Advanced Concepts and Skills for Requirements Management WELCOME! Advanced Concepts and Skills for Requirements Management Defense Acquisition University Pat Wills Associate Dean, Defense Systems Management College

Formal & informal learning at the point of need AT&L Performance Learning Model Training Courses Classroom & online DAWIA, Core Plus, & Executive Continuous Learning CL Modules - Online, self-paced learning modules Conferences - PEO / SYSCOM, Business Managers, DAU Acquisition Community Symposium Knowledge Sharing DAP - Online portal to Big A & HCI knowledge ACC - DoD's online collaborative communities Virtual Library - Online connection to DAU research collection Close the presentation by emphasizing the power of the AT&L Performance Learning Model and the variety of learning assets it makes available to them. Even when they graduate from the course they are currently taking, DAU is just a “click” or phone call away. We are their career-long university. Mission Assistance Consulting - Helping organizations solve complex acquisition problems Targeted Training - Tailored organizational training Rapid Deployment Training - On-site & online training on the latest AT&L policies Formal & informal learning at the point of need 2

We are part of the community, not just a place to take classes. Located with our Customers Region Location FY10 FY11 Capital/Northeast Fort Belvoir, VA 34,696 37,846 Mid-Atlantic California, MD 25,487 27,611 Midwest Kettering, OH 20,538 21,307 South Huntsville, AL 32,164 35,114 West San Diego, CA 28,682 30,013 In FY 02, we established five regional campuses in areas where the DoD Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics workforce is highly concentrated. (Walk around map) Each DAU location is fully equipped to accommodate student needs. Classrooms are furnished with state-of-the-art equipment to enhance the student’s learning experience. Locating near our customers allows us to avoid travel costs. We have used these cost avoidances to fund curriculum re-engineering and e-learning initiatives. Our customers are able to receive improved learning solutions at no increase in the DAU budget. Placing our resources closer to the customer allows our faculty to be real-time players with our customers, providing field organizations with performance support to help solve complex workplace issues and targeted training to supplement our regular courses . . . We are a part of the community as opposed to a place to go to take classes. We are part of the community, not just a place to take classes.

Learning assets at www.dau.mil DAU Training & CL Courses Mission Assistance DAU Online Virtual Tour http://icatalog.dau.mil/ http://www.dau.mil/ma https://acc.dau.mil/virtualtour/ Defense Acquisition Portal Acquisition Community Connection DAU Acker Library This chart shows the screen captures of key DAU web pages. https://dap.dau.mil https://acc.dau.mil/ http://www.dau.mil/Library/

QUESTIONS? Our customers, the over 128,000 members of the DoD AT&L workforce are currently facing major challenges: Projected loss of experience and knowledge Need to adapt to evolutionary advances in information technologies Necessity of streamlining infrastructure Participating in the fundamental transformation of the Department of Defense To help our customers meet these challenges, we at DAU had to transform acquisition training. We transformed: Our organization Our curriculum content and delivery methods The concept of learning to extend beyond the course itself to include continuous learning, knowledge sharing, performance support, applied research, and strategic partnerships Because of our successful efforts in transforming DAU, we were recognized as The Best Overall Corporate University in 2002 at the Corporate University Best-In-Class awards A Gold Medal winner of Brandon Hall best practices for e-learning Winner of the American Society of Training & Development BEST Award Winner of Corporate University Xchange Excellence Award Member of Training Magazine’s Top 100 Our strategy is to provide you, the members of the AT&L community, premier career-long learning options to help you add value in your vital support to the warfighter.