Course Length:

4 Days

Course Description:

This course covers the basics of how acquisition professionals balance risk, cost, schedule, performance, lessons learned, and the necessary management metrics to deliver quality systems/products.

Who Should Attend:

This course is specifically developed to support Project Team Leads and Managers who need to meet the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Management (FAC-P/PM) program core training requirements.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain the requirements development process.
• Define concept selection.
• Identify a technology development process.
• Perform a business strategy for market research (FAR Parts 10 and 12) to include socioeconomic considerations.

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course Outline:

• The Requirements Development Process
  1. Overview
  2. Vocabulary
  3. Predecessors
  4. Identifying Needs
  5. Prioritizing Needs
• Defining The Concept Selection Process
  1. Overview
  2. Components
  3. Vocabulary
• Defining the Preferred System Selection Process
  1. Performance Measures
  2. Technology Development Strategy Inputs
  3. Baselines
  4. Demonstrations
  5. When to Initiate an Acquisition Process
• Evaluating Possible Solutions
  1. Performance Measure Selection
  2. Performance Measure Analysis
  3. Selecting a Preferred System Concept
• Technology Development Strategy Features
  1. Analysis of Alternatives
  2. Studies to Date
  3. Draft Plans
  4. Selected Material Concepts
• Considering Customer Needs
  1. Performance Parameters
  2. Affordability Constraints
  3. Scheduling Constraints
  4. Technical Constraints
  5. Environmental Issues
  6. Joint and Combined Interoperability
• Deriving a Baseline
  1. Understanding Baselines
  2. Studying Performance and Schedule Requirements
  3. Establishing a Baseline
• Project Coordination with Users
  1. Benefits
  2. Milestone Decision Authority
  3. Planning & Preparing