AIG Support Services
Examples of Support Services
Provided to DAU
- AT&L Career Workforce Management
- Production, Quality and Manufacturing Curriculum Review
- Support of direct Congressional tasking to DAU
- DHS Quick Look Study
- Course Support/Development
- Development: Technical Leadership in Systems Engineering
- Course Instruction: Intermediate Systems Acquisition Course (ACQ 201)
- Course Instruction: Intermediate Test and Evaluation Course (TST 202)
Case Study Support
(Example tasks that have been successfully provided to DAU)
- Interview Program Managers, Program Executive Officers, and Defense Contractor key personnel.
- Identify decisions, dilemmas, and challenges as candidates for case study design and development.
- Design, develop, and write case studies that stimulate critical thinking skill and prepare course graduates to meet the real-life challenges they will encounter on the job.
- Assist faculty on developing and teaching case studies and course frameworks.
- Teach case studies to students attending the PMT 401 Course and other DAU courses, as required.
- Review, update and revise case studies, as required.
- Assist in the development of the conceptual and philosophical foundation, curriculum outline and schedule, and detailed curriculum for DAU courses.
- Assist in the professional development of selected faculty to support DAU courses.
- Provide advice and assistance to DAU faculty in interviewing, gathering useful information for "analysis and decision" case studies, writing analysis and decision case studies, and preparing teaching plans for these case studies.
- Provide advice and mentoring to DAU faculty to assist them in using case studies in the classroom.
- Actively participate in the PMT 401 Team and/or one or more sub-Teams, which have been charged with developing the course.
- Lead or participate in panel discussions for special workshops, seminars or symposia on education and training policies.
Subject Matter Expertise
(Example tasks that have been successfully provided to DAU)
- Edit the competencies of all DAU courses providing a simplified summary with rationale for the simplification, revised formatting and traceability. This product will be tailored to the direction Acquisition Workforce Career Management Office, DAU in establishing career field standards for competency promulgation.
- Prepare an analysis of and competency summary from field focus group inputs for all acquisition career fields.
- Analyze other agency competency approaches and prepare recommendations for specified career fields.
- Update the Integrated Program Management Guide, provided to DAU for use by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). Subtasks include coordinating with the Learning Capabilities Integration Center Department (LCIC), course managers, and the DAU performance support director to update this guide for use as a reference and for performance support tasks as funding is made available.
- Conduct periodic reviews of DAU guidebooks and develop revisions to incorporate new policies and guidelines in accordance with the needs of the sponsor for each guidebook.
- Support the DAU courses with recommended adjustments to course content and structure based on analysis of student pre and post-course inputs and other related observations and materials.
- Identify and propose problems, dilemma, and challenges as candidates for case study design and development.
- Design, develop, and originate cases studies and teaching guides and/or assist in the development, presentation and assessment of problem-based learning exercises, case studies, distance learning, and simulation exercises.
- Participate in and support Department of defense staff studies, policy development efforts/reviews, and factfinding activities being executed by DAU.
- Provide support for A-76 courses.
- Provide certified personnel or other personnel approved by DAU to teach DAU courses at all worldwide locations based on university requirements and mutually agreed lead time.
Acquisition Training Technical Support
(Example tasks that have been successfully provided to DAU)
- Provide executive-level studies and analysis support, including but not limited to DoD's integrated architecture and acquisition management frame work, as well as support in the development of acquisition-related policies, processes and practices, and distance learning initiatives.
- Provide the DAU senior staff with legal analysis on topical issues, such as copyright protection and foreign national visits, as well as other issues related to acquisition.
- Maintain historical files on the Report of the Acquisition Law Advisory Panel (The Section 800 Panel) and subsequent.
- Provide support for special studies for the President and other DAU executives.
- Develop and present segments (electives and special briefings/workshops) in the functional areas of acquisition initiatives.
- Perform duties in support of the Functional Integrated Product Team (FIPT) for all functional areas of the Defense acquisition workforce; assist in the development of acquisition-related curricula and the related educational and training budgets for the program. In addition, support all Communities of Practice.
Administrative Assistance and Support
(Example tasks that have been successfully provided to DAU)
- Provide administrative and operational support services in support of DAU's mission to deliver the acquisition curriculum to its target audience in the AT&L workforce.
- Work closely with program directors, course managers, course faculty and other support staff to ensure all work processes are accomplished to guarantee training materials are accurately prepared, electronically archived, and staged for each course offering. Timely and accurate setup of all course materials is required for course offerings. Review/modify student information for currency and accuracy.
- Read and processes incoming correspondence, reports, and travel requests. Distribute documents to appropriate division personnel.
- Review, edit and assemble course material, correspondence and standard operating procedures (SOPs) from available information. Maintain administrative responsibility for support of the office/division, to include clerical and statistical data entry.
- Receive phone calls and visitors. Schedule meetings, conferences, and /or training for the students, staff and faculty. Maintain calendars, office schedules and participate in budget and information management activities upon request.
- Coordinate all guest speaker arrangements. Receive presentation materials and prepare for distribution to staff, faculty and students. Handle travel arrangements for guest speakers. Prepare and track payment documentation for guest speakers.
- Maintain supply inventory for classroom and office. Restock supplies as necessary.
- Retrieve division mail, internal and external, from DAU mailroom. Distribute to division as appropriate.
- Coordinate course or division support requirements with DAU offices such as video services, printing, information technology, catering, logistics, etc., as required.
