Program Management "Tools" Course

Program Manager, July, 2000 by Steve Israel, Bill Bahnmaier

Other Andersen teammates include Ann Rettie, a Partner at Andersen, responsible for providing functional guidance and supervision of all Training Development Teams. Steven Huck will provide technical guidance to the PMT 2XX team, and will work with DAU to ensure technical readiness, interactivity and interfaces are in place for course deployment.

The DSMC PMT 2XX Team consists of Bill Bahnmaier as Program Manager; Steve Israel as Project Officer; Ron Richardson, representing the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) staff; Dr. Bob Ainsley, Program Manager, Acquisition Management Curriculum Enhancement; and Chip Summers, Jesse Stewart, Dan Costello, and Norm Bull, DSMC faculty.

Contracting support will be provided by Veronica Joyner and Bill Moxham from the U.S. Army Military District of Washington Acquisition Center as well as DSMC's Director of Contracting and Logistics, John Lawless.

Looking Ahead

Development of PMT 2XX as well as the acquisition strategy continues to be on a DAU "fast track" and streamlined in format. Use of the General Services Administration schedule has shortened the award process, but has allowed for the benefits of competition to be realized. Award of the PMT 2XX contract in less then three months reflects a new way of doing business in line with current DoD initiatives and regulations to bring commercial products to the DoD market in shorter time frames.

After completion of the successful pilot, the first course offerings are scheduled to begin in January 2001.

Editor's Note: The authors welcome questions or comments on this article. Contact Israel at israel_steve@dsmc.dsm.mil. Contact Bahnmaier at bahnmaier_bill@dsmc.dsm.mil.

Israel is currently supporting DSMC as a private consultant and project Officer for development of PMT 2XX. A 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he holds a B.S. in Engineering and was recently recoiled to a one-year active-duty assignment as a US Naval Reserve rear admiral, Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA), leading the Naval Reserve Engineering Duty Program. Bahnmaier is a professor of Program Management, Program Management and Leadership Department, Faculty Division, DSMC. He holds an M.S. from the Naval Postgraduate School and is currently the Program Manager for development of PMT 2XX.

FIGURE 2
PMT 2XX Course Modules
Day  Module                               Time
01   Course Overview                    2.0 hours
     Management & Leadership            3.0 hours
     Work Breakdown Structure           2.5 hours
02   Work Breakdown Structure (cont'd)  6.5 hours
     Contracting                        1.0 hour
03   Contracting (cont'd)               4.0 hours
     Cost Estimating                    3.5 hours
04   Cost Estimating (cont'd)           6.5 hours
     Scheduling                         1.0 hour
05   Scheduling (cont'd)                7.5 hours
06   Scheduling (cont'd)                5.5 hours
     Earned Value                       2.0 hours
07   Earned Value (cont'd)              7.0 hours
     Risk Management                    0.5 hours
08   Risk Management (cont'd)           7.5 hours
09   Risk Management (cont'd)           1.0 hour
     Goal-based IPT Scenario            6.5 hours
10   Goal-based IPT Scenario (cont'd)   7.5 hours
11   Goal-based IPT Scenario (cont'd)   7.5 hours
12   Goal-based IPT Scenario (cont'd)   4.5 hours
     Course Wrap up                     3.0 hours