FAC-P/PM Mid-Level/Journeyman Requirements

At the Mid-Level/Journeyman level, program and project managers should have, through training, experience, and other development activities:

  • knowledge and skills to manage projects or program segments of low to moderate risks with little or no supervision
  • ability to apply management processes, including requirements development processes and performance-based acquisition principles, to support the agency’s mission to develop an acquisition program baseline from schedule requirements, plan technology developments and demonstrations and apply agency policy on interoperability
  • ability to identify and track actions to initiate an acquisition program or project using cost/benefit analysis
  • ability to understand and apply the process to prepare information for a baseline review, and can assist in assist in development of Total Ownership Cost (TOC) estimates
  • ability to manage projects as well as program segments and distinguish between program and project work

Experience:

At least two years of program or project management experience within the last five years that includes experience at the entry level as well as experience performing market research, developing documents for risk and opportunity management, developing and applying technical processes and technical management processes, performing or participating in source selection, preparing acquisition strategies, managing performance based service agreements, developing and managing a project budget, writing a business case, and strategic planning.

Training:

Training in program and project management at this level should be provided to develop the essential interpersonal and management competencies required of high-performing, successful program and project managers such as team building, influencing/negotiating, decisiveness, partnering, and managing diverse workforce (Refer to the FAC-P/PM Training Crosswalk for a listing of the competencies/aligned skills needed at this level).

Specifically, at the Mid-Level/Journeyman level, training should address the following competencies/aligned skills and include the following coursework areas:

Mid-Level/Journeyman FAC-P/PM Competencies/Aligned Skills
This document lists all the Mid-Level/Journeyman FAC-P/PM competencies and aligned skills and their definitions.

A minimum of 24 hours of coursework in intermediate project management that enables an individual to:

  • Develop and document an integrated master schedule;
  • Assist in the development of an estimate of Total Ownership Cost (TOC);
  • Clearly define requirements to meet needs including, where appropriate, performance-based outcomes and setting performance standards;
  • Formulate the key features of a risk/opportunity management process;
  • Establish a requirements development process that provides traceability back to user-defined capabilities;
  • Formulate the key features of the T&E program, including modeling and simulation;
  • Develop a life-cycle plan for delivering, maintaining, and retiring a product that includes supply chain considerations.

A minimum of 16 hours of coursework in employing correct and effective leadership and interpersonal skills to include:

  • Partnering;
  • Entrepreneurship;
  • Strategic Thinking;
  • Team Building/IPT;
  • Conflict Management;
  • Creativity/Innovation;
  • Leveraging Diversity.

A minimum of 24 hours of coursework that is government-specific and prepares the individual to:

  • Develop an overall strategy for managing the acquisition, coordination, and development of the acquisition strategy to include socioeconomic considerations;
  • Identify key features in terms of pre-award actions required by acquisition planning (FAR Subpart 7.1);
  • Formulate the key features of a comprehensive program specification and requirements statement;
  • Identify and develop source selection criteria, including risk analysis method (FAR Part 15.3);
  • Identify and track contract performance and administrative actions;
  • Conduct financial planning and execution reviews;
  • Build program and project plans in accordance with Management’s Responsibility for Internal Control (OMB Circular A-123) and Capital Asset Planning (OMB exhibit 300).
  • Use strategic sourcing when building and finalizing requirements across the program.

A minimum of 24 hours in EVM and cost estimates that will prepare the individual to:

  • Identify the information system for financial management reporting;
  • Conduct EVM analysis and implementing changes based on analysis;
  • Analyze resource needs for management, including planning for an EVM program linked to risk;
  • Apply business process re-engineering methods for continuous improvement.