The Acquisition Community and Engineering Expertise Development

Abstract

Acquisition community members are part of a team tasked with making affordable and operationally effective procurement decisions for the Department of Defense (DoD). To achieve this goal, workforce engineers and engineering teams must have and maintain a well-balanced skill set that includes an understanding of government acquisition policies and technical skills that provide the level of expertise required for their role in the acquisition process. Providing acquisition workforce engineers this skill set balance requires a partnership between the acquisition and technical communities within DoD. The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) has taken on the role of providing acquisition workers the skill sets required for success in learning the required acquisitions policies and procedures for various acquisition roles. The training provided is directly applicable, progressive, careerlong, and relevant to a particular DoD department. On the other hand, the applicable technical skill set is not being maintained with as much structure, consistency, or resourcing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA608678

Entities

People

  • Robert Galway

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Communities
  • Complex Systems
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Knowledge Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering
  • Training

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • STEM Education