specific terms and concepts;

• recognize software development models,

paradigms, and strategies appropriate for

use in software-intensive acquisitions; and

• reference information sources of software acquisition management policies, standards,

and best practices.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is open to all military officers, O-1 through

O-3, and DoD civilians, GS-9 and below, working

in, or selected for, software acquisition management positions. This course is mandatory

for those serving in Level I acquisition positions whose duties include software acquisition management. Additionally, it is an excellent introductory course for personnel of any

rank/grade or acquisition career field level

who are involved in the management of a DoD

software-intensive system.

Prerequisite: ACQ 101 (waived for Level II or

Level III certified SAM 101 students)

Length: This is a nonresident, self-paced

course available through the Internet. Students

must pass the final examination within 45 calendar days of the start date.

Method of Delivery: PC

PDS Code: JHB

SAM 101

BASIC SOFTWARE ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT
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teps in the systems engineering process are

covered during SYS 201. Specific techniques

are introduced, including systems engineering management planning and tools. Special

emphasis is placed on characteristics of a system. Practical exercises and case studies are

used to reinforce comprehension, adaptation,

and application of procedures.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• initiate, execute, and monitor science and engineering acquisition activities;

• forecast staffing budget requirements;

• assist in the integration of technical activities performed by multiple agencies;

• execute and evaluate the technical development activities proposed by industry

sources; and

• ensure the technical integrity of the operational system.

Who Should Attend: This course is required

for intermediate-level personnel in the Systems

Planning, Research, Development and Engineering career field.

Prerequisite: ACQ 201

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: BE2

SYS 201

INTERMEDIATE SYSTEMS PLANNING, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING

Advanced Software Acquisition Management

is the capstone course in the DAU Software

Acquisition Management sequence. This

seminar-based course is for senior personnel

who acquire, engineer, test, and evaluate DoD

software-intensive systems or for those acquisition professionals interested in gaining a

comprehensive insight into the risks and issues associated with developing and implementing complex DoD software systems.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• analyze the causes of cost, schedule, and performance problems in large software efforts;

• examine differences between commercial

software acquisition efforts and DoD efforts;

• develop an ability to recognize and selectively adopt commercial practices;

• understand the organizational and cultural

dynamics of program offices and software development teams;

• evaluate the suitability of alternative organization structures, including integrated product teams;

• evaluate and select software metrics that will

provide insight into program status and facilitate early detection of potential problems;

and

• assess Federal and DoD Acquisition Reform

movements and incorporate new policies.

Who Should Attend: This assignment-specific

course is required for software acquisition personnel who serve in the software acquisition

field as Level III managers or technical experts.

Civilians, GS/GM 13 to 15, and military officers,

O-4 to O-6, are appropriate.

Prerequisite: SAM 201

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: BU9

SAM 301

ADVANCED SOFTWARE ACQUISITION

MANAGEMENT
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E mphasizing the basic test and evaluation

principles, policies, and practices used by

the DoD, TST 101 introduces students to

the relationship of Test and Evaluation (T&E) to

other systems acquisition disciplines and program management. The types of testing covered include developmental, operational, and

live-fire.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• capably interact with program managers regarding T&E issues and will be better able to

effectively function within the acquisition

process;

• thoroughly understand T&E’s role as a feedback mechanism and management tool for

the design/engineering/development process; and

• understand the DoD’s T&E process and the

Test & Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP).

Who Should Attend: This course is designed

for engineers and project management personnel who have had at least 1 year of acquisition

experience, including civilians, GS-5 to GS-9,

and their military equivalents.

Prerequisite: ACQ 101

Length: This is a nonresident, self-paced

course that is available through the Internet.

Students must pass the final examination

within 60 calendar days of the start date.

Method of Delivery: PC

PDS Code: PC5

TST 101

INTRODUCTION TO ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

TEST AND EVALUATION

Note: For additional information on these courses,

visit the DAU Website at http://www.dau.mil.

Designed for senior DoD acquisition personnel, this course emphasizes an understanding of science, technology, and

the systems engineering processes throughout

a system’s life cycle by using relevant case

studies and exercises involving all acquisition

phases and milestones. Participants employ

the proven principles and tools of systems

engineering requirements analyses, risk management, technical performance measures,

tradeoff analyses, configuration and data management, and technical reviews. Advanced

tools, such as integrated product teams, modeling and simulation, and open systems architectures, further facilitate managing the developing system.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be better able to:

• analyze and solve senior-level technical problems;

• forecast cost, schedule, performance, and

risk issues across the acquisition life cycle;

• integrate program office activities; and

• manage technology obsolescence, advanced

technology tools, and Acquisition Reform

implementation.

Who Should Attend: DoD civilians, GS-13 and

above, and military officers, O-3 to O-6, who are

Level II certified in the Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering (SPRD&E)

career field. Equivalent industry acquisition managers are also eligible. The course is mandatory

for Level III certification in the SPRD&E career

field.

Prerequisite: SYS 201

Length: 10 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: HV1

SYS 301

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TST 301

ADVANCED TEST AND EVALUATION

TST 202

INTERMEDIATE TEST AND EVALUATION

This course is comprised of limited instructorbased lectures to introduce significant current Test and Evaluation (T&E) events.

Student-generated issues are used for a video

teleconference with Office of the Secretary of

Defense (OSD) officials. Group and classroom

discussion and presentations include studentgenerated technology topics, personal wisdom gained, and unresolved challenges.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• generate OSD-level issues and discuss these

issues with OSD officials;

• research, prepare, and present newly emerging T&E technology topics;

• use technology, such as the Internet, to easily

obtain pertinent T&E information;

• assess the impact of the Press, General Accounting Office, the Congress, and OSD officials on ethics and integrity standards;

• review and analyze real-world, executivelevel T&E challenges; and

• constructively apply T&E-related wisdom for

use by other T&E executives.

Who Should Attend: This course is for T&E

engineers, scientists, operations researchers,

computer scientists, other technical personnel,

and project organization personnel who have

at least 4 to 8 years of acquisition experience,

with at least half of that experience in T&E.

Prerequisite: TST 202

Precourse Materials: Students must complete

a self-assessment and four short assignments

online.

Length: 4 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident

PDS Code: QL9

Problem-solving situations are used to engage students in the use of Test and Evaluation (T&E) concepts, principles, and theories. Course topics include the role of T&E in

systems acquisition, planning, and experimental design; elements of systems effectiveness

and suitability; instrumentation; data collection and management; analysis/evaluation;

live-fire software; modeling and simulation;

and in alternative acquisitions.

Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• identify current laws, policy, and guidance

for T&E and relate these topics to their own

programs;

• identify source documents for system

requirements;

• develop T&E objectives and issues;

• apply appropriate tools and techniques for

conducting developmental and operational

T&E in support of system development;

• identify techniques for designing simple experimental processes; and

• perform elementary analytical procedures

on test data.

Who Should Attend: T&E engineers, scientists, operations researchers, computer scientists, other technical personnel, and project organization personnel who have 2 to 4 years of

acquisition experience with at least half of

their experience in T&E

Prerequisites: ACQ 201 and TST 101

Length: 7 class days

Method of Delivery: Resident/On-site

PDS Code: QMI
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ACQ 101 PMT 101, Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management – DSMC-26 [BB1]

ACQ 201 PMT 201, Intermediate Systems Acquisition – DSMC-37 [BB6]

BCF 101 BCE 101, Fundamentals of Cost Analysis [Q1A]

BCF 102 BFM 102, Contract Performance Management Fundamentals [Q1B]

BCF 202, Intermediate Contractor Performance Measurement [QMK]

Contractor Performance Measurement Course – DSMC-6 [QMK]

BCF 103 BFM 201, Systems Acquisition Funds Management [PCW]

BCF 201, Systems Acquisition Funds Management – DSMC-9 [PCW]

BCF 204 BCE 204, Intermediate Cost Analysis [Q2B]

BCF 206 BCE 206, Cost Risk Analysis [Q2C]

BCF 207 BCE 207, Economic Analysis [Q2D]

BCF 208 BCE 208, Software Cost Estimating [Q2E]

BCF 209 BFM 209, Selected Acquisition Report [Q2F]

BCF 802 BFM 210, Selected Acquisition Report Review [Q2J]

CON 101 CON 102, Operational Level Contracting Fundamentals [PEC]

CON 103, Facilities Contracting Fundamentals [HEI]

Management of Defense Acquisition Contracts (Basic) – 8D-4320 [BDQ]

Management of Defense Acquisition Contracts (Basic) – CTC-142 [HEI]

Central Systems Level Contracting – G30BR6532-010 [PD6]

Defense Procurement Management (8D-4320) [BDQ]

Central Procurement Officer (G30BR6531-003)

Contract Management Officer (G30BR6531-004)

Systems/R&D Procurement Officer (G30BR6531-005)

R&D Procurement Officer (G30BR6531-006)

Contract Management, Systems R&D Officer (G30BR6531-007)

Organizational Level Contracting [PEC]

Base Procurement Officer (G30BR6531-002)

Base Level Contracting (G30BR6531-002)

CON 104 CON 105, Operational Level Contract Pricing [QNU]

CON 106, Facilities Contract Pricing [BDU]

Principles of Contract Pricing – QMT-170 [BDR]

Defense Cost and Price Analysis/Negotiation – PN [BDU]

Base Level Pricing – G30ZR6534-009 [QNU]

Course Predecessors

Course Predecessors
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Course Predecessors (cont.)

CON 202 CON 211, Intermediate Contracting [BDN]

CON 221, Intermediate Contract Administration [BDO]

CON 222, Operational Level Contract Administration [PDQ]

CON 222, Organizational Level Contract Administration [PDQ]

CON 223, Intermediate Facilities Contracting [BE4]

Management of Defense Acquisition Contracts (Adv) – 8D-F12 [BDN]

Contract Administration (Adv) – PPM-304 [BDO]

Base Contract Administration – G3ZAR65170-002 [PDQ]

Advanced Contract Management (Construction) – CTC-542 [BE4]

CON 204 CON 231, Intermediate Contract Pricing [BU6]

Intermediate Cost and Price Analysis – QMT-345 [BCC]

Intermediate Pricing – QMT-340 [BCC]

CON 210 CON 201, Government Contract Law [BDP]

CON 201(C), Government Contract Law (Construction) [BDP]

Government Contract Law – PPM-302 [BDP]

Government Contract Law Construction – CTC-302 [BDP]

Base Contract Law – G30ZR6534-007 [PDT]

AFIT Contract Law 166 [PDW]

USAF ECI Correspondence Course 660

CON 232 Contract Overhead Management – PPM-355 [BKA]

CON 236 CON 212, Contractual Aspects of Value Engineering [PAR]

CON 301 Defense Acquisition Contracting Executive Seminar – ER [BB3]

CON 333 CON 311, Executive Pre-award Contracting [BCL]

CON 321, Executive Contract Administration [BCM]

Management of Defense Acquisition Contracts (Exec) – ALMC-B5 [BCL]

Contract Administration, Executive – PPM-057 [BCM]

IND 101 Industrial Contract Property Administration – PPM-151 [PDM]

IND 102 Defense Contract Property Disposition – ALMC-TY [PDO]

IND 103 Defense Contract Property System Analysis – PPM-251 [BRL]

IND 201 Advanced Contract Property Administration – PPM-300 [PDN]

Advanced Industrial Property Manager

AFIT Contract Law 166 [PDW]

USAF ECI Correspondence Course 660

IND 202 Executive Contract Property Management Seminar – PPM-077 [BRM]

Course Predecessors
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Course Predecessors (cont.)

Course Predecessors

IRM 303 IRM 301, Information Technology Procurement Strategies [Q07]

IRM 302, Information Technology Advanced Management Program [BA0]

AIS Procurement Strategies – PPS [Q07]

Advanced Management Program – AMP [BA0]

LOG 201 Acquisition Logistics – AFIT – SYS-225 [JQH]

ILS Advanced Course – ALMC-IT [JR3]

Management of Acquisition Logistics – DSMC-24 [BCU]

LOG 203 Reliability and Maintainability Executive Overview – QMT-020 [AKA]

Reliability and Maintainability Overview – 8A-F30 [QMC]

LOG 204 Introduction to Configuration Management – SYS-028 [QMB]

Configuration Management – AMEC-12 [QNJ]

Configuration Management – SUP-CM [QNI]

LOG 205 Provisioning Management – LOG 260 [QM7]

Army Provisioning Process – ALMC-AH [QBQ]

PMT 302 PMT 301, Program Management Course [BBW]

Program Management Course – DSMC-3 [BBW]

PQM 101 PRD 101, Production Management Fundamentals [JQX]

QUA 101, Quality Assurance Fundamentals – AMEC-210 [BCS]

DoD In-Plant – QA-S89 [QAN]

PQM 103 SPE 101, Defense Specification Management Course – ALMC 8D-F1 [BAP]

PQM 104 PQM 104, Defense Specification User’s Course [PAH]

SPE 102, Specifications in the Defense Acquisition Process – ALMC-DU [PAH]

PQM 201 PRD 201, Intermediate Production Management [JQY]

QUA 201, Intermediate Quality Assurance – ALMC-QC [BCR]

Defense Manufacturing Management Course – DSMC-13 [BD2]

DoD Acquisition Quality Assurance [BCR]

Production Management II – PPM-305 [JQY]

Statistical Process Control – S81 [QCZ]

PQM 301 PRD 301, Defense Acquisition Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality Assurance –

DSMC-38 [BRK]

SYS 201 Systems Engineering Management Course – DMSC-28 [BE2]

Systems Engineering – A-F7 [BE2]

TST 202 TST 201, Test and Evaluation Management – DSMC-11 [BE3]

T&E Management Course – DSMC-11 [BE3]
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Appendices

Appendix A

DAU Campuses

DAU Organization Chart

Appendix B

Certification Standards Checklists

Appendix C

Assignment-specific Training

Appendix D

DoD School Equivalencies

Appendix E

College Program Equivalencies

Appendix F

Continuing Education Units

Appendix G

Meeting Acquisition Corps

 Education Standard

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70
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Appendix A

DAU classes may be offered at one of these

four main campuses:

DAU Defense Systems Management College,

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

DAU Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

DAU Fort Lee, Virginia

DAU Norfolk, Virginia

Each DAU campus is fully equipped to accommodate student needs. Housing, dining facilities, libraries, fitness facilities, and medical facilities are available to DAU students at each

campus and regional location. Classrooms are

furnished with state-of-the-art equipment to enhance the student’s learning experience. Many

sites also provide bookstores, post/base exchanges and commissaries, chapels, bus transportation, barber shops, dry cleaners, and ATM

locations. Students will receive an information

packet upon registration with details about

these and other services.

Classes may also be scheduled at one of these

regional training sites:

Boston, Massachusetts

Fort Monmouth, New Jersey

Huntsville, Alabama

Los Angeles, California

Norfolk, Virginia

Patuxent River NAS, Maryland

Port Hueneme, California

Rock Island, Illinois

San Diego, California

At each of these regional training sites, there is

at least a DAU instructor and a DAU-dedicated

classroom with state-of-the-art instructional

technology. Since all of the regional training

sites are located either on or near a military facility, a full range of support services is available.

Many classes are also offered on-site when the

number of students in one location needing a

given course warrants bringing the instruction

to them. Usually this is determined by what

proves to be the best value for the government.

(See Chapter 4, Course Descriptions, for methods of delivery for each course.)

DAU CAMPUSES
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DAU

FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA

Termina l

Georg e Washington

Memori al Pkwy.

Belvo ir Rd.

Mt. Vernon Memorial Hwy.

18th St.

Richmond Hwy.

Main (Pence)

Gate

Ronald 

Reagan 

Washington 

National

Airport

Mt .Vernon

Fort

Belvoir

Potomac

River

Tully

Gate

Parade

Field

HQ

DAU/DSMC

Maryland

Virginia Backlick Rd.

Newington/

Fort Belvoir

Exit 166

Dulles

International

Airport Dulles Access Rd.

To

Richmond

Alexandria

Not to Scale

Walker

Gate

VOQ

Officers

Club

1

Mt. Vernon

Rd.

Pentagon 14th St. Bridge

Huntington

Metro Station

Metro

Station

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Capital Beltway

Washington, DC

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Metro Station

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Franconia-Springfield Pkwy.

M

M

Van Dorn 

Metro Station

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Rd.

Beulah Rd.

Pohick Rd.

Fairfax

Co. Pkwy.

Telegraph Rd. DLA

95

495

George Washington Memorial Pkwy.

Washington St.

Backlick Rd.

N

S

W

E

SW

SE

NW

NE

Gunston Rd.

DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY

DEFENSE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT COLLEGE

9820 BELVOIR ROAD

FORT BELVOIR, VA 22060-5565
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SARATOGA DRIVE

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38TH ST

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MAHONE AVE

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LEE AVE

GATE

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GATE

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GATE

FORT LEE

GOLF COURSE

& CLUB HOUSE

REGIMENTAL

CLUB CLARK

FITNESS

CENTER

PAO & DUKES

WELCOME

CENTER 24TH ST

GARRISON HQ

LODGING

EDUCATION

CENTER

OFFICERS

CLUB

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STATION

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N

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SW

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NW

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FORT LEE, VIRGINIA

DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY

FORT LEE CAMPUS

BUILDING 12500

2401 QUARTERS ROAD

FORT LEE, VA 23801-1705
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NORFOLK NAVAL

STATION, VIRGINIA

PIER 12

PIER 11

PIER 10

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N

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SW

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NW

NE

DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY

NORFOLK CAMPUS HEADQUARTERS

1968 GILBERT STREET, SUITE 660

NORFOLK, VA 23511-3384
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DAU

WRIGHT-PATTERSON

AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO

GATE

19B NATIONAL RD

TO I-35

(DAYTON

AND XENIA)

TO BEAVERCREEK

GATE 1B SPRINGFIELD PIKE

USAF

MUSEUM

TO DAYTON

I-675

FAIRFIELD

COMMONS MALL

NO. FAIRFIELD RD

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NUTTER

CENTER

WRIGHT STATE

UNIVERSITY

 

GOLF CLUBHOUSE

OFFICER'S

CLUB

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TO I-75 

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& AREA A,B,

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DINING AREAS

COMMISSARY

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TO

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NO PARKING

IN CIRCLE

BLDG 640

GRADUATE SCHOOL

OF ENGINEERING &

MANAGEMENT

AFIT PARKING

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AFIT COMMAND 

SECTION AND 

INTERNAT'L AFFAIRS 

DIRECTORATE

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SCIENCE & 

RESEARCH

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AUDITORIUM

TO HUBER 

HEIGHTS

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6TH ST

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CIVIL

ENGINEER

SERVICES

SCHOOL

DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY

WRIGHT-PATTERSON CAMPUS

2950 P STREET, BLDG 641, RM 328

WPAFB, OH 45433-7765
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DAU Organization Chart

As of 1 Nov 00

Norfolk, VA

Campus

Fort Lee, VA

Campus

DSMC

Fort Belvoir, VA

Campus

Wright-Patterson

AFB, OH

Campus

Regions

Huntsville, AL

Los Angeles, CA

Boston, MA

Fort Monmouth, NJ

Chief

Financial

Officer

Chief

Information

Officer

Provost

Strategic

Planning

Action Group

Administration

and

Services

Executive Institute Office of the

President

Acquisition Education

Training & Career

Development

Regions

Port Hueneme, CA

San Diego, CA

Rock Island, IL

Patuxent River, MD
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Appendix B

T he following checklists provide a concise

description of the education, experience,

and training required to meet the standards

for certification in acquisition career fields. The

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) has approved

these checklists for the Acquisition Workforce under the authority of DoD Directive 5000.52, “Defense Acquisition Education, Training and Career

Development Program.” They are for use from October 1, 2000, through September 30, 2001. DoD

components are responsible for ensuring that

Workforce personnel are trained to qualify for

their current assignments, prepared for more responsible jobs, and cross-trained for assignments

in other acquisition fields. All courses that may be

taken to meet Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification requirements for FY 2001 are included in this Appendix.

The USD(AT&L) has designated certain courses

that provide knowledge required to perform

particular acquisition duties. These assignmentspecific courses are presented in Appendix C.

Each checklist explains the flow and relational aspects of the standards. Mandatory standards are

indicated by an open box or, when options are

available, by an open circle. Individuals may be

certified in an acquisition career level when all

mandatory standards have been met. Some standards are designated “Desired” and are indicated

by shaded boxes and circles. Where no standard

exists for an element, the box is filled in black.

The checklists incorporate other information

useful for determining how the standards may be

met. Personnel Data System (PDS) codes used to

track training in automated personnel systems

are included for each of the courses. They are

shown in square brackets “[ ]” after the course

title. Predecessor courses, i.e., discontinued

courses that satisfy the current training requirements, are provided at the end of Chapter 4. In

some cases, equivalent courses are offered by

DoD and private and public institutions of learning, as explained in Appendices D and E.

It is strongly recommended that the courses be

attended in the order listed. These are progressive, sequential courses that build upon previously learned skills in an integrated curriculum.

The components are responsible for determining that a prospective student possesses sufficient knowledge and/or background to attend a

course.

Course descriptions are provided in Chapter 4

of this Catalog, and instructions for registering

for classes are provided in Chapter 2. DAU uses

the Army Training Requirements and Resources

System (ATRRS) for centralized registration in

all of its classes. Class schedules are maintained

in ATRRS and should be available through your

local training office. Up-to-date class schedules

are also available for downloading from the

DAU Home Page (http://www.dau.mil).

Checklists are provided for each of three certification levels in the following career fields:

• Acquisition Logistics

• Auditing

• Business, Cost Estimating and

Financial Management

• Contracting

• Industrial/Contract Property Management

• Information Technology (formerly

Communications-Computer Systems)

• Manufacturing, Production and

Quality Assurance

• Program Management

• Purchasing

• Systems Planning, Research, Development

and Engineering

• Test and Evaluation

Legend for certification standards checklists:

Mandatory standard

Desired standard

No standard has been set

Option for meeting mandatory standard

Option for meeting desired standard

CERTIFICATION STANDARDS CHECKLISTS
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LEVEL I

EDUCATION

(Desired) Baccalaureate degree in a technical, scientific, or managerial field

EXPERIENCE

1 year of acquisition experience

TRAINING

ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management [BU5]

LOG 101 Acquisition Logistics Fundamentals [JR1]

LEVEL II

EDUCATION

(Desired) Baccalaureate degree in a technical, scientific, or managerial field

EXPERIENCE

2 years of acquisition logistics experience

(Desired) An additional 2 years of acquisition logistics experience

TRAINING

ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition [JHA]

LOG 201 Intermediate Acquisition Logistics [JR3]

LOG 203 Reliability and Maintainability [AKA]

Complete ONE of these courses:

LOG 204 Configuration Management [QMB]

LOG 205 Provisioning [QM7]

(Desired) SYS 201 Intermediate Systems Planning, Research, Development and

Engineering [BE2]

LEVEL III

EDUCATION

(Desired) Master’s degree in a technical, scientific, or managerial field

EXPERIENCE

4 years of acquisition logistics experience

(Desired) An additional 4 years of acquisition logistics experience

TRAINING

LOG 304 Executive Acquisition Logistics Management [AH1]

ACQUISITION LOGISTICS

 Mandatory standard Desired standard No standard set Option for meeting mandatory standard Option for meeting desired standard
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AUDITING

LEVEL I

EDUCATION – Meet one of the following criteria:

A baccalaureate degree in accounting

A baccalaureate degree in a related field, such as business administration or finance, which

included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting

At least 4 years of experience in accounting

An equivalent combination of accounting experience, college education, and training

EXPERIENCE – Either:

Meet OPM Qualification Standards for entry into the series

A baccalaureate degree with 24 semester hours in accounting

(Desired) Accounting/auditing work experience in industry or public accounting

TRAINING

AUD 1130 Technical Indoctrination [PC6]

(Desired) AUD 6115 Effective Report Writing [PAG]*

LEVEL II

EDUCATION

Entry below GS-9: Complete Level I requirements

Entry at GS-9: Complete Level I requirements and one of:

All requirements for a master’s degree or equivalent

2 full years of graduate education

(Desired) Beginning graduate studies leading to a master’s degree in accounting, business

administration, management, or a related field

(Desired) Professional certification (CPA, CMA, CIA, CISA)

EXPERIENCE

Auditing experience of increasing complexity and responsibility

(Desired) Experience performing increasingly complex audits for normal progression and

with increasing independence

TRAINING

Complete one of the following courses:

AUD 1320 Intermediate Contract Auditing [JR7]

AUD 4120 Statistical Sampling [QPO]

AUD 4230 Graphic, Computational, and Improvement Curve Analysis Techniques [QPC]

(Desired) Any of the following courses:*

AUD 1430 Accounting and Auditing Update

AUD 1560 Emerging Cost Accounting Issues

AUD 5632 Computer Billing Algorithms

AUD 5650 Basic Data Retrieval - DATATRAK

AUD 5720 EDP Internal Control Reviews and JCL

AUD 6220 Auditor Interview and Interpersonal Reactions

AUD 6240 Oral Presentation Workshop

(AUDITING is continued on the next page.)
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LEVEL III

EDUCATION

Complete Level II requirements

(Desired) Master’s degree in accounting, business administration, management, or a

related field

EXPERIENCE

Meet all Level I and II requirement qualification standards from OPM Qualification

Standards Handbook. Supervisory auditors also must meet additional OPM qualifications.

(Desired) Assignments in a variety of organizational settings

TRAINING

AUD 8560 DCAA Supervisory Skills Workshop [CBJ]

(Mandatory for all supervisory personnel)

(Desired) Complete one of these courses:*

AUD 1275 Advanced Cost Management Systems

AUD 4030 Quantitative Methods for Managers

AUD 5640 Electronic Data Processing for Managers

CON 301 Executive Contracting [BB3]

AUDITING (Continued)

*For information on Auditing courses not listed in Chapter 4 of this Catalog, contact the Defense Contract Auditing Institute at (901)

325-6383.

 Mandatory standard Desired standard No standard set Option for meeting mandatory standard Option for meeting desired standard
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BUSINESS, COST ESTIMATING

AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

LEVEL I

EDUCATION

(Desired) Baccalaureate degree

EXPERIENCE

1 year of acquisition experience in business, cost estimating, or financial management

TRAINING

ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management [BU5]

Complete two of the following courses:

BCF 101 Fundamentals of Cost Analysis [Q1A]

BCF 102 Fundamentals of Earned Value Management [Q1B]

BCF 103 Fundamentals of Business Financial Management [PGC]

LEVEL II

EDUCATION

(Desired) Baccalaureate Degree

EXPERIENCE

2 years of acquisition experience in business, cost estimating, or financial management

(Desired) An additional 2 years of experience in business, cost estimating, and financial

management

TRAINING

ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition [JHA]

BCF 205 Contractor Finance for Acquisition Managers [Q2A]

Complete ONE of the following courses (not previously taken at Level I):

BCF 101 Fundamentals of Cost Analysis [Q1A]

BCF 102 Fundamentals of Earned Value Management [Q1B]

BCF 103 Fundamentals of Business Financial Management [PGC]

Complete ONE of the following courses (related to specific job duties)

BCF 203 Intermediate Earned Value Management [Q2G]

BCF 204 Intermediate Cost Analysis [Q2B]

BCF 211 Acquisition Business Management [PGD]

LEVEL III

EDUCATION

(Desired) Baccalaureate degree with 24 semester hours in accounting, business finance, law,

contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods,

or organization and management

(Desired) Master’s degree

EXPERIENCE

4 years of acquisition experience in business, cost estimating, or financial management

(Desired) An additional 4 years of acquisition experience in business, cost estimating, or

financial management

TRAINING

BCF 301 Business, Cost Estimating and Financial Management Workshop [BZF]
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CONTRACTING

LEVEL I

EDUCATION

Baccalaureate degree

At least 24 semester hours among accounting, law, business finance, contracts, purchasing,

economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organization and

management

EXPERIENCE

1 year of contracting experience

TRAINING

CON 101 Basics of Contracting [BDQ]

CON 104 Principles of Contract Pricing [BDR]

LEVEL II

EDUCATION

Baccalaureate degree

At least 24 semester hours among accounting, law, business finance, contracts, purchasing,

economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organization and

management

(Desired) Graduate studies in business administration or procurement

EXPERIENCE

2 years of contracting experience

(Desired) An additional 2 years of contracting experience

TRAINING

CON 202 Intermediate Contracting [PGE]

CON 204 Intermediate Contract Pricing [BU6]

CON 210 Government Contract Law [BDP]

LEVEL III

EDUCATION

Baccalaureate degree

At least 24 semester hours among accounting, law, business finance, contracts, purchasing,

economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organization and

management

(Desired) Master’s degree in business administration or procurement

EXPERIENCE

4 years of contracting experience

(Desired) An additional 4 years of contracting experience

TRAINING

CON 301 Executive Contracting [BB3]

(This class is required every 3 to 5 years as a refresher, but it does not have to be repeated to maintain certification.)

CON 333 Management for Contracting Supervisors [BU7]

(Desired) 2 weeks of management and leadership training

(Not currently provided by DAU. See your local training support office.)

 Mandatory standard Desired standard No standard set Option for meeting mandatory standard Option for meeting desired standard
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INDUSTRIAL/CONTRACT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

LEVEL I

EDUCATION

(Desired) Meet one of the following criteria:

Baccalaureate degree

At least 24 semester hours among accounting, law, business finance, contracts,

purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods,

organization, and management

EXPERIENCE

1 year of experience in acquisition

TRAINING

IND 101 Contract Property Administration Fundamentals [PDM]

IND 102 Contract Property Disposition [PDO]

(This class is required every 3 to 5 years as a refresher, but it does not have to be repeated to maintain certification.)

IND 103 Contract Property Systems Analysis [BRL]

CON 101 Basics of Contracting [BDQ]

LEVEL II

EDUCATION

(Desired) Meet one of the following criteria:

Baccalaureate degree

At least 24 semester hours among accounting, law, business finance, contracts,

purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods,

organization, and management

EXPERIENCE

2 years of experience in an industrial property management acquisition position

(Desired) 2 years additional experience in industrial property management acquisition

TRAINING

IND 201 Intermediate Contract Property Administration [PDN]

IND 202 Contract Property Management Seminar [BRM]

(This class is required every 3 to 5 years as a refresher, but it does not have to be repeated to maintain certification.)

CON 202 Intermediate Contracting [PGE]

CON 210 Government Contract Law [BDP]

LEVEL III

EDUCATION

(Desired) Meet both of the following criteria:

Baccalaureate degree

At least 24 semester hours among accounting, law, business finance, contracts,

purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods,

organization, and management

EXPERIENCE

4 years of experience in industrial property management acquisition positions of increasing

responsibility and complexity

(Desired) 4 additional years of experience in industrial property management acquisition

TRAINING

CON 301 Executive Contracting [BB3]

(This class is required every 3 to 5 years as a refresher, but it does not have to be repeated to maintain certification.)

CON 333 Management for Contracting Supervisors [BU7]

IND 202 Contract Property Management Seminar [BRM]

(This class is required every 3 to 5 years as a refresher, but it does not have to be repeated to maintain certification.)
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 Mandatory standard Desired standard No standard set Option for meeting mandatory standard Option for meeting desired standard

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(Formerly Communications-Computer Systems)

LEVEL I

EDUCATION

(Desired) Baccalaureate degree, preferably with a major in computer science, management of

automated information systems, business administration, or a related field

EXPERIENCE

1 year of acquisition experience in communications/computer systems

TRAINING

ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management [BU5]

IRM 101 Basic Information Systems Acquisition [JHD]

LEVEL II

EDUCATION

(Desired) Master’s degree, preferably with a major in computer science, management of

automated information systems, business administration, or a related field

EXPERIENCE

2 years of acquisition experience, at least 1 year of this experience must be in

communications/computer systems

(Desired) An additional 2 years of communications/computer systems acquisition

experience, preferably in a program office or similar organization

TRAINING

ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition [JHA]

IRM 201 Intermediate Information Systems Acquisition [QN5]

LEVEL III

EDUCATION

(Desired) Master’s degree, preferably with a major in computer science, management of

automated information systems, business administration, or a related field

EXPERIENCE

4 years of communications/computer acquisition experience, of which at least 2 years must

be in a program office or similar organization (dedicated matrix support to a PM or PEO,

DCMA program integrator, or Supervisor of Shipbuilding)

(Desired) 4 additional years of communications and/or computer systems acquisition

experience

TRAINING

IRM 303 Advanced Information Systems Acquisition [BZE]

(Desired) PMT 302 Advanced Program Management [BU1]
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MANUFACTURING,

PRODUCTION, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

(The Manufacturing and Production career field and the Quality Assurance career field were merged

on January 1, 1995. The new career field was designated Manufacturing, Production and Quality

Assurance; and certification requirements became identical for personnel from both former career

fields. Level I, II, and III certifications, granted under the requirements established by DoD 5000.52-M

for the former career fields (i.e., before January 1, 1995), remain valid and are fully equivalent to the

corresponding Level I, II, or III Manufacturing, Production and Quality Assurance certifications granted

under the new program.)

LEVEL I

EDUCATION - None mandatory

EXPERIENCE

1 year of acquisition experience in engineering, manufacturing, production, or quality

assurance

(Desired) At least 4 weeks (cumulative) rotational assignments at a contractor and/or

government industrial facility to include experience in quality, manufacturing, engineering,

and contracting

TRAINING

ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management [BU5]

PQM 101 Production, Quality and Manufacturing Fundamentals [BU2]

LEVEL II

EDUCATION

(Desired) Baccalaureate degree in engineering, chemistry, physical science, mathematics,

statistics, manufacturing or production management, industrial technology or management,

quality assurance, or a related field

(Desired) Master’s degree in business, production management, engineering, or a related

field

EXPERIENCE

2 years of acquisition experience in engineering, manufacturing, production, or quality

assurance

(Desired) At least 4 weeks (cumulative) rotational assignments at a contractor and/or

government industrial facility to include experience in quality, manufacturing, engineering,

and contracting (if not completed at Level I)

(Desired) 2 additional years of experience in manufacturing, production, or quality

assurance

TRAINING

ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition [JHA]

PQM 201 Intermediate Production, Quality and Manufacturing [BU3]

(MANUFACTURING, PRODUCTION, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE is continued on the next page.)
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LEVEL III

EDUCATION

(Desired) Baccalaureate degree in engineering, chemistry, physical science, mathematics,

statistics, manufacturing or production management, industrial technology or management,

quality assurance, or related field

(Desired) Master’s degree in business, production management, engineering, or a related

field

EXPERIENCE

At least 4 years of acquisition experience in engineering, manufacturing, production, or

quality assurance

(Desired) 4 additional years of experience in manufacturing, production, or quality

assurance

TRAINING

PQM 301 Advanced Production, Quality and Manufacturing [HV2]

(Desired) One advanced seminar in current acquisition management issues

(Not currently provided by DAU. See your local training support office.)

MANUFACTURING, PRODUCTION,

AND QUALITY ASSURANCE (Continued)

 Mandatory standard Desired standard No standard set Option for meeting mandatory standard Option for meeting desired standard
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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

LEVEL I

EDUCATION

(Desired) Baccalaureate degree, preferably with a major in engineering, systems management,

or business administration

EXPERIENCE

1 year of program management experience

TRAINING

ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management [BU5]

(Desired) ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition [JHA]

(Desired) One DAU Level 100 course in another functional area

LEVEL II

EDUCATION

(Desired) Master’s degree, preferably with a major in engineering, systems management,

business administration, or a related field

EXPERIENCE

2 years of acquisition experience, with at least 1 year in program management

(Desired) An additional 2 years of acquisition experience, preferably in a systems program

office or similar organization

TRAINING

ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition [JHA]

(Desired) One DAU Level 200 course in another functional area

(Desired) Intermediate-level management and leadership training

(Not currently provided by DAU. See your local training support office.)

(NOTE: A requirement for PMT 250 is in coordination. The new requirement will be posted on the DAU Home Page when it

becomes effective.)

LEVEL III

EDUCATION

(Desired) Meet one of the following criteria:

At least 24 semester hours (DANTES or CLEP equivalency exams may be substituted.)

from among accounting, business finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics,

industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, organization, and management

At least 24 semester hours in the individual’s career field and 12 semester credit hours in

the disciplines listed above

(Desired) Master’s degree in engineering, systems acquisition management, business

administration, or a related field

EXPERIENCE

4 years of acquisition experience, of which at least 2 years must be in a program office or

similar organization (dedicated matrix support to a PM or PEO, DCMA program integrator,

or Supervisor of Shipbuilding)

(Desired) 2 additional years of acquisition experience

TRAINING

PMT 302 Advanced Program Management Course [BU1]
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LEVEL I

EDUCATION

(Desired) 16 semester hours of undergraduate work, with emphasis in business

EXPERIENCE

1 year of experience in purchasing

TRAINING

CON 101 Basics of Contracting [BDG]

LEVEL II

EDUCATION

(Desired) 32 semester hours of undergraduate work, with emphasis in business

EXPERIENCE

2 years of experience in purchasing

TRAINING

CON 202 Intermediate Contracting [PGE]

LEVEL III

EDUCATION

(Desired) 64 semester hours of undergraduate work, with emphasis in business

EXPERIENCE

3 years of experience in purchasing

TRAINING

No additional requirements beyond Level II

PURCHASING

 Mandatory standard Desired standard No standard set Option for meeting mandatory standard Option for meeting desired standard
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SYSTEMS PLANNING, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT

AND ENGINEERING

LEVEL I

EDUCATION

 Meet one of the following criteria:

Baccalaureate degree in engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, or a related field

At least 10 years of acquisition experience in Systems Planning, Research, Development

and Engineering (as of October 1, 1991)

EXPERIENCE

1 year of acquisition experience in science or engineering

TRAINING

ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management [BU5]

LEVEL II

EDUCATION

 Meet one of the following criteria:

Baccalaureate degree in engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, or a related field

At least 10 years of acquisition experience in Systems Planning, Research, Development

and Engineering (as of October 1, 1991)

(Desired) Master’s degree in engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, operations

research, management, or a related field

(Desired) 9 semester hours from among accounting, business finance, law economics,

industrial management, quantitative methods, or organization and management. (DANTES

or CLEP exams may be substituted.)

EXPERIENCE

2 years of acquisition experience in science or engineering

(Desired) An additional 2 years of acquisition experience in science or engineering

TRAINING

ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition [JHA]

SYS 201 Intermediate Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering [BE2]

(Desired) A DAU Level 200 or Level 100 course mandatory for acquisition logistics, program

management, quality assurance, communications/computer systems, manufacturing and

production, or test and evaluation

(SYSTEMS PLANNING, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING is continued on the next page.)
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 SYSTEMS PLANNING, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT

AND ENGINEERING (Continued)

LEVEL III

EDUCATION

 Meet one of the following criteria:

Baccalaureate degree in engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, or a related field

At least 10 years of acquisition experience in Systems Planning, Research, Development

and Engineering (as of October 1, 1991)

(Desired) Advanced degree in engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, operations

research, management or a related field

(Desired) 12 semester hours from among accounting, business finance, law economics,

industrial management, quantitative methods, or organization and management. (DANTES

or CLEP exams may be substituted.)

EXPERIENCE

4 years of acquisition experience in science or engineering

(Desired) 4 additional years of experience in acquisition positions of increasing

responsibility and complexity

TRAINING

SYS 301 Advanced Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering [HV1]

(Desired) Any mandatory DAU Level 200 or Level 300 course in acquisition logistics,

program management, quality assurance, information technology, manufacturing and

production, or test and evaluation

 Mandatory standard Desired standard No standard set Option for meeting mandatory standard Option for meeting desired standard
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LEVEL I

EDUCATION

Have one of the following requirements:

Baccalaureate degree with 24 semester hours or equivalent in physical science,

mathematics, chemistry, engineering, physics, operations research, or a related field

At least 10 years of experience in acquisition positions (as of October 1, 1991)

EXPERIENCE

1 year of acquisition experience (T&E experience or experience with a technical orientation in

an acquisition position is preferred.)

TRAINING

ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management [BU5]

TST 101 Introduction to Acquisition Workforce Test and Evaluation [PC5]

LEVEL II

EDUCATION

 Meet one of the following criteria:

Baccalaureate degree with 24 semester hours or equivalent in physical science,

mathematics, chemistry, engineering, physics, operations research, or a related field

At least 10 years of experience in acquisition positions (as of October 1, 1991)

(Desired) Master’s degree in one of the above fields

(Desired) Two 3-CEU technical courses in a test and evaluation specialty area

(Desired) Meet Acquisition Corps education requirements

EXPERIENCE

2 years of acquisition experience, of which at least 1 year is test and evaluation experience

(Desired) An additional 2 years of acquisition experience, of which 1 year is test and

evaluation experience

TRAINING

ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition [JHA]

TST 202 Intermediate Test and Evaluation [QMI]

TEST AND EVALUATION

(TEST AND EVALUATION is continued on the next page.)
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LEVEL III

EDUCATION

 Meet one of the following criteria:

Baccalaureate degree with 24 semester hours or equivalent in physical science,

mathematics, chemistry, engineering, physics, operations research, or a related field

At least 10 years of experience in acquisition positions (as of October 1, 1991)

(Desired) At least 12 semester hours from among accounting, business finance, law,

contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, business,

quantitative methods, or organization and management. (DANTES or CLEP exams may be

substituted.)

(Desired) Master’s degree in physical science, mathematics, chemistry, engineering,

physics, operations research, or a related field

(Desired) One 3-CEU technical course (in addition to those required at Level II) in a test and

evaluation specialty area

EXPERIENCE

4 years of acquisition experience, of which at least 2 years is test and evaluation experience

(Desired) 4 additional years of acquisition experience, of which at least 2 years is test and

evaluation experience

TRAINING

TST 301 Advanced Test and Evaluation [QL9]

TEST AND EVALUATION (Continued)

 Mandatory standard Desired standard No standard set Option for meeting mandatory standard Option for meeting desired standard
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Assignment-specific courses are identified

by the Under Secretary of Defense for

Acquisition, Technology and Logistics as

integral to the education and training of Acquisition Workforce personnel. These courses are

offered by DAU to provide unique acquisition

knowledge required for a specific assignment,

job, or position; to maintain proficiency; and to

remain current with legislation, regulation, and

policy. This training can span several functional

areas and is mandatory for selected individuals

within a job series or position category. DAU

provides funds for course delivery and student

travel costs for assignment-specific courses in

the same manner as its other courses.

Assignment-specific courses support work distribution decisions of local management officials. Subject to component guidance, these

officials are responsible for ensuring employees

given these duties receive this training, enabling them to perform their work productively

and effectively.

DAU maintains complete student records for

courses taught since the University began offering instruction in 1993, but tracking student

requirements and recording completion of

these courses in employee personnel records

are Component responsibilities. Registration is

currently accomplished through the Army

Training Requirements and Resources System

(ATRRS).

Course descriptions are provided in Chapter 4

of this Catalog, and instructions for registering for classes are provided in Chapter 2.

Schedules for classroom-based courses are

maintained in ATRRS and should be available

through your local training office. Up-to-date

class schedules are also made available for

downloading from the DAU World Wide Web

Home Page: http://www.dau.mil.

ACQ 201

Intermediate Systems Acquisition

This course is assignment-specific only for contracting personnel. All contracting personnel who

are assigned to a major program or who devote

at least 50 percent of their time to a major acquisition program are required to take this

course at Level III. ACQ 201 should be taken at

Level II within 1 year of assignment to a major

Defense acquisition program.

BCF 102

Fundamentals of Earned Value Management

Workforce analysts who are responsible for

analyzing Earned Value Management (EVM)

data or who need a basic understanding of

EVM concepts to perform some aspects of

their duties should take BCF 102. Attendees

typically include employees of program/

project management offices, the Defense

Contract Management Agency, dedicated

support matrix organizations, and Service

headquarters support matrix organizations.

Appendix C

ASSIGNMENT-SPECIFIC TRAINING
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BCF 203

Intermediate Earned Value Management

Acquisition Workforce personnel should take

BCF 203 if their duties include integrating earned

value data to perform the following functions: (1)

awarding/administering contracts, reviewing or

performing surveillance on contractor’s management control systems, or supporting Integrated

Baseline Reviews, as outlined in DoD 5000.2-R,

Part 3.3.4.3 (Cost Performance); or (2) evaluating,

analyzing, or using earned value data. Attendees

typically include employees of program/project

management offices, the Defense Contract Management Agency, dedicated support matrix organizations, and Service headquarters support

matrix organizations.

BCF 206

Cost Risk Analysis

This course should be taken by Acquisition

Workforce personnel whose duties include:

(1) developing and/or evaluating cost estimates for such areas as procurement, software, research and development, weapon

systems, etc.; (2) planning and managing

DoD systems acquisition; (3) evaluating and

negotiating contract proposals; and (4)

performing cost and performance tradeoff

analyses. Participants typically include members from the Business, Cost Estimating, and

Financial Management community as well as

program/project managers and personnel in

contracting; systems planning, research, development and engineering; and information

technology.

BCF 207

Economic Analysis

Acquisition Workforce personnel should take

BCF 207 if their duties include: (1) developing

and/or evaluating costs and benefits of alternative courses of action involved in decisions (i.e.,

lease vs. buy, in-house vs. contractor, privatization or outsourcing, or repair or replace); and/or

(2) preparing funding proposals for such programs as Operations and Support Cost Reduction or Defense Working Capital Fund (Defense

Business Operations Fund). Participants typically include members from the Business, Cost

Estimating, and Financial Management community, as well as program/project managers and

personnel in contracting; systems planning, research, development and engineering; information technology; and non-DoD personnel who

conduct economic analyses of materiel systems.

BCF 208

Software Cost Estimating

The Software Cost Estimating course should

be taken by Acquisition Workforce personnel

whose duties include: (1) developing and/or

evaluating cost estimates for life cycle management (i.e., research, development, procurement, deployment, operating and support, and

disposal) for either embedded or stand-alone

systems; (2) planning and managing DoD systems acquisitions; (3) evaluating and negotiating contract proposals; and (4) performing

cost and performance tradeoff analyses. Participants typically include members from the

Business, Cost Estimating, and Financial

Management community, as well as program/

project managers and personnel in contracting;

systems planning, research, development and
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engineering; information technology; and nonDoD personnel who conduct economic analyses

of materiel systems.

BCF 209

Selected Acquisition Report

This course should be taken by Acquisition

Category (ACAT) ID/IC Acquisition Workforce

personnel who prepare, review, edit, or generate input to Selected Acquisition Reports

(SARs) or who are responsible for ensuring

that SARs are consistent with Cost Analysis

Improvement Group procedures, SAR preparation guidelines, approved budgets, and approved acquisition program baselines. Attendees typically include employees of program/

project management offices, dedicated support matrix organizations, Service headquarters support matrix organizations, and contract administration offices.

BCF 802

Selected Acquisition Report Review

Whenever there is a major update to the

CARS software, usually on an annual basis,

this course should be retaken by Acquisition

Category (ACAT) ID/IC Acquisition Workforce

personnel who have duties that include preparing, reviewing, editing, or generating input to Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs)

or who are responsible for ensuring that

SARs are consistent with Cost Analysis Improvement Group procedures, SAR preparation guidelines, approved budgets, and approved acquisition program baselines. Those

who attend will most likely come from program/project management offices, dedicated

support matrix organizations, Service headquarters support matrix organizations, and

contract administration offices. Attendees

can also include contractors.

CON 232

Overhead Management of

Defense Contracts

All contracting officers, buyers, price analysts,

auditors, and contract administration personnel should take CON 232 if they are assigned

to program projects in which contractor overhead situations are present and are important

elements of cost. Course participants typically

include members who are involved with major acquisitions or assigned to the Defense

Contract Management Agency.

CON 233

Cost Accounting Standards

Workshop

The Cost Accounting Standards Workshop

should be taken by contracting personnel who

are assigned to the Defense Contract Management Agency or to the Army Ammunition Plant.

Also, those who work as the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair should attend

this course.

CON 234

Contingency Contracting

This is intended for military personnel in the

Contracting and Purchasing career fields and

for emergency essential civilians of all Services who are in deployable positions. Whenever practical, students should attend CON

234 prior to assuming duties as a deployable

contracting officer or purchasing agent.

CON 235

Advanced Contract Pricing

Level II and III personnel should take CON 235

if they are involved in major systems acquisition or in a commercial environment where

knowledge or cost risk analysis, cost estimating

relationships/parametric estimating, overhead

estimating, and decision/risk analysis tools are

required.

CON 236

Contractual Aspects of Value Engineering

Contracting, program management, and functional personnel should take CON 236 if they

might be involved in Value Engineering (VE)

applications or if they support major weapons

systems and can be expected to encounter

specific VE activity.
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Note: Individuals not assigned to contracting

are encouraged to attend. While the primary focus of the course is on the contractual aspects

of VE, the Integrated Product Team/Integrated

Product and Process Development (IPT/IPPD)

approach is emphasized regarding the utility of

value methodology and the resulting VE

change proposals.

CON 237

Simplified Acquisition Procedures

This course is intended for contract specialists,

administrators, negotiators, procurement analysts, and purchasing agents with a working

knowledge of basic government contracting

practices (i.e., at least 1 year of experience). However, attendees do not necessarily have to be

knowledgeable or experienced in using simplified acquisition procedures. This course should

be taken by contracting personnel who received

their basic training in contracting prior to the

implementation of the Federal Acquisition

Streamlining Act of 1994 (FASA) and the ClingerCohen Act. Those who have been assigned to a

position requiring knowledge of simplified acquisition procedures should also take CON 237.

CON 243

Architect-Engineer Contracting

Military and civilian Acquisition Workforce members in the Contracting career field who are assigned contracting responsibilities for ArchitectEngineer (A-E) contracts should take CON 243.

Whenever practical, students should attend prior

to assuming duties in A-E contracting.

CON 244

Construction Contracting

The Construction Contracting course is intended for military and civilian Acquisition

Workforce personnel in the Contracting career

field and others (e.g., professional engineers)

who are assigned specific contract administration duties for construction contracts. Whenever practical, students should attend this

course prior to assuming duties in construction

contracting.

GRT 201

Grants and Agreements Management

This course should be taken by all contracting

personnel with grants management responsibilities and by all acquisition personnel who

have been assigned the responsibilities of a

contracting officer’s representative or contracting officer’s technical representative for a

DoD grant.

PMT 202

Multinational Program Management

All personnel involved in an international

defense acquisition program should take

PMT 202. Participants will typically include

members of the following career fields: Acquisition Logistics, Program Management;

Contracting; Test and Evaluation; Systems

Planning, Research, Development and Engineering; and Business, Cost Estimating, and

Financial Management.
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PMT 203

International Security and Technology

Transfer/Control

This course should be taken by all personnel

involved in an international defense acquisition program in other than a managerial capacity. Participants will typically include members

of the following career fields: Program Management; Contracting; Test and Evaluation; Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering; and Business, Cost Estimating, and

Financial Management.

PMT 303

Executive Program Manager’s Course

The Executive Program Manager’s Course is

statutorily required for personnel selected to

a critical acquisition position as a program executive officer, program manager, or deputy

program manager of a major defense acquisition program or a significant nonmajor defense acquisition program in Acquisition Category (ACAT) I or II.

PMT 304

Advanced International Management

Workshop

All personnel involved in an international defense acquisition program should take PMT 304,

especially if they are involved in international

project agreements.

PMT 305

Program Manager’s Skills

(ACAT III Programs)

This course is designed to update newly designated Acquisition Category (ACAT) III program/product managers and their deputies on

current acquisition policy, principles, and

practices. PMT 305 includes lessons learned

from recent experiences and instruction on

how to operate as a program manager in the

current environment.

PQM 103

Defense Specification Management

Personnel who are responsible for writing, reviewing, coordinating, applying, or using specifications and related documents should take

PQM 103.

PQM 104

Specification Selection and Application

This course should be taken by personnel who

are involved in setting requirements and making standardization decisions. Also, personnel

who use specifications and standards but are

not actively involved in the development or

management of requirements documentation

could benefit from PQM 104.

PQM 202

Commercial and Nondevelopmental Item

Acquisition

This course is intended for personnel who are

involved in the acquisition of commercial and

nondevelopmental items. This includes personnel who locate and evaluate potential

items, plan for support of items, select and prepare requirements documents, or manage item

test evaluations and quality.

PQM 203

Preparation of Commercial Item

Descriptions

Personnel who prepare or review commercial

item descriptions and use market research

techniques to identify commercial items

should take PQM 203.
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PQM 212

Market Research

The Market Research Course is intended for personnel who gather and use market information

when conducting cost, schedule, and performance tradeoff analyses; determining whether

items and services are commercial; or developing acquisition plans, requirements documents,

support plans, test plans, and evaluation factors.

SAM 101

Basic Software Acquisition Management

Level I acquisition personnel who are involved

in acquiring, developing, engineering, testing

and evaluating, conducting research on, and

procuring software-intensive systems should

take SAM 101. Priority for this course will be

given to personnel who manage software development and/or acquire software and who work

in development programs in which $20 million

or more is spent on software, procurement programs in which $30 million or more is spent on

software, programs in which $1 million or more

is spent on sustainment costs for software annually, or programs in which post-deployment software support is ongoing.

SAM 201

Intermediate Software Acquisition

Management

The SAM 201 course is required for acquisition

personnel who are involved in acquiring, developing, engineering, testing and evaluating, researching, and procuring software-intensive systems. Priority for this course will be given to

personnel who manage software development

and/or acquire software and who work in development programs in which $20 million or more

is spent on software, procurement programs in

which $30 million or more is spent on software,

programs in which $1 million or more is spent

on sustainment costs for software annually, or

programs in which post-deployment software

support is ongoing.

SAM 301

Advanced Software Acquisition

Management

This course is required for acquisition personnel serving in a Level III position, involved in

acquiring, developing, engineering, testing and

evaluating, conducting research on, and procuring software-intensive systems. Priority for

this course will be given to personnel who

manage software development and/or acquire

software and who work in development programs in which $20 million or more is spent on

software, procurement programs in which $30

million or more is spent on software, programs

in which $1 million or more is spent on sustainment costs for software annually, or programs

in which post-deployment software support is

ongoing.
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Appendix D

SUMMARY OF EQUIVALENT COURSES

AT CONSORTIUM AND OTHER DOD SCHOOLS

S

ome DoD schools offer courses that have

been certified equivalent to DAU curriculum courses. The following matrix provides

a summary of those courses and the schools

that offer them. Course equivalencies are renewed annually, and effective dates are posted

on the DAU Home Page at http://www.dau.mil.

If you want more information on these equivalencies, Ms. Cassandra Lancaster is DAU’s

point of contact. You can reach her at (757)

443-2349, DSN 646-2349, or by e-mail at

lancasterc@daunorf.navy.mil.

AFIT CMGT 545 ............................ CON 104 Principles of Contract Pricing

LAWS 550 ............................. CON 210 Government Contract Law

LOG 260 ............................... LOG 205 Provisioning

ALMC Materiel Acquisition .......... ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition

Management (MAM) Management

Course

AFCATC (LTF) L3OQR63A1-001 .................. ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition

(5 weeks) Management

L3ABR6C031-005 ................. PUR 101 Simplified Acquisition Fundamentals

NPS EO 4011 ................................ SYS 201 Intermediate SPRDE

MN 3221 ............................... ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition

Management

MN 3222 ............................... ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition

MN 3303 ............................... CON 101 Basics of Contracting

MN 3304 ............................... CON 104 Fundamentals of Contract Pricing

CON 204 Intermediate Contract Pricing

MN 3309 ............................... SAM 201 Intermediate Software Acquisition

Management

MN 3312 ............................... CON 210 Government Contract Law

MN 3315 ............................... CON 202 Intermediate Contracting

MN 3384 ............................... PQM 101 Production, Quality and Manufacturing

Fundamentals

PQM 201 Intermediate Production, Quality and

Manufacturing

MN 4371 ............................... CON 333 Management for Contracting

Supervisors

MN 4470 ............................... LOG 304 Executive Acquisition Logistics

Management

School Course Equivalent DAU Course(s)

DOD SCHOOL EQUIVALENCIES
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NPS (continued) OS 4601 ................................ TST 202 Intermediate Test and Evaluation

TST 301 Advanced Test and Evaluation

Acquisition & Contract...... CON 101 Basics of Contracting

Management (815) CON 104 Fundamentals of Contract Pricing

Degree Program CON 202 Intermediate Contracting

CON 204 Intermediate Contract Pricing

CON 210 Government Contract Law

CON 301 Executive Contracting

CON 333 Management for Contracting

Supervisors

Systems Acquisition .......... ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition

Management (816) Management

Degree Program ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition

CON 101 Basics of Contracting

LOG 304 Executive Acquisition Logistics

Management

PMT 302 Advanced Program Management

PQM 101 Production, Quality and Manufacturing

Fundamentals

PQM 201 Intermediate Production, Quality and

Manufacturing

SAM 201 Intermediate Software Acquisition

Management

SYS 201 Intermediate SPRDE

TST 202 Intermediate Test and Evaluation

TST 301 Advanced Test and Evaluation

US Army A423 ...................................... CON 101 Basics of Contracting

Command A424 ...................................... CON 104 Fundamentals of Contract Pricing

and General

Staff College

US Air Force Test Test Pilot School ................. TST 202 Intermediate Test and Evaluation

Pilot School

US Navy EDO EDO Basic Course .............. ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition

Management

ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition

US Navy Test Test Pilot School ................. TST 101 Introduction to Acquisition Workforce

Pilot School Test and Evaluation

TST 202 Intermediate Test and Evaluation

School Course Equivalent DAU Course(s)
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Appendix E

COLLEGE PROGRAM

EQUIVALENCIES

S

everal academic courses offered by private

and public institutions of higher education

have been certified as equivalent to mandatory acquisition courses provided by the Defense Acquisition University. In many cases,

these courses can be used to satisfy education

and training requirements for Defense Acquisition Workforce members.

This section provides contact information

for schools that have been granted equivalency status for various courses. For complete information on what courses each

school offers, the DAU course equivalent,

and effective dates, visit the DAU Website at

http://www.dau.mil or contact Ms. Cassandra

Lancaster at (757) 443-2349, DSN 646-2349, or

e-mail lancasterc@daunorf.navy.mil.

This section applies to classroom offerings

only. Individuals seeking credit for equivalency courses should provide a copy of their

college transcript(s) to their personnel office.

Athens College

300 N. Beaty Street

Athens, AL 35611

Mr. James E. Haynes

(205) 233-8116

Bowie State

14000 Jericho Road

Bowie, MD 20715-9465

(301) 464-3000

College of Southern Maryland

(formerly Charles County Community College)

P.O. Box 910

LaPlata, MD 20646-0910

Director, Mr. Rex Bishop

(301) 934-7518

College of William and Mary

Richard Bland College

Petersburg, VA 23805

Dr. Gracie M. Bailey

(804) 862-6244

Florida Institute of Technology

150 West University Boulevard

Melbourne, FL 32901

Director, Mr. Robert K. Dwyer

(407) 729-9774

Georgia College Logistics Education Center

Robbins Air Base, GA 31098-2232

Mr. Bobby Graham

(912) 926-6544

Massachusetts Bay Community College

50 Oakland Street

Wellesley Hills, MA 12181

Dean George M. Luoto

(617) 237-1100, Ext. 402

Northern Virginia Community College

Business Division, Alexandria Campus

3001 N. Beauregard Street

Alexandria, VA 22311

Dr. Ron Wheeler

(703) 845-6313

Pensacola Junior College

Warrington Campus

5555 West Highway 98

Pensacola, FL 32507

Mr. Aaron James

(904) 457-2346

Rancho Santiago College

901 E. Santa Anna Boulevard

Santa Anna, CA 92701

Director, Mr. Don Bargabus

(714) 564-4530
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San Diego City College

Business Division

1313 Twelfth Avenue

San Diego, CA 92101

Mr. Jim Conrad

(619) 532-3439

Tidewater Community College

Portsmouth Campus

Portsmouth, VA 23703

Ms. Betty Hill

(804) 484-2121

University of California, Irvine

University Extension

P.O. Box 6050

Irvine, CA 92716

Ms. Angela Jeantet

(714) 856-5736

University of Central Florida

College of Business Administration

Department of Management

P.O. Box 25000

Orlando, FL 32816-0400

Dr. Raymond L. Martin

(407) 823-2446

The University of Dallas

Graduate School of Management

Industrial Management Department

Irving, TX 75061

Dr. David Gordon

(214) 721-5354

University of the District of Columbia

College of Business and Public Management

4340 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20008

Dr. William Platzer

(202) 282-3737

University of Indianapolis

School of Business

1400 East Hanna Avenue

Indianapolis, IN 46227-3697

Dr. Robin Livesay

(317) 788-3378

The University of Phoenix

Academic Program Manager

4615 East Elwood Street

Phoenix, AZ 85040

Ms. Dorian Rivera

(602) 966-7577, Ext. 1270

The University of St. Thomas

2115 Summit Avenue

St. Paul, MN 55105

Mr. Joseph R. Clements

(651) 962-5192

University of Virginia

Division of Continuing Education

2990 Telestar Court

Falls Church, VA 22042-1279

Ms. Carol Beechler

(703) 876-6936

University of West Florida

Public Administration Program

Pensacola, FL 32514-0102

Mr. Alfred Cuzan

(904) 474-2336

Webster University

470 East Lockwood

St. Louis, MO 63119-3194

Dr. Joseph F. Olszewski

(314) 968-7463

West Coast University

400 Mobile Avenue

Camarillo, CA 93010-6313

Mr. Fred Spiegl

(805) 987-5199

Western New England College

Off-Campus Division

Devens Center

Army Education Center

Ft. Devens, MA 01433-5230

Mr. Douglas Kenyon, Adm. Director

(781) 933-1595

Hanscom Center

ABG/DPE, Bldg. 1728

Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-5000
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Appendix F

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

Acquisition employees may meet professional

association or organization continuing education requirements by taking DAU sponsored courses. DAU is a member of the International Association for Continuing Education and

Training (IACET), a nonprofit membership organization of over 650 organizations and individuals involved in continuing education and training. As such, DAU is an authorized provider of

continuing education units (CEUs), which measure continuing education participation for many

professional associations and organizations.

The following table provides the CEU for each

DAU sponsored course, which may be applied

toward professional requirements. For updates,

consult the online DAU Catalog at http://

www.dau.mil.

CEUs are not measures of academic credit. See

Appendix G for DAU courses eligible for academic credit.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

(FOR COURSES TAKEN AFTER JANUARY 1, 1997)

Course CEU

ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management

through 6/1/97 .............................................................................................................. 5.4

6/2/97-1/31/99 ............................................................................................................... 4.7

beginning 2/1/99 .......................................................................................................... 2.5

ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition

through 6/1/97 ............................................................................................................ 13.7

6/2/97-10/24/99 ............................................................................................................. 9.9

10/25/99-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................. 9.4

3/2/01-4/12/01 ............................................................................................................. 9.05

beginning 04/13/01 ...................................................................................................... 7.2

ACQ 401 Senior Acquisition Course............................................................................................. 54.0

ACQ 402 Executive Management Course ...................................................................................... 9.6

ACQ 404 Systems Acquisition Management Course for General/Flag Officers ........................ 3.2

ACQ 405 Executive Refresher Course

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 6.4

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 7.0

BCF 101 Fundamentals of Cost Analysis (formerly BCE 101)

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 9.9

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 9.2

BCF 102 Fundamentals of Earned Value Management (formerly BFM 102)

through 2/28/00 ............................................................................................................ 6.4

3/1/00-3/1/01 ................................................................................................................. 6.5

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 4.8
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Course CEU

BCF 103 Fundamentals of Business Financial Management (formerly BFM 201)

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 3.0

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 2.9

BCF 203 Intermediate Earned Value Management (formerly BFM 203)

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 8.0

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 6.3

BCF 204 Intermediate Cost Analysis (formerly BCE 204)

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 8.9

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 9.1

BCF 205 Contractor Finance for Acquisition Managers (formerly BFM 204)

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 3.0

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 2.6

BCF 206 Cost Risk Analysis (formerly BCE 206)

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 2.8

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 2.7

BCF 207 Economic Analysis (formerly BCE 207)

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 2.3

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 2.0

BCF 208 Software Cost Estimating (formerly BCE 208)

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 6.7

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 5.9

BCF 209 Selected Acquisition Report (formerly BFM 209) ......................................................... 3.0

BCF 211 Acquisition Business Management

through 9/30/99 ............................................................................................................ 4.6

10/01/99-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................. 4.2

BCF 211A Acquisition Business Management (Part A)

beginning 3/2/01 ............................................................................................................ .7

BCF 211B Acquisition Business Management (Part B)

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 3.5

BCF 301 Business, Cost Estimating, and Financial Management Workshop

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 5.4

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 5.1

BCF 802 Selected Acquisition Report Review (formerly BFM 210)

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 1.8

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 2.2

CAR 805 Contemporary Approaches to Acquisition Reform

through 9/23/99 ............................................................................................................ 4.0

9/24/99-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................... 3.6

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 3.2

CON 101 Basics of Contracting

through 9/30/97 .......................................................................................................... 15.7

10/1/97-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................. 16.0

beginning 3/2/01 ...................................................................................................... 13.55

CON 102 Operational Level Contracting Fundamentals

through 9/30/97 .......................................................................................................... 14.0
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Course CEU

CON 103 Facilities Contracting Fundamentals

through 9/30/97 .......................................................................................................... 15.7

CON 104 Principles of Contract Pricing

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 7.3

beginning 3/2/01 ........................................................................................................ 9.25

CON 202 Intermediate Contracting

through 3/1/01 ............................................................................................................ 14.8

beginning 3/2/01 ........................................................................................................ 9.95

CON 204 Intermediate Contract Pricing (formerly CON 231)

through 9/30/98 ............................................................................................................ 5.2

10/1/98-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................... 5.7

beginning 3/2/01 ........................................................................................................ 6.45

CON 210 Government Contract Law (formerly CON 201)

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 4.9

beginning 3/2/01 ........................................................................................................ 6.45

CON 211 Intermediate Contracting

through 9/30/97 .......................................................................................................... 12.5

CON 221 Intermediate Contract Administration

through 9/30/97 ............................................................................................................ 5.4

CON 222 Operational Level Contract Administration

through 9/30/97 ............................................................................................................ 8.3

CON 223 Intermediate Facilities Contracting

through 9/30/97 ............................................................................................................ 8.5

CON 232 Overhead Management of Defense Contracts

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 5.8

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 6.4

CON 233 Cost Accounting Standards Workshop .......................................................................... 8.9

CON 234 Contingency Contracting

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 8.5

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 7.5

CON 235 Advanced Contract Pricing

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 6.0

beginning 3/2/01 ........................................................................................................ 6.85

CON 236 Contractual Aspects of Value Engineering (formerly CON 212) ................................. 2.8

CON 237 Simplified Acquisition Procedures ................................................................................ 1.6

CON 241 Information Technology Contracting

through 9/30/97 ............................................................................................................ 5.4

CON 243 Architect-Engineer Contracting

through 11/2/99 ............................................................................................................ 2.8

beginning 11/3/99 ........................................................................................................ 3.2

CON 244 Construction Contracting

through 11/2/99 ............................................................................................................ 2.4

11/3/99-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................... 3.2

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 3.0
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Course CEU

CON 301 Executive Contracting

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 3.6

beginning 3/2/01 ........................................................................................................ 2.95

CON 333 Management for Contracting Supervisors

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 3.2

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 2.8

GRT 201 Grants and Agreements Management ............................................................................ 3.9

IND 101 Contract Property Administration Fundamentals

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 5.9

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 6.4

IND 102 Contract Property Disposition

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 3.8

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 3.0

IND 103 Contract Property Systems Analysis

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 2.7

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 3.0

IND 201 Intermediate Contract Property Administration

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 6.7

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 6.4

IND 202 Contract Property Management Seminar

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 2.7

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 3.0

IRM 101 Basic Information Systems Acquisition ......................................................................... 2.5

IRM 201 Intermediate Information Systems Acquisition

through 4/30/98 .......................................................................................................... 12.0

5/1/98-9/23/99 ............................................................................................................... 7.0

beginning 9/24/99 ........................................................................................................ 6.3

IRM 303 Advanced Information Systems Acquisition

through 12/31/96 ........................................................................................................ 12.8

1/1/97-9/23/99 ............................................................................................................... 9.8

9/24/99-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................... 9.1

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 8.4

LAW 801 Acquisition Law

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 4.0

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 2.6

LOG 101 Acquisition Logistics Fundamentals

through 9/30/99 ............................................................................................................ 4.5

beginning 10/1/99 ........................................................................................................ 2.4

LOG 201 Intermediate Acquisition Logistics

through 10/19/00 ........................................................................................................ 11.4

10/20/00-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................. 9.8

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 9.2

LOG 203 Reliability and Maintainability

through 5/6/01 .............................................................................................................. 1.5

beginning 5/7/01 .......................................................................................................... 1.7
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Course CEU

LOG 204 Configuration Management

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 4.0

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 2.6

LOG 205 Provisioning ...................................................................................................................... 2.8

LOG 304 Executive Acquisition Logistics Management

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 4.9

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 3.9

PMT 202 Multinational Program Management ............................................................................. 3.0

PMT 203 International Security and Technology Transfer/Control

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 3.0

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 3.2

PMT 250 Program Management Tools ............................................................................................ 8.0

PMT 302 Advanced Program Management Course

through 9/30/99 .......................................................................................................... 51.3

10/1/99-12/14/00 ......................................................................................................... 49.3

beginning 12/15/00 .................................................................................................... 47.9

PMT 303 Executive Program Manager's Course

through 9/30/99 .......................................................................................................... 12.0

10/1/99-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................. 15.6

beginning 3/2/01 ........................................................................................................ 12.0

PMT 304 Advanced International Management Workshop

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 3.0

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 4.0

PMT 305 Program Manager's Skills

through 9/30/99 ............................................................................................................ 6.0

10/1/99-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................... 5.4

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 4.0

PQM 101 Production, Quality, and Manufacturing Fundamentals

through 10/30/00 .......................................................................................................... 5.8

10/31/00-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................. 2.0

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 1.6

PQM 103 Defense Specification Management ............................................................................... 5.4

PQM 104 Specification Selection and Application ....................................................................... 3.2

PQM 201 Intermediate Production, Quality, and Manufacturing

through 11/30/00 .......................................................................................................... 9.0

beginning 12/01/00 ...................................................................................................... 7.0

PQM 202 Commercial and Nondevelopmental Item Acquisition ............................................... 1.2

PQM 203 Preparation of Commercial Item Descriptions ............................................................. 0.6

PQM 212 Market Research ................................................................................................................ 1.2

PQM 301 Advanced Production, Quality, and Manufacturing

through 9/30/99 ............................................................................................................ 9.0

10/1/99-1/28/01 ............................................................................................................. 6.8

beginning 1/29/01 ........................................................................................................ 8.3

PUR 101 Simplified Acquisition Fundamentals

through 9/30/98 ............................................................................................................ 6.4
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Course CEU

PUR 201 Intermediate Simplified Acquisition Procedures

through 9/30/98 ............................................................................................................ 6.9

SAM 101 Basic Software Acquisition Management ...................................................................... 2.7

SAM 201 Intermediate Software Acquisition Management

through 8/28/97 .......................................................................................................... 10.8

9/1/97-9/30/99 ............................................................................................................... 7.0

10/1/99-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................. 10.8

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 6.4

SAM 301 Advanced Software Acquisition Management

through 9/30/99 .......................................................................................................... 10.8

10/1/99-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................... 6.3

beginning 3/2/01 ........................................................................................................ 5.85

SYS 201 Intermediate Systems Planning, Research,

Development and Engineering

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 8.2

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 7.1

SYS 301 Advanced Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering

through 9/30/99 ............................................................................................................ 6.0

10/1/99-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................... 6.2

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 7.2

TST 101 Introduction to Acquisition Workforce Test and Evaluation

through 9/30/99 ............................................................................................................ 3.2

10/1/99-10/12/00 ........................................................................................................... 3.6

beginning 10/13/00 ...................................................................................................... 3.0

TST 202 Intermediate Test and Evaluation

through 3/1/01 .............................................................................................................. 5.8

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 4.7

TST 301 Advanced Test and Evaluation

through 9/30/99 ............................................................................................................ 2.9

10/1/99-3/1/01 ............................................................................................................... 4.0

beginning 3/2/01 .......................................................................................................... 4.2
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STATUTORY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Statutory standards for membership in the Acquisition Corps are specified in 10 U.S.C. 1732,

and implemented in DoD Instruction 5000.58,

“Defense Acquisition Workforce,” and DoD

5000.52-M, “Acquisition Career Development

Program.” The following is an abbreviated summary of Acquisition Corps education standards

prescribed in 10 U.S.C. 1732(b)(2):

• A baccalaureate degree and either:

• 24 semester credit hours of study at an accredited institution from among the following disciplines: accounting, business finance, contracting law, purchasing,

economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organization and management; or

• 24 semester credit hours of study at an accredited institution in the individual’s acquisition career field and either 12 semester credit hours from among the above

listed disciplines or training in the disciplines listed above equivalent to the 12 semester credit hours.

The option to substitute equivalent training for

the 12 semester credit hours in the disciplines

specified was provided by Sec. 812(e) of Public

Law 102-484, “The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993,” October 23, 1992,

which amended Section 1732(b)(2)(B) of Title

10, United States Code.

AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (ACE)

RECOMMENDED CREDITS

The standard of 12 semester credit hours in the

disciplines may be met by successful completion of comparable training courses which carry

an American Council on Education (ACE) credit

Appendix G

MEETING ACQUISITION CORPS EDUCATION STANDARDS

recommendation. ACE credit recommendations

for DAU courses are listed in the first table of

this Appendix.

ACE credit recommendations may only be used

to meet the 24 semester hour requirement in

business disciplines for contracting personnel

and Acquisition Corps membership if those

credit recommendations have been accepted by

and appear on an official transcript (or comparable document) from an accredited institution

of higher education. The American Council on

Education evaluates formal education and training programs and courses sponsored by Service

schools, other DoD organizations, other government agencies, business, and industry, and

makes college credit recommendations. ACE itself does not grant academic credit. Rather, ACE

evaluates courses offered by nonaccredited organizations and recommends the amount of

credit it believes a course is worthy of being

granted by an accredited institution.

Acquisition members planning to use ACE

credit recommendations for college or university degree programs must have their education and training experiences reviewed by their

institution’s admissions officer.

Courses bearing ACE credit recommendations

are offered at DoD schools, other Federal agencies,

and through business and industry-sponsored

programs. Descriptions of these courses, along

with their corresponding credit hour recommendations and subject area designations, are

contained in four volumes published by ACE:

The Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services (three volumes)

and The National Guide to Educational Credit for

Training Programs (one volume), which contains courses offered by other Federal agencies

and the private sector. ACE guides are typically

available in civilian personnel training offices

and in DoD education centers.
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AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (ACE) RECOMMENDED

COLLEGE CREDIT HOURS FOR DAU COURSES

ACE

Course Course Title Identifier

CURRENT DAU COURSES AND ACE RECOMMENDATIONS

ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management DD-1408-0030

(Distance Learning) Version II

ACQ 201 Intermediate Systems Acquisition DD-1408-0020

BCF 101 Fundamentals of Cost Analysis DD-1115-0001

(formerly BCE 101, Fundamentals of Cost Analysis)

(refer to 1998 ACE Guide)

BCF 102 Fundamentals of Earned Value Management2 DD-1408-0027

BCF 203 Intermediate Earned Value Management DD-1408-0028

BCF 208 Software Cost Estimating DD-1402-0005

Version II

BCF 211 Acquisition Business Management DD-1408-0034

BCF 301 Budget, Cost Estimating, and Financial DD-1408-0017

Management Workshop

CON 101 Basics of Contracting DD-1408-0032

(formerly CON 101, Contracting Fundamentals)

CON 104 Principles of Contract Pricing5 DD-1405-0004

(Formerly CON 104, Contract Pricing)

CON 202 Intermediate Contracting DD-1405-0007

CON 204 Intermediate Contract Pricing DD-1405-0006

(Formerly CON 231, Intermediate Contract Pricing) Version II

CON 210 Government Contract Law6 DD-0326-0007

CON 233 Cost Accounting Standards Workshop AR-1401-0021

Version II

COLLEGE CREDIT HOURS FOR DAU COURSES

The following table shows the current ACE college credit hours recommended for DAU

courses as semester hours and applicable

date restrictions. For more information or for

DAU courses taken prior to the dates listed

below, please refer to the Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed

Services at your education center or college.

For updates to these recommendations, consult the online Catalog at http://www.dau.mil.

The DAU point of contact for the University’s

ACE accreditation is Dr. Joel Zamkoff; he can be

reached at (703) 805-4974, (410) 997-4616, or

zamkoff_joel@dau.mil.
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Effective College Credit Hours

Dates for DAU Courses Specialty Area

CURRENT DAU COURSES AND ACE RECOMMENDATIONS

11/98–Present 2 semester hours, lower division Acquisition Management1

baccalaureate/associate category

6/96–Present 4 semester hours, upper division Acquisition Management

baccalaureate category

6/96–Present 3 semester hours, lower division Introduction to Applied Statistics,

baccalaureate/associate category Cost Estimating and Analysis

10/97–Present 3 semester hours, lower division Management

baccalaureate/associate category

12/97–Present (Both courses must be completed.)

5/97–Present 3 semester hours, lower division Acquisition and Cost Estimating

baccalaureate/associate category

4/98–Present 2 semester hours, lower division3 Contract Management

baccalaureate/associate category

6/96–Present 2 semester hours, upper division Financial Management

baccalaureate category

10/97–Present 3 semester hours, lower division4 Contract Management

baccalaureate/associate category

1/93–Present 3 semester hours, upper division Procurement/Supply Management

baccalaureate category

10/97–Present 4 semester hours, upper division Contract Management

baccalaureate category

4/99–Present 3 semester hours, upper division Quantitative Methods, Quantitative

baccalaureate category Analysis, Cost and Pricing Techniques;

OR Contract Costing

1/97–Present 2 semester hours, upper division Public Sector Contract Law

baccalaureate category

10/93–Present 2 semester hours, upper division Cost Accounting Standards

baccalaureate category
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ACE

Course Course Title Identifier

CURRENT DAU COURSES AND ACE RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.)

CON 234 Contingency Contracting DD-1408-0033

IRM 101 Basic Information Systems Acquisition DD-1408-0036

(Distance Learning)

IRM 201 Intermediate Information Systems Acquisition DD-0326-0006

IRM 303 Advanced Information Systems Acquisition DD-0326-0005

LOG 201 Intermediate Acquisition Logistics DD-0326-0009

LOG 205; Provisioning AR-1405-0221

ALMC-AH (Army Provisioning Process) Version II

LOG 304 Executive Acquisition Logistics Management DD-0326-0004

PMT 302 Advanced Program Management DD-1408-0018

PMT 303 Executive Program Manager’s Course DD-1408-0019

PMT 305 Program Manager’s Skills Course7 DD-1408-0021

(Formerly PMT 305, Program Manager’s Survival Course)

PQM 103 Defense Specification Management DD-1408-0029

PQM 201 Intermediate Production, Quality, and Manufacturing8 DD-1408-0024

PQM 301; Advanced Production, Quality, and Manufacturing DD-1408-0010

PRD 301 (Formerly Defense Acquisition Engineering, Manufacturing,

and Quality Control)

SAM 101 Basic Software Acquisition Management DD-1408-0037

(Distance Learning)

SAM 201 Intermediate Software Acquisition Management DD-1408-0013

SAM 301 Advanced Software Acquisition Management9 DD-1402-0004

SYS 201 Intermediate Systems Planning, Research, Development DD-1402-0011

and Engineering

SYS 301 Advanced Systems Planning, Research, Development DD-1408-0016

and Engineering

TST 202 Intermediate Test and Evaluation DD-1408-0022
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Effective College Credit Hours

Dates for DAU Courses Specialty Area

CURRENT DAU COURSES AND ACE RECOMMENDATIONS (continued) CURRENT DAU COURSES AND ACE RECOMMENDATIONS (cont.)

5/99–Present 3 semester hours Contract Management and

graduate category International Management

9/99–Present 2 semester hours, lower division Acquisition Management; or

baccalaureate/associate category Business Management

10/95–Present 3 semester hours, upper division Acquisition of Information Systems

baccalaureate category as an elective in a Management

Information Systems Program

10/95–Present 3 semester hours Management of Information Systems

graduate category Acquisition as an elective in a Management Information Systems Program

3/99–Present 3 semester hours, upper division Procurement; or Logistics Management

baccalaureate category

1/93–Present 3 semester hours, lower division Supply Management

baccalaureate/associate category

8/96–Present 3 semester hours, upper division Channel Management and Logistics

baccalaureate category

3/95–Present 9 semester hours 3 in Financial Management;

graduate category 3 in Operations Management; and

3 in Technical Management

8/94–Present 3 semester hours Program Management

graduate category

6/96–Present 1 semester hour Program Management

graduate category

4/98–Present 2 semester hours, lower division Procurement

baccalaureate/associate category

10/94–Present 3 semester hours, upper division Production and Operations Management;

baccalaureate category or Procurement (Supply) Management

10/93–Present 3 semester hours Business Administration; or

graduate category Technical Management

12/98–Present 2 semester hours, lower division Software Systems Procurement

baccalaureate/associate category Management

6/96–Present 3 semester hours, upper division Acquisition Management

baccalaureate category

11/95–Present 3 semester hours, upper division Management Information Systems

baccalaureate category

10/94–Present 3 semester hours, upper division Systems Engineering

baccalaureate category

6/96–Present 3 semester hours Technical Management

graduate category

8/96–Present 3 semester hours, upper division Data Analysis and Modeling

baccalaureate category
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ACE

Course Course Title Identifier

COURSES STILL VALID FOR CREDIT BUT NO LONGER OFFERED

ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management DD-1408-0012

ACQ 101 Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management DD-1408-0030

Version I

ACQ 201; Intermediate Systems Acquisition (Acquisition Basics) DD-1408-0011

PMT 201;

DSMC-37

BFM 102 Contract Performance Management Fundamentals DD-1408-0014

BFM 203 Intermediate Contract Performance Management DD-1408-0015

CON 101 Contracting Fundamentals by Correspondence AR-0326-0054

Version II

CON 101 Contracting Fundamentals AR-0326-0053

(Management of Defense Acquisition Contracts Basic) Version II

CON 102 Operational Level Contracting Fundamentals DD-1405-0003

CON 103 Facilities Contracting Fundamentals DD-1402-0009

CON 105 Operational Level Contract Pricing DD-1405-0001

CON 106 Facilities Contracts Pricing DD-1402-0008

CON 211 Intermediate Contracting AR-0326-0057

CON 211; Intermediate Pre-Award Contracting AR-0326-0010

8D-F12 (Management of Defense Acquisition Contracts Advanced)

(Management of Acquisition Contracts Advanced)

CON 221 Intermediate Contract Administration DD-1405-0005

CON 223 Intermediate Facilities Contracting DD-1402-0007

CON 231 Intermediate Contract Pricing DD-1405-0006

Version I

CON 241 Automated Information Systems Contracting DD-1402-0006

LOG 201 Intermediate Acquisition Logistics AR-0326-0055

Version II
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COURSES STILL VALID FOR CREDIT BUT NO LONGER OFFERED

Effective College Credit Hours

Dates for DAU Courses Specialty Area

9/94–5/97 3 semester hours, lower division Acquisition Management

baccalaureate/associate category

6/97–1/9910 3 semester hours, lower division Acquisition Management

baccalaureate/associate category

10/90–5/96 4 semester hours, upper division Systems Management

baccalaureate category

7/95–10/97 3 semester hours, upper division Management

baccalaureate category

3/96–10/97 (Both courses must be completed.)

10/93–3/97 3 semester hours, upper division Logistics Management

baccalaureate category

10/93–3/97 3 semester hours, upper division Logistics Management

baccalaureate category

3/95–9/97 3 semester hours, upper division Procurement/Supply Management

baccalaureate category

10/96–9/97 3 semester hours, upper division Procurement/Supply Management

baccalaureate category

1/95–3/96 3 semester hours, upper division Procurement/Supply Management

baccalaureate category

10/96–9/97 3 semester hours, upper division Procurement/Supply Management

baccalaureate category

6/94–4/99 2 semester hours, upper division Contract Management

baccalaureate category or

1 semester hour, graduate category

(Only one of the above can be granted.)

1/90–5/94 2 semester hours, upper division Acquisition Management

baccalaureate category or

1 semester hour, graduate category Contract Management

(Only one of the above can be granted.)

6/96–9/97 2 semester hours, upper division Procurement/Supply Management

baccalaureate category

11/96–9/97 2 semester hours, upper division Procurement/Supply Management

baccalaureate category

4/95–1/99 3 semester hours, upper division Procurement/Supply Management

baccalaureate category

4/93–8/96 3 semester hours, upper division Management Information Systems

baccalaureate category

9/91–5/97 2 semester hours, upper division Procurement

baccalaureate category or

1 semester hour Advanced Logistics Management

graduate category
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LOG 202; Logistics Support Analysis AR-0326-0056

ALMC-LR (Defense Basic Logistics Support Analysis)

PMT 301 Program Management DD-1408-0007

PMT 341 Systems Acquisition for Contracting Personnel DD-1408-0009

(Executive)

PQM 103; Defense Specification Management AR-1408-0035

ALM-34-0235 Version II

PRD 301 Defense Acquisition Engineering, Manufacturing, DD-1408-0010

and Quality Control

PUR 101; Purchasing Fundamentals (Small Purchase Funds) AR-1408-0187

ALMC-B3 (Defense Small Purchase Basics)

PUR 101 Simplified Acquisition Fundamentals DD-0326-0008

PUR 201; Executive Small Purchase (Defense Small Purchase AR-1408-0188

ALMC-B4 Advanced)

PUR 201 Intermediate Simplified Acquisition Fundamentals DD-1408-0031

COURSES STILL VALID FOR CREDIT BUT NO LONGER OFFERED (cont.)

ACE

Course Course Title Identifier

1

2000 ACE Guide reflects specialty area as Procurement and Logistics Management; however, correct specialty should be Acquisition Management (pending correction). 2

ACE recommended credits apply to resident version only. Online version pending review.

3

2000 ACE Guide erroneously states 3 semester hours; however, the correct number should be 2 semester hours (pending correction). 4

2000 ACE Guide erroneously states 2 semester hours; however, the correct number should be 3 semester hours. Also, specialty area should be Contract Management

rather than Procurement and Logistics Management as stated in the Guide.

5

2000 ACE Guide shows title as Contract Pricing; however, current course name is Principles of Contract Pricing. Predecessor course names were Fundamentals of

Contract Pricing and Contract Pricing (pending correction).
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COURSES STILL VALID FOR CREDIT BUT NO LONGER OFFERED (cont.)

Effective College Credit Hours

Dates for DAU Courses Specialty Area

6

2000 ACE Guide reflects old course number of CON 201 (pending correction). 7

2000 ACE Guide shows old course name, Program Manager’s Survival (pending correction). 8

2000 ACE Guide shows course name as Intermediate Production and Quality Management Fundamentals (pending correction). 9

2000 ACE Guide shows course name as Software Acquisition Management (pending correction). 102000 ACE Guide shows end date of 10/98; however, Feb 1999 ACE evaluation documentation shows correct end date of 1/99 (pending correction).

1/90–1/96 2 semester hours, upper division Materiel Acquisition Process and

baccalaureate category or Support Systems

1 semester hour

graduate category

(Only one of the above can be granted.)

2/90–6/95 2 semester hours, upper division Financial Planning and Analysis

baccalaureate category

9 semester hours 3 in Leadership and Group Decision

graduate category Process;

3 in Systems Management; and

3 in Survey of Program/Operations/

Manufacturing Management

1/90–9/97 3 semester hours Procurement Management

graduate category

5/93–3/98 1 semester hour, lower division Procurement

baccalaureate/associate category

10/93–9/94 3 semester hours Business Administration; or

graduate category Technical Management

1/90–9/97 2 semester hours, upper division Basic Purchasing

baccalaureate category

10/97–9/98 3 semester hours, lower division Basic Acquisition

baccalaureate/associate category

9/90–11/97 2 semester hours, upper division Purchasing

baccalaureate category

10/97–9/98 3 semester hours, upper division Procurement

baccalaureate category
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Acquisition SEM

Education DSST or CLEP Credit

Requirement Examination Hours

Accounting DSST 525 - Principles of Financial Accounting 3

Business Finance DSST 524 - Principles of Finance 3

Economics CLEP 036 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3

CLEP 037 - Principles of Microeconomics 3

Law DSST 534 - Business Law II 3

Marketing CLEP 023 - Principles of Marketing 3

Organization and DSST 530 - Personnel/Human Resources Management 3

Management

DSST 531 - Organization Behavior 3

Quantitative Methods DSST 450 - Principles of Statistics 3

COLLEGE CREDIT THROUGH EXAMINATION

Employees who are required to have 24 semester credit hours in the business disciplines to qualify for the Acquisition Corps or

for contracting positions or, if they had less

than 10 years of acquisition experience as of

October 1, 1991, may also be able to meet all

or part of the credit hour requirement through

successful completion of examinations administered by the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES). Eligibility

requirements and application procedures are

described in the DAU Pamphlet, “Prepare for

Advancement through Testing,” available at

civilian training offices or via the DAU Home

Page at http://www.dau.mil.

Whenever semester credit hours are required

for certification, DANTES examinations may be

substituted.

DANTES sponsors the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSSTs) through the College

Board and the Educational Testing Service

(ETS). Seven tests are available, and a passing

score on an examination qualifies for 3 semester credit hours toward the Acquisition Corps

education standard.

Tests are administered to eligible personnel at

military education offices that have DANTES

Test Centers. A directory of military education

offices is available on the DANTES World Wide

Web Home Page (http://voled.doded.mil/

dantes). The following table provides information on the tests and the credit hours that may

be applied toward the Acquisition Corps education standards.

COLLEGE LEVEL EXAMINATION PROGRAM (CLEP)

DANTES SUBJECT STANDARDIZED TESTS (DSST)

DAU

AFFILIATED SCHOOLS (COURSE PROVIDERS)

INFORMATION RESOURCES

MANAGEMENT COLLEGE (IRMC)

Direct DAU transcript inquiries to: Lisa Johnson

Phone: 703-805-2146, DSN 655-2146Fax: 703-805-3709/3983, DSN 655-3709/3983E-mail: Johnson_Lisa@dau.mil

Request Form Website:

http://www.dsmc.dsm.mil/forms/transcript.htm

Mailing Address:

Defense Systems Management College9820 Belvoir RoadATTN: HQ-AS-REGFort Belvoir, VA 22060-5565

INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE

ARMED FORCES (ICAF)

Direct DAU transcript inquiries to: Iris Boon

Phone: 202-685-2128, DSN 325-2128Fax: 202-685-3935, DSN 325-3935E-mail: booni@ndu.edu

Request Form Website: N/AMailing Address:

National Defense UniversityATTN: Registrar, NDU/AABuilding 62, Rm 301300 5th AvenueFort McNair, DC 20319-5066

FORMER DAU COURSE PROVIDERS

AF CONTRACTING/ACQUISITION

TRAINING CENTER, LACKLAND AFB, TX

(No longer provides training for DAU)

Direct transcript inquiries for DAU coursestaken prior to April 9, 1999 to: Ssgt Tondra Fry

Phone: 210-671-4937, DSN 473-4937Fax: 210-671-3314, DSN 473-3314E-mail: tondra.fry@lackland.af.mil

Mailing address:

Training Manager345 TRS/DOR1015 Femoyer StreetBuilding 10904Lackland AFB, TX 78236-5444

DLA TRAINING CENTER, COLUMBUS, OH

(Previously known as DLA Civilian Personnel SupportOffice (DCPSO)) (No longer provides training for DAU)

Direct transcript inquiries for DAU coursestaken prior to April 9, 1999 to: Evelyn Saunders

Phone: 614-692-6163, DSN 850-6163Fax: 614-692-5974, DSN 850-5974E-mail: evelyn.saunders@dtc.dla.mil

Mailing Address:

DLA Training CenterATTN: DTC-D380 Morrison RoadColumbus, OH 43213

DEFENSE CONTRACT

AUDIT INSTITUTE (DCAI)

(No longer provides training for DAU)

Direct DAU transcript inquiries to:

Sandra DavidsonPhone: 901-325-6383, DSN not availableFax: 901-325-6350E-mail: sandra.davidson@dcaa.mil

Mailing Address:

DCAA-Defense Contract Audit Institute4075 Park AvenueMemphis, TN 38111-7492

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ol (NPS)); Rock Island, IL

Army Management Engineer

); San Diego, CA (previously

re Assessment Division

River, MD; Germany (previ

h European Command Con

ffice (EUCOM CTO))

quiries to: Karen Olszak

62, DSN 646-2362

 DSN 646-2343

daunorf.navy.mil

ak

t, Suite 660

-3384

HUENEME, CA CAMPUS

aval Facilities Contracts Training

quiries to: Mike Gonzales

46, DSN 551-2846

 DSN 551-2279

mc@nfctc.navy.mil

Hueneme, CA Campus

ales

treet, Suite 5

 93043-4425

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

AVY (RESEARCH,

, AND ACQUISITION)

le for DAU courses taken after the

 FY 93.)

quiries to: Lisa Johnson

46, DSN 655-2146

/3983, DSN 655-3709/3983

Lisa@dau.mil

ite:

sm.mil/forms/transcript.htm

on University

2060-5565

dent information. DAU can only guarantee transcripts for residentcourses taken since the University was established.In order to obtain a transcript or additional information regardingresident courses taken, please contact the appropriate school or location in which the course was taken. Attached is a listing of all theschools and their contact information.To obtain a transcript for a Web-based course taken through DAU,visit the DAU Virtual Campus Website at https://dau.fedworld.gov.You must have a student account; once you have logged on andreached the Student Desktop, select “Request Transcript,” then follow the directions provided. You also may contact the DAU-FortBelvoir POC listed below for assistance:

POC: Lisa Johnson

Phone: 703-805-2146, DSN 655-2146Fax: 703-805-3709/3983, DSN 655-3709/3983E-mail: Johnson_Lisa@dau.mil

Mailing Address:

Defense Acquisition UniversityDSMC Fort Belvoir Campus9820 Belvoir RoadATTN: HQ-AS-REGFort Belvoir, VA 22060-5565

After completion, mail or Fax this completed form to the appropriatelocation (addresses and contact information are attached).PLEASE ALLOW THREE (3) WEEKS FOR PROCESSING.ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS FORM SHOULD BE DIRECTED TOTHE DAU REGISTRAR’S OFFICE AT: DSN 655-3003, COMMERCIAL(703) 805-3003, OR TOLL FREE 1-888-284-4906.
ol (NPS)); Rock Island, IL

Army Management Engineer

)); San Diego, CA (previously

re Assessment Division

 River, MD; Germany (previ

h European Command Con

ffice (EUCOM CTO))

quiries to: Karen Olszak

362, DSN 646-2362

, DSN 646-2343

daunorf.navy.mil

ak

t, Suite 660

-3384

 HUENEME, CA CAMPUS

aval Facilities Contracts Training

quiries to: Mike Gonzales

846, DSN 551-2846

, DSN 551-2279

mc@nfctc.navy.mil

Hueneme, CA Campus

ales

treet, Suite 5

 93043-4425

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

AVY (RESEARCH,

T, AND ACQUISITION)

ble for DAU courses taken after the

n FY 93.)

quiries to: Lisa Johnson

146, DSN 655-2146

/3983, DSN 655-3709/3983

Lisa@dau.mil

site:

sm.mil/forms/transcript.htm

on University

2060-5565

dent information. DAU can only guarantee transcripts for residentcourses taken since the University was established.In order to obtain a transcript or additional information regardingresident courses taken, please contact the appropriate school or location in which the course was taken. Attached is a listing of all theschools and their contact information.To obtain a transcript for a Web-based course taken through DAU,visit the DAU Virtual Campus Website at https://dau.fedworld.gov.You must have a student account; once you have logged on andreached the Student Desktop, select “Request Transcript,” then follow the directions provided. You also may contact the DAU-FortBelvoir POC listed below for assistance:

POC: Lisa Johnson

Phone: 703-805-2146, DSN 655-2146Fax: 703-805-3709/3983, DSN 655-3709/3983E-mail: Johnson_Lisa@dau.mil

Mailing Address:

Defense Acquisition UniversityDSMC Fort Belvoir Campus9820 Belvoir RoadATTN: HQ-AS-REGFort Belvoir, VA 22060-5565

After completion, mail or Fax this completed form to the appropriatelocation (addresses and contact information are attached).PLEASE ALLOW THREE (3) WEEKS FOR PROCESSING.ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS FORM SHOULD BE DIRECTED TOTHE DAU REGISTRAR’S OFFICE AT: DSN 655-3003, COMMERCIAL(703) 805-3003, OR TOLL FREE 1-888-284-4906.
DAU

AFFILIATED SCHOOLS (COURSE PROVIDERS)

INFORMATION RESOURCES

MANAGEMENT COLLEGE (IRMC)

Direct DAU transcript inquiries to: Lisa Johnson

Phone: 703-805-2146, DSN 655-2146Fax: 703-805-3709/3983, DSN 655-3709/3983E-mail: Johnson_Lisa@dau.mil

Request Form Website:

http://www.dsmc.dsm.mil/forms/transcript.htm

Mailing Address:

Defense Systems Management College9820 Belvoir RoadATTN: HQ-AS-REGFort Belvoir, VA 22060-5565

INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE

ARMED FORCES (ICAF)

Direct DAU transcript inquiries to: Iris Boon

Phone: 202-685-2128, DSN 325-2128Fax: 202-685-3935, DSN 325-3935E-mail: booni@ndu.edu

Request Form Website: N/AMailing Address:

National Defense UniversityATTN: Registrar, NDU/AABuilding 62, Rm 301300 5th AvenueFort McNair, DC 20319-5066

FORMER DAU COURSE PROVIDERS

AF CONTRACTING/ACQUISITION

TRAINING CENTER, LACKLAND AFB, TX

(No longer provides training for DAU)

Direct transcript inquiries for DAU coursestaken prior to April 9, 1999 to: Ssgt Tondra Fry

Phone: 210-671-4937, DSN 473-4937Fax: 210-671-3314, DSN 473-3314E-mail: tondra.fry@lackland.af.mil

Mailing address:

Training Manager345 TRS/DOR1015 Femoyer StreetBuilding 10904Lackland AFB, TX 78236-5444

DLA TRAINING CENTER, COLUMBUS, OH

(Previously known as DLA Civilian Personnel SupportOffice (DCPSO)) (No longer provides training for DAU)

Direct transcript inquiries for DAU coursestaken prior to April 9, 1999 to: Evelyn Saunders

Phone: 614-692-6163, DSN 850-6163Fax: 614-692-5974, DSN 850-5974E-mail: evelyn.saunders@dtc.dla.mil

Mailing Address:

DLA Training CenterATTN: DTC-D380 Morrison RoadColumbus, OH 43213

DEFENSE CONTRACT

AUDIT INSTITUTE (DCAI)

(No longer provides training for DAU)

Direct DAU transcript inquiries to:

Sandra DavidsonPhone: 901-325-6383, DSN not availableFax: 901-325-6350E-mail: sandra.davidson@dcaa.mil

Mailing Address:

DCAA-Defense Contract Audit Institute4075 Park AvenueMemphis, TN 38111-7492

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