Medical and Public Health Law Site EVALUATION OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS' WORK
MEASUREMENT SYSTEM< EXPERT SYSTEMS IN QUALITY AND RELIABILITY FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONTROL TECHNIQUES FUNCTIONAL PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (FPI) FUNDAMENTALS FUNCTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM TECHNIQUE (FAST) HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATIONS IBM JOB CONTROL LANGUAGE FOR COBOL PROGRAMMING INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION MISSION AREA (IMA) CORE TRAINING FOR
INTERNS INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS STUDY INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: If you are specifying, implementing or
auditing MIL-STD-A or doing a technical analysis of a cost
proposal (TACP) on a work measurement system and are less than
knowledgeable about the military standard and/or work
measurement, this course is for you. Topics to be covered:
MIL-STD 1567A and DoD Handbook 345; audit process; methods
study; work measurement techniques; Pareto's Principle;
Sequential Sampling; performance rating and allowances; work
measurement system; indices such as Labor Efficiency,
Realization Factor, and Work Measurement Coverage; and Time
Standard Usage for such activities as staffing and budgeting.
PREREQUISITES: This course is for DoD procurement personnel,
plant representatives, contracting officers, defense contractor
personnel and others involved with contracts where the provisions
of MIL-STD-1567A (Work Measurement) and/or work measurements are
applicable. Enrollees would normally include engineers,
procurement officers, industrial specialists, and auditors
involved with MIL-STD-1567A and/or work measurement.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This course is designed to provide a survey
of current uses of expert systems in the fields of quality and
reliability. It is intended that students will be given
software and actually use some of the expert systems in the
classroom, and be able to apply at least one of the systems to
their work. This course focuses on the applications of expert
systems to real world problems in quality and reliability.
PREREQUISITES: This course is intended for anyone interested in
quality and reliability.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This course is designed to help manage for
the competitive advantage and survive in a competitive and
dynamic environment. Suitable for base operations, service
organizations, manufacturing or R&D organizations. This course
may be tailored to your special needs. Topics to be covered:
development of a marketing plan, a competitive analysis, and a
customer focus; and identification and development of a
marketing strategy.
PREREQUISITES: This course is designed for managers of
organizations that must increase customer service, compete for
funds in a revolving fund environment or those who desire to
grow and flourish in this competitive environment. Students do
not need a marketing degree or experience to benefit from this
training.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This course is designed to assist survival in
a dynamic and competitive environment by using financial data in
planning, control and decision making. It covers cost behavior
and types of cost; management of cost; appropriated funds
structures and budgeting methods; revolving funds and DBOF
structures; performance measurement techniques; and tools and
methods to effectively analyze and manage financial resources.
PREREQUISITES: This course is intended for operating, staff
management and action officers who are required to plan and
control the financial aspect of either a service or
manufacturing operation. This course is not designed for
experienced budget or financial personnel.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: Functional Economic Analysis (FEA) is an
essential part of the Functional Process Improvement (FPI) cycle
used within Corporate Information Management (CIM) initiatives.
Topics to be covered: what is FEA?; overview of Functional
Process Improvement; the FEA process; and the FEA report.
PREREQUISITES: This course is intended for staff functional and
information analysts responsible for design and management of
CIM initiatives; activity CIM/FPI project officers; cost
analysts; and those who will be preparing, reviewing, or
approving FEA reports.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This course is designed to enable students to
conduct a successful facilitation effort for a functional
process improvement (FPI) project. Topics to be covered: what
facilitation is and is not; what a facilitator is and is not;
traits and techniques for facilitators; facilitation techniques;
tips and people; and planning, preparing for, and conducting a
session.
PREREQUISITES: This course is for those who are about to
participate in a business process improvement project as a
facilitator.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This course demonstrates how FAST is a
powerful analysis tool that models problems and opportunities,
allowing multi-disciplined teams to conduct simultaneous
analysis. Since problems are rarely single dimensional, FAST
provides a common language allowing mixed discipline teams to
effectively communicate and resolve complex problems. Topics to
be covered: Functions defined; basic FAST; levels of
abstraction; analyzing FAST; intuitive logic; constructing FAST
models; function vs. activities; and case studies.
PREREQUISITES: This course is designed for personnel of various
backgrounds who wish to enhance the effectiveness of product and
process improvement efforts associated with acquisition and
support activities.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This course is a results-oriented business
course that balances focus on the evolving marketplace
conditions with individual requirements for creating a
change-adaptive culture; assist with creating a culture that is
"performance enhancing". Topics to be covered: building a
change-adaptive culture that can adapt to whatever changes it
encounters; impact and opportunity for improved performance;
individual accountability for driving the culture toward
customer satisfaction; change by design, default, or defiance;
leadership competencies that are conducive to effective culture
change; and using change as a source of energy.
PREREQUISITES: This course is intended for executives, senior
leadership, and managers (military/civilian).
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This course is designed to improve individual
and group performance to enhance organizational productivity.
Topics to be covered: behavioral science subjects that relate
to the field of management; overview of the field of behavioral
science; overview of the theory and research of organizational
behavior. Individual concepts include: perception, learning,
creativity, motivation, attitudes, values, behavioral change, and
stress. Individual/organization topics include: communication,
empowerment, coping with difficult people, and organization
values/culture.
PREREQUISITES: This course is for both line and staff personnel
who are or will be engaged in productivity and quality projects
and management improvement activities. It is essential in the
development program of a management analyst and all managers.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This course is designed to provide an
orientation, and practical application of IBM Job Control
Language. This will include an explanation of the various
details in writing the Job Control Language needed for the
programmer to process a COBOL program on the IBM family of
computer operating systems.
PREREQUISITES: This course is for ADP personnel currently
involved in applications development who have little or no prior
instruction in the subject. Nominees should have a basic
knowledge of computer processing in general and of the COBOL
language.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This workshop will enable participants to
build and critique Activity and Data models in a team context,
using a data-driven methodology for a functional process
improvement (FPI) project. The course covers Activity Modeling
(IDEFO); Entity Relationship Data Modeling (IDEF1X); Key-Based
Data Modeling (IDEF1X); how activity and Data Modeling are
related; and how IDEF is used in business improvement projects.
PREREQUISITES: This course is for those who are about to
participate in a business improvement project now or in the very
near future.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This course is designed to provide the
information concerning policies, procedures, and methods
required for basic understanding of U.S. industrial preparedness
and mobilization planning, both nationally and internationally.
Topics covered include: basic definitions; mobilization
history; the statutory basis of industrial preparedness planning;
the general and industrial preparedness planning structure and
organization of the DoD; the U.S. unified command structure
(theater Commanders-in-/chief); international industrial and
mobilization planning structure; the structure of the U.S.
defense industrial bases; industrial preparedness planning; the
Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS); Strategic
Materials/ Minerals/Title III programs; graduated mobilization
response; the macroeconomics of defense; current DoD component
initiatives; and a tour of mobilization facilities (or local
programs and initiatives if facilities are not available).
PREREQUISITES: This course is intended for personnel with a
minimum background and experience who are assigned industrial
preparedness and mobilization tasks in the areas such as
planning, procurement, production, contract administration,
maintenance, and material management.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: Today's environment is getting increasingly
more complex. Keep abreast of what is happening in the Army's
Information Mission Area (IMS) and career field by attending
this seminar which is presented by leading experts and
executives within the IMA field at both the DA and DoD levels.
Topics to be covered: DA's IMA oversight and future
perspectives; Federal IRM program; IMA Career program; IMA
Disciplines; AIS oversight and acquisition issues; STAMIS
programs and initiatives; Corporate Information Management
(CIM); Information Engineering and Army's Information
Architecture.
PREREQUISITES: This course is intended for individuals
responsible for management of IMA organizations, or who have
oversight of an IMA discipline or related program.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This program has been developed for U.S.
Department of Army (DA) career interns in the five (5)
disciplines of the Information Mission Area (IMA). It serves as
a suggested program of instruction (POI) which will indoctrinate
DA career interns into the Army's Information Resource
Management Program (AIRMP) before continuing with any specialized
training in their respective disciplines. This indoctrination
will aid the intern in a successful transition into the DA
Information Management (IM) Integration community. This program
consists of three major blocks of instruction: Information
Management, Analysis, and Automation. If taken in its entirety,
it consists of 13 courses requiring 14 weeks to complete. This
course of study includes such areas as information resource
management, an Overview of Computer Technology, budgeting for
information resources, conducting studies, economic analysis,
data base management, and hands-on training with the UNIX
operating system.
PREREQUISITES: Interested persons should contact their Personnel
Office for application information on specific discipline
programs. Those individuals who are not Federal employees
should contact Commander, U.S. Army Management Engineering
College, ATTN: AMXOM-IM, Rock Island, IL 61299-7040. The
prerequisites for this program are established by DA. For
further general intern information contact your Personnel
Officer or AMEC.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This course is designed to get a complete
look at the information needs of an entire organization based on
the strategic direction of the organization; identify and define
the activities (or processes) that make up your mission;
discover where data currently resides in the organization and
where it is disputed; develop a clear delineation of data
accountability; gain an understanding of how this methodology
interfaces with DoD's new Functional Process Improvement (FPI)
program using IDEF modeling. Topics to be covered: Mission
Analysis (identify/define the organization's mission, vision,
goals/objectives, critical success factors, customers,
products/services); Information Model Development
(identify/define processes, information classes, entities,
establish relationships between processes and information
classes/entities and organizational elements; identify the
linkages between IRS processes/information classes/entities and
the activities/entities/data described in IDEF activity and data
modeling); document the current information systems environment
and Data Collection techniques (including interviewing) and how
to develop the plan.
PREREQUISITES: This course is intended for members of future
study teams conducting the Information Requirements Study. Team
members should consist of key functional and information systems
personnel, led by a top management representative. It is
recommended that the executive sponsor attend this training with
the team.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE: This course is designed to help the student
gain the knowledge necessary to function within a very dynamic,
multi-disciplined environment. Topics to be covered: the theory
and emerging applications of information resource management
(IRM); IRM and the federal law; the federal and DoD Information
Resource Management Structures; the Army IM organization and how
it interrelates with DoD offices such as the Office of Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and
Intelligence (C#I) and Defense Information Systems Agency
(DISA); how DoD offices interact with federal offices such as
the General Services Administration (GSA) and Office of
Management and Budget (OMB); the Army IRM Program (AIRMP), with
the roles of the Director of Information for Command, Control,
Communication and Computers (DISC 4), Information Systems
Command (ISC), and other MACOMs closely examined; the
Information Mission Area (IMA) and its changing role in the
AIRMP; Army Information Architecture (AIA), Army Information
Engineering (AIE) methodology, planning for and acquisition of
IMA resources, and the effects of the Defense Management Report
Decisions and Corporate Information Management (CIM).
PREREQUISITES: This workshop is for entry-level journeymen and
first-line supervisors requiring a knowledge of how information
plays a part in the successful accomplishment of the
organization's mission. Functional Information Management
Officers (IMOs) will also benefit from the material presented.
Participants should be GS 5-7 or above or a military equivalent.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: None.
DoD Directives
COURSES (CONTINUED):
7A-F58
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 10 Days
AMEC-191
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 5 Days
AMEC-251
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 3 Days
7D-F7
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 5 Days
AMEC-285
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 3 Days
AMEC-298
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 4 1/2 Days
AMEC-315
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 2 Days
AMEC-309
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 1 Day
7C-F7
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 5 Days
AMEC-24
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 3 1/2 Days
AMEC-296
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 3 1/2 Days
7D-F20
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 5 Days
AMEC-227
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 5 Days
AMEC-211
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 14 Weeks
AMEC-151
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 5 Days
AMEC-178
Location: U.S. Army Management Engineering College
Rock Island, IL 61299-7040
Length: 5 Days
Course Descriptions Continued
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