Objective:
The course objective is to provide introductory-level concepts in DoD information systems acquisition.
Learning Outcomes:
- Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to learner will assess whether objectives in planning documents are stated clearly enough to support IT capability development
- Establish reasonable and practical performance expectations based on cost and schedule estimates
- Evaluate an acquisition lifecycle plan for a software-reliant system
- Create an IT measurement and analysis program
- Create appropriate acquisition strategies to promote the most effective technical and business solution
- Apply Enterprise Architecture (EA) products to ensure compliance with DoD EA strategic goals
- Develop risk mitigation approaches in support of the government's evaluation and management of the given IT acquisition
- Create appropriate acquisition strategies to promote the most effective technical and business solution
- Evaluate various software development methodologies
- Apply the principles of Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) to ensure the highest quality in acquired IT products and services
- Apply system and software Quality, Verification and Validation (V&V), and Test and Evaluation (T&E) principles, processes, methods, and tools to produce, test, verify, and validate the system's technical, functional, and performance characteristics (including interoperability)
- Create appropriate acquisition strategies to promote the most effective technical and business solution
- Apply software/maintenance modification strategies to support current end user requirements and/or improved performance of delivered DoD software products
- Evaluate the Software Engineers support to the Systems Engineer throughout the life-cycle of an IT product
- Develop cybersecurity requirements regarding security measures, continuity of operations, and protection of acquisition systems and system content
- Evaluate the Software Engineers support to the Systems Engineer throughout the life-cycle of an IT product
- Decide if the contractual artifacts are an effective technical and business solution
- Apply emergent and recommended conventions in the procurement and management of IT services
- And create appropriate acquisition strategies to promote the most effective technical and business solution
General Course Topics:
- Department of Defense regulatory and technical frameworks
- Common software risks
- Software and system architectures
- Lifecycle reviews
- Software development and integration processes
- Software standards
- Cybersecurity
- Software and system measures
- Testing
- Contracting issues
- Software quality
- Best practices for the management of software systems