it curriculum process and products september 6, 2014 david pearson director, engineering and...
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IT Curriculum Process and Products
September 6, 2014
David PearsonDirector, Engineering and Technology Center
Agenda
• Background• The process• The distractors• What does “done look like?”• A sustaining vision
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Background
• Authority of the functional leader-Gary Evans, DOD CIO– DoDI 5000.66:
• Maintains workforce competency model• “Functional leaders certify that DAU courses are current, technically
accurate and consistent with DoD Acquisition Policy.”• Supported by FIPT
• April 2012 IT Acq Workforce Strategic Plan– Review DAU IT curricula – DAU learning materials on Agile – Develop IT PM Career field
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DAU IT Curriculum Review
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• Conducted Sep 2012-July 2013• Lesson by lesson review of each course• Key take aways
– Content was out of date for every course– Content overlap and gaps across courses– Did not reflect latest DoD Acquisition policy– Need to incorporate latest competencies– Additional focus on key initiatives:
• Cyber security• Agile• Business Capability Lifecycle
How did we get there?
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CMIRM 101
CMSAM 101
CMIRM 202
CMIRM 304
CMSAM 301
• Module 1• Module 2• Etc
• Module 1• Module 2• Etc
• Module 1• Module 2• Etc
• Module 1• Module 2• Etc
• Module 1• Module 2• Etc
DAU Regional Orientation
We are part of the community…not just a place to go to take classes.
Capital and Northeast(Fort Belvoir)
AT&L WF ~37,000
Mid-Atlantic(Pax River)
AT&L WF ~23,000
Midwest(WP AFB)
AT&L WF ~20,000South(Huntsville)
AT&L WF ~27,000
West(San Diego)
AT&L WF ~26,000
FIPT*
Functional Leader
Change in requirements
DAU’s curriculum is owned by our
stakeholders
Establishes & validates
competencies & training
requirements
*DAU representationon Functional IntegratedProcess Teams (FIPTs)
Centralized Design/Revision
Development support
DAUCenter Director
DAU Curriculum Requirements And Design Process
PLD** PLD** PLD**PLD
Review/Validation
Course Manager
Competencies
Learning Objectives
Content
Process
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• E&T Center philosophy toward curriculum dev’t:– The best curriculum is developed by those who have to
teach it.– Done collaboratively with the regions using IPTs– Formalized through approved IPT charters – Contractor support for the scut work– ADDIE process supplemented with regular reviews
which serves as gates – ENG 301 serves as the model
IT Working Group
VISION STATEMENT: DAU IT Courses provide the most up to date IT curriculum that empowers every student to produce
successful IT acquisition outcomes for the war-fighter. Composition: Bob Skertic-IT Performance Learning Director Tim Denman-DAU (S)- SAM 101 Course Manager/CLE 074 Learning Asset Manager Kevin Corcoran- DAU (W) –IRM 101 Course Manager Dr. Matt Kennedy- DAU (CNE) IRM 202 CM Joe Cooke- DAU (W)- SAM 301 Course Manager Mike Denny-DAU (CNE)- IRM 304 Course Manager
Approach: - Monthly collocated team sprint weeks supplemented with independent work.- Establish external partnerships to supplement knowledge and capacity gaps
- SEI- iCollege- ARDEC
IT Curriculum Steps 1 and 2
June July August Sep
29-5 6-12 13-19 20-26 27-2 3-9 10-16 17-23 24-30 31-6
SAM 301
IRM 304
IRM 202
IRM 101
PRR
Sprint
Sprint
Sprint
Sprint
Sprint
Sprint
Sprint
Student Pilot
DRR
Course Deployed
Content updates
Content updates
Content updates
Programming Validation
Course Deployed
Changes
Course Deployed
ChangesCourse
Deployed
IT Competency Papers to determine the “to be” state of DAU Curriculum
30 Sep 14
1 25000/RMF “To Be”
19 Aug 14All Step one activities complete
Step Two is Underway
• Goal is to translate eight priority competencies into raw content
• Deliverable is a comprehensive “Competency Paper”
• Subject of dedicated August and September sprint weeks
• Scheduled to complete by September 30
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Competency papers provide the key content for module development
IT CurriculumStep 3 and 4
2014 2015
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
SAM-301
IRM-304
IRM-202
IRM-101
DRR
DRR
DRR
Deployed
Sprint week
Validation
Pilot
Pilot
Pilot
Review
Deployed
Deployed
Deployed
Deployed
Deployed
Deployed
DRR
DRR
ValidationPlanning
Approval
Planning
Approval
Pilot Deployed
DRR
Approval
DeployedPlanning
DRR
DRR
Planning
ApprovalStep 3: 70% competency coverage by Mar 15.
Step 4: 100% coverage by Sep 15 and transition to maintenance cycle.
3 470% 100%
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Integration
What does done look like?
• All courses up to date, reflect FY 12 competency set, business systems, Agile and Cyber• Content and supporting material posted on blackboard• Instructor notes, detailed ISPs • Assessment strategy, assessments and rubrics• POI• Matrix tracing competencies to L/O s to content to
assessment
• A sustainable process to ensure content is regularly reviewed for currency and updated on a regular basis.
Achieving the Vision
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Competency Owner/Competency
Paper
Certification Courses via CM
Continuous Learning
Modules via LAM
COP via PLD
Mission Assistance
Research
Knowledge Sharing
Other Functional Courses
Questions
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Thanks!