Government Specifics II

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Course Length:

3 Days

Course Description:

This course covers key project management skills required in government projects: Acquisition strategies, pre-award actions, source selection, OMB Circular A-123 compliance, and strategic sourcing.

Who Should Attend:

This course is specifically developed to support Project 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:

• Develop an overall strategy for managing the acquisition, coordination, and development of the acquisition strategy to include socioeconomic considerations
• Identify key features in terms of pre-award actions required by acquisition planning (FAR Subpart 7.1)
• Formulate the key features of a comprehensive program/project specification and requirements statement
• Identify and develop source selection criteria, including risk analysis method (FAR Part 15.3)
• Identify and track contract performance and administrative actions
• Conduct financial planning and execution reviews
• Develop program/project plans in accordance with Management’s Responsibility for Internal Control (OMB Circular A-123) and Capital Asset Planning (OMB exhibit 300)
• Utilize strategic sourcing when building and finalizing requirements across the program/project

Prerequisites:

Students should have taken the Government Specifics I course.

Course Outline:

• Preparing a Plan for Total Life Cycle Management
  1. Addressing phased inputs, outputs, and deliverables
  2. Internal and External project technical reviews
  3. Audits
  4. Tradeoffs
  5. Managing modifications
  6. Cycle-time reduction techniques
• Risk and Opportunity Management
  1. Planning identification and analysis of risks
  2. Risk handling
  3. Risk monitoring
  4. Analyzing risk events
  5. Reporting status
  6. Finding critical risk nodes
  7. Schedule related risk analysis
• Requirementss Development
  1. Structuring the process for working with users
  2. Defining and refining needs
  3. Trade-off and constraints
• Developing a Process for Selecting a Design Solution
  1. Translating requirements into alternative designs
  2. Selecting final design solutions
  3. Alternative design solutions
• Contract Approach
  1. Integrating personal through a comprehensive plan
  2. Business partnerships
  3. Structuring competition
  4. Socio-economic issues
  5. Terms & conditions
  6. Contract types & selection
  7. Ensuring contractor comprehension
• FAR Subpart 7.1
  1. Continuity, coordination, & interfaces
  2. Multiple incentive structures
  3. Complex technical executions
  4. Executing contract funding
• Preparing and Issuing Solicitations
  1. Formulating key features
  2. Pre-award policies
  3. Publicizing contract actions
  4. Simplified Acquisition Procedures
  5. Sealed Bidding
• Perform Source Selection
  1. Source selection criteria
  2. Formulating a plan to allow best value selection
  3. Structuring the source selection process with a source selection evaluation