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CERTIFICATION STANDARDS & CORE PLUS DEVELOPMENT GUIDE
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT  LEVEL3
Type of Assignment  Representative Activities
Weapon Systems   Leads and provides oversight of IPTs delivering a weapon system, C2/network-centric system, or space system.
  Leads tasks supporting pre-award contracts, financial management, risk management, systems engineering, total ownership cost determination, contract coordination, and communications.
Services   Organizes and leads DoD professional, administrative, and management support service contracting as relates to developing clearly stated and actionable requirements packages.
  Coordinates with local procurement contracting officers, and ensures opportunities for socio-economic business concerns.
  Performs all acquisition strategy requirements actions noted in Attachment 1 to AT&L Services Memo of Oct. 2, 2006.
Business Mgt Systems/IT   Oversees transformation integration, planning and performance, and investment management as applies to the acquisition community, program office(s), and system(s) under development.
 
Core Certification Standards (Required for DAWIA certification.)
 Acquisition Training   None required
 Functional Training   PMT 352A  Program Management Office Course, Part A
  PMT 352B  Program Management Office Course, Part B (R)
  SYS 202  Intermediate Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering, Part I
 Education   Formal education not required for certification.
 Experience   4 years acquisition experience with at least:
  - 2 years in a program office/similar organization (dedicated matrix support to a PM, PEO, DCMA program integrator, or supervisor of shipbuilding)
  - 1 year in a program management position with cost, schedule, and performance responsibilities

Unique Position Training Standards
International Acquisition (see note 11 below)   PMT 304 Advanced International Management Workshop (R)
International Acquisition (see note 11 below) through 30 September 2010   PMT 202 Multinational Program Management (R)
    PMT 203 International Security and Technology Transfer/Control (R)
PEOs; PM/DPM of MDAP/MAIS; PM/DPM of significant nonmajor programs (see note 6 below)   PMT 401 Program Manager's Course (R)
    PMT 402 Executive Program Manager's Course (R)

Core Plus Development Guide (Desired training, education, and experience) Type of Assignment
Training Wpn Sys Services Bus Mgt/IT
  ACQ 452 Forging Stakeholder Relationships (R)
  BCF 207 Economic Analysis (R)
  BCF 209 Acquisition Reporting for MDAPs and MAIS (R)  
  CLE 008 Six Sigma: Concepts and Processes
  CLE 301 Reliability and Maintainability  
  CLL 022 Title 10 Depot Maintenance Statute Overview
  CLL 201 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Fundamentals
  LOG 200 Intermediate Acquisition Logistics, Part A  
  LOG 201 Intermediate Acquisition Logistics, Part B (R)  
  LOG 204 Configuration Management  
  LOG 235 Performance-Based Logistics, Part A  
  LOG 236 Performance-Based Logistics, Part B (R)  
  PMT 403 Program Manager's Skills (R)
  PQM 201A Intermediate Production, Quality, and Manufacturing, Part A    
  SAM 301 Advanced Software Acquisition Management (R)
  SYS 203 Intermediate Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering, Part II (R)    
  TST 203 Intermediate Test and Evaluation (R)    
Education
  At least 24 semester hours from among accounting, business finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organization and management (DANTES equivalency may be substituted)
Experience
  Two (2) additional years of acquisition experience, preferably in a systems program office or similar organization (in addition to core certification experience)
Notes:
1 The Core Certification Standards section lists the training, education and experience REQUIRED for certification at this level.
2 “R” following a course title indicates the course is delivered as resident based instruction.
5 When preparing your IDP, you and your supervisor should consider the training, education and experience listed in the Core Plus Development Guide at this and the lower level(s) if not already completed.
6 Workforce members assigned to these positions section MUST meet these training standard(s) within 6 months of assignment.
11 Workforce members assigned to these positions section MUST meet these training standard(s) within 24 months of assignment.