The Value of Training: Analysis of DAU's Requirements Management Training Results

Abstract

In response to Congress, the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) designed and fielded a course of study for Requirements Management, including a 1-week advanced classroom course. While teaching this course, the DAU faculty routinely conducts pre-testing and post-testing to assist the faculty and students in assessing learning and retention. The faculty uses data from these tests, along with student demographics, to assess the value of learning the course provides and to explore some initial assumptions about the readiness of the workforce to learn. Results show a greater than 30 percent increase in learning from pre- to post-test and debunk nearly all the preconceived notions the university held about the incoming students.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA622597

Entities

People

  • Charles M. Court
  • Gregory B. Prothero
  • Roy L. Wood

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Computer Science
  • Demography
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Information Systems
  • Management Training
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Simulations
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • STEM Education