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Description

The Acquisition Business Management Course offers hands-on experience in dealing with common financial issues in acquisition that include cost estimating; earned value management (EVM) analysis; Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE); congressional enactment; and budget preparation and execution.

Objectives

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Target Attendees

This course is for intermediate-level personnel in positions supporting DoD weapons systems and various aspects of business and financial management throughout the life cycle of a system.

Prerequisite(s)

BCF 102, Fundamentals of Earned Value Management

BCE 103, Fundamentals of Business Financial Management

BCF 106, Fundamentals of Cost Analysis

Recommended:

2 years of acquisition experience

ACQ 201B, Intermediate Systems Acquisition, Part B

Predecessor Course(s) (Acceptable as a substitute for this course until the acceptance date specified below.)

Predecessor	Predecessor Course Title	PDS Code	Accepted Until
BCF 211B	Acquisition Business Management, Part B	RG5	01-Oct-2010

Course Length

You have 65 days to complete online precourse work; the resident portion is 5 class days

Additional Course Information

Delivery Mode	Resident
Equivalent Courses	YES
ACE Recommended Credits	YES
PDS Code	PGD
Additional Public Information	YES

Continuing Education Units	5.5
Continuous Learning Points	55
Reservist Retirement Points	0
Historical Allocations	Mouse Over for Past CEU/CLPs

Notes

In a 65-day window immediately prior to the resident portion of the course, students must complete an Internet-based pre-course review of basic concepts in preparation to apply these concepts in the classroom.

This course is highly recommended as the first course you should pursue prior to completing any other BCF 200 level course.

Pre-work required / Walk-ins NOT authorized