IT Curriculum Process and Products September 6, 2014 David Pearson Director, Engineering and Technology Center.

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– Content was out of date for every course– Content overlap and gaps across courses– Did not reflect latest DoD Acquisition policy– Need to incorporate latest competencies– Additional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%

17 July 14

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!