Principles of Defense Acquisition Management
(MASL P159200)
From Left to Right- IDARM Program Manager, Dr. Elisabeth Wright, and IDARM Adjunct Faculty, LTC (Ret) Richard Zimmerman (USA) and Dr. Adelia Ritchie. IDARM offers a two-week “Principles of Defense Acquisition Management” course at the US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California twice yearly.
Key Course Objectives
Provide course participants with an understanding of the important concepts and challenges associated with defense acquisition and logistics decision making.
- Examine needs-based
requirements planning
along with the
relationship among
national security and
military strategies and
the acquisition and
logistics systems.
- Assist
countries in their
efforts to develop and
institutionalize
transparent, efficient,
and effective defense
acquisition and
logistics systems.
Course Topics
This course provides a theoretical examination of defense acquisition and logistics, combined with practical application in a variety of national settings. Additionally, international best practices are discussed along with the challenges associated with implementation. It is taught by resident and adjunct faculty from both the School of International Graduate Studies and the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy of the US Naval Postgraduate School. Faculty lectures are augmented by presentations from distinguished practitioners who are subject matter experts in various topics within acquisition and logistics.
- Defense Acquisition - Resource Management and Decision Making
- Managing Complex Defense Projects
- Multiple Objectives Criteria (MOC)
- Systems Engineering
- Capabilities-Based Requirements, Verification and Work Breakdown Structure
- Link between Requirements & Statement of Work
- Program Management
- Supply Chain Management-Strategic Purchasing
- Defense Supply Chain Management
- Procurement Contracting Overview / International Contracting
- Life Cycle Management
- Case Study with Working Group Briefings
- Guest Speakers
- Reading Assignments with Discussions
Participants
This course is designed for US and international military officers and civilian equivalents of grades 04-06 who are engaged in a broad range of acquisition fields such as policy development, strategic planning, requirements definition, logistics, program management, procurement and contracting, budgeting and execution, and systems engineering. Countries are encouraged to nominate more than one participant.
Additional
future course dates:
2-13 March, 2009 and
19-30 October, 2009.
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