Rethinking Acquisition Experience for Program Manager Certification

Abstract

You have been tasked to assign someone as the program manager (PM) of a weapon system major defense acquisition program (MDAP) that is transitioning from the Technology Development (TD) Phase to the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase. All the candidates meet all the statutory and regulatory requirements to be assigned as a PM of an MDAP. Each has an impeccable record and is recognized as an accomplished acquisition professional. Each has one or more graduate degrees, has graduated from the Defense Acquisition Universitys Program Managers Course, is a member of the Acquisition Corps, and has held an acquisition Key Leadership Position (KLP). They only differ in the amount of acquisition experience they have. Based on this information, which candidate would you choose for this important job?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1016066

Entities

People

  • Jan Kinner

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force Procurement
  • Army Procurement
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Leadership
  • Lessons Learned
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Life Cycles
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Strategy
  • Program Management
  • System Software
  • Training
  • United States
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.