Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
DAU-0333
Organization's ID:
ETM 1050 and ETM 2050V
Organization:
Defense Acquisition University
Location:
Online
Length:
14 hours
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 1 design fundamentals
Description

Objective:

This is a combination of two courses:

The objective of the ETM 1050, Design Considerations Fundamentals, Online Training (OLT) course is to explore the 24 Design Considerations at the foundational level. Learners will understand why program teams need to consider and document all statutory and regulatory requirements, as well as other design considerations, in order to translate the end-user desired capabilities into a structured system of interrelated design specifications that support delivery of required operational capability; enable trade-offs among the design considerations in support of achieving desired mission effectiveness within cost and schedule constraints; and incorporate design considerations into the set of system requirements, as some are mandated by laws, regulations or treaties, while others are mandated by the domain or DoD Component or Agency. These mandates should be incorporated during the Requirements Analysis process to achieve balance across all system requirements.

The objective of the ETM 2050V, Design Considerations for Practitioners Virtual Instructor-Led Training course is to participate in one or more synchronous, instructor-led interventions that will provide instruction, afford learners the opportunity to seek clarity from an instructor, engage in collaborative activities and projects with other learners, and enable learners to receive immediate, constructive feedback.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Recognize how balancing competitive aspects of design considerations supports program decisions
  • Recognize the impacts and implications of accessibility on design solutions
  • Recognize the impacts and implications of affordability on design solutions
  • Explain the importance of affordability analysis on the design of a system
  • Recognize the impacts and implications of anti-counterfeiting on design solutions
  • Describe anti-counterfeit mitigation activities
  • Recognize the benefits and concerns of Commercial-off-the-Shelf on design solutions
  • Recognize the impacts and implications of corrosion prevention and control on design solutions
  • Recognize the impacts and implications of Critical Safety Items (CSI) on design solutions
  • Identify the likely results of procuring CSIs from unqualified vendors
  • Recognize the impacts and implications of demilitarization and disposal on design solutions
  • Identify requirements for disposal of and demilitarizing weapons systems
  • Recognize the impacts and implications of Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) on design solutions
  • Identify the factors which cause DMSMS issues
  • Recognize the application of the DoD Standard Practice for System Safety as DoD’s life cycle Systems Engineering approach to eliminate hazards
  • Understand Human Systems Integration (HIS) domains
  • Recognize the implications of Insensitive Munition (IM) requirements
  • Recognize the importance of material risk analysis
  • Identify key points in Defense Acquisition life cycle paths with respect to the intelligence communities’ products and their impact on system design
  • Define interoperability and dependency within the context of defense acquisition
  • List uses for a Unique Item Identifier (UII)
  • Identify how the IUID Registry
  • Describe the use of modular design in a Modular Open Systems approach (MOSA) in defense acquisition
  • Recognize Operational Energy within the context of Defense Acquisition
  • Explain the role of Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation (PHS&T) on design solutions
  • Identify the activities associated with ensuring quality in design
  • Recognize Reliability & Maintainability activities
  • Identify roles of key personnel with respect to Spectrum Management in Defense Acquisition
  • Identify the goals of Standardization in Defense Acquisition
  • Identify Supportability activities and processes across the life cycle
  • Recognize survivability factors which need to be considered when designing a system
  • Recognize how typical life cycle cost drivers affect system affordability
  • Identify the three pillars of Systems Security Engineering (SSE) within the context of Defense Acquisition
  • Apply each of 24 design considerations into overall system design
  • Assess the impact of design considerations to the overall system design
  • Consider challenge of designing systems and how design considerations will apply during implementation
  • Assess the impact of design considerations on affordability
  • Assess the implications of design considerations on defense systems
  • Analyze risks
  • Document risks such as material properties, maturity, security, and availability

General Topics:

  • Affordability
  • Anti-counterfeiting
  • Commercial-off-the-shelf
  • Corrosion
  • Critical safety item
  • Demilitarization and disposal
  • Diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages
  • Environmental, safety, occupational health
  • Human Systems Integration (HSI)
  • Insensitive munitions
  • Intelligence
  • Interoperability
  • Item unique identification
  • Modular Open Systems approach
  • Operational energy
  • Packaging, handling, storage and transportation
  • Reliability and maintainability
  • Spectrum
  • Standardization
  • Supportability
  • Survivability and susceptibility
  • System security engineering
  • 24 Design Considerations, e.g., impact, implications, implementation
  • Overall system design
  • Defense system design
  • Design system risk management
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Computer Based Training
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Examinations
  • Presentations

Minimum Passing Score:

80%
Supplemental Materials