Courses - Career Development

Program Manager, Sept-Dec, 2003

BCF-2O9 REVISED IN FISCAL 2004

BCF-209, DAU's Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) Course, has been revised for fiscal 2004. Instead of one 5-day classroom course, BCF-209 will be split out to include a Web portion and an in-classroom portionin fiscal 2004. In addition, the course title has been changed to "Acquisition Reporting Course."

* BCF-209A will be two hours of Web course material, delivered via Atlas (DAB Virtual Campus). Designed for students requiring knowledge of acquisition reports and those who prepare and review reports, BCF-209A is a pre-requisite for BCF-209B and BCF-209C.

* BCF-209B and 209C are run together at the same time, in the same classroom. Those students who apply for 209B will attend only the first 2 days to learn the Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) and Defense Acquisition Executive Summary (DAES) reports using the Consolidated Acquisition Reporting System (CARS) for Major Acquisition Information Systems (MAIS) programs. The 209B students will leave after the second day

* Students who are in the BCF-209 B and 209C class, who are registered as "209C" students, must remain for the entire 4 days. BCF-209C is designed for students who prepare the APB and DAES reports, and the Selected Acquisition Report using the CARS for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs). (BCF-209C includes everything taught in BCF-209B and more.)

Certificates will be provided based upon the class in which students enrolled BCF-209B or 209C. BCF 209A/B/C are all assignment-specific courses. The BCF-209A schedule is expected to be loaded by early October 2003. The BCF-209B and BCF-209C schedules have been loaded and are available for registration; however, applications will not be processed until BCF-209A is released.

For more information on registering for DAU courses, visit the DAU Web site at http://www.dau.mil/registrar/apply.asp.> DAU TO SPLIT HYBRID COURSES IN FISCAL 2004

Beginning with the loading of the fiscal 2004 schedule, students will be required to register separately for each part of any DAU hybrid course. These courses are ACQ-201A, ACQ-201B, BCF-211A, BCF-211B, CON-104A, CON-104B (CON-104A/B are due to be replaced; however, the new courses are not yet ready to go online), LOG-201A, LOG-201B, LOG-235A, LOG-235B, PMT-352A, PMT-352B, PQM-201A, PQM-201B, SYS-201A, and SYS-201B. The Part A (WEB) of each course will become a rolling admission format and students may take it at any time, as long as the required prerequisites have been completed. There is no longer a time period requirement in which both parts must be completed. However, Part A (WEB) must be completed before a reservation in Part B (RESIDENT) will be approved for any hybrid course.

Students will be required to complete both parts of any hybrid course in order to receive credit for the course toward certification. (Note: The LOG-201A course is delivered in a correspondence format rather than a Web-based delivery)

NDIA TO SPONSOR DSAM OFFERINGS FOR INDUSTRY MANAGERS

The National Defense Industrial Association will sponsor an offering of DAUB Defense Systems Acquisition Management (DSAM) course to interested industry managers Nov. 17-21, 2003, at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Orlando, Fla; Jan. 12-16, 2004, at the Wyndham North in Dallas, Texas; and March 8-12, 2004, at the Wyndham Hotel Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City, Utah.

DSAM uses the same acquisition policy information provided to DoD students who attend DAB courses for formal acquisition certification. It is designed to meet the needs of defense industry acquisition managers in today's dynamic environment, providing the latest information related to:

* Defense acquisition policy for weapons and information technology systems including discussion of the new DoD 5000 series (directive, instruction, and guidebook).

* Defense acquisition and logistics excellence initiatives.

* Defense acquisition procedures and processes.

* The Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System and the congressional budget process.

* The relationship between requirements generation, resource allocation, science and technology activities, and acquisition programs.

For further information, contact Christy O'Hara (703) 247-2586 or e-mail cohara@ndia.org. Prospective government students must first contact Air Force Maj. Jim Ashworth at (703) 805-5809 or e-mail james.ashworth@dau.mil.

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (MSPM) DEGREE Sandra Duerinck-Ribon

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Master of Science in Program Management (MSPM) degree is coming to Fort Monmouth, N.J. The MSPM program is a great Acquisition Education, Training & Education (AET&E) opportunity. The curriculum is designed to provide federal civilian employees with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to manage and lead effectively in the federal government acquisition environment. It focuses on problem solving and decision making within the acquisition environment utilizing case studies, teaming exercises, hands-on applications, active participation, and other similar activities. You may find additional information on the MSPM program, as well as the Naval Postgraduate School, by visiting their Web site at http://www.nps.navy.mil.