Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
CDSE-0028
Organization's ID:
ED 509
Organization:
Center for Development of Security Excellence
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
16 weeks (35 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Homeland Security, Strategic Security, or Public Safety Leadership
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to cover the ways in which the senior security manager understands how programs are assessed. This can help the manager establish and share concrete achievements or measurements (metrics) that effectively demonstrate and improve the impact of security programs and activities.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Design a strategy for assessing and evaluating security programs that identifies short- and long-term objectives and methodologies to bring about or adopt change
  • Analyze ways in which a senior security manager can collect and analyze data, employ measurements (metrics), and establish a business case to optimally convey performance of security programs
  • Evaluate approaches in which a senior security manager can effectively demonstrate accountability to commanding officers, agency heads, and policy leadership in a persuasive manner
  • Assess the effectiveness of new or existing security policies or procedures

General Topics:

  • Evolution of assessments and program evaluations
  • Evolution of assessments in the defense establishment
  • In-depth examination of a representative DoD program assessment
  • History/evolution of standards setting processes and assessment processes
  • Business of standards, criteria, measures, and metrics
  • Cost benefit analysis I and II
  • Evaluation design
  • Program implementation, improvement, and assessment
  • Conducting evaluations and assessments evaluation data analysis
  • Managerial and leadership perspectives
  • Evaluating security programs
  • Evaluating additional security programs
  • Inspectors general
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Examinations
  • Quizzes

Minimum Passing Score:

80%
Supplemental Materials