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Acquisition Process
Three processes cooperate to deliver capabilities needed by warfighters: the requirements process (JCIDS); the acquisition process (DAS); and the program and budget development process (PPBE). Includes links to DoD and Service policies, guidance, tools, and resources:
Policy
Encyclopedic source of acquisition policy that follows a hierarchy of policy issuance (i.e., executive, legislative, federal, etc.) and filtered according to organization, career field, and special topics.
Communitiesof Practice
Links to communities of practice and special interest areas, the latest contribution and discussion posts for open ACC communities, community highlights, and links to related communities.
Training andContinuous Learning
Information on training and continuous learning that supports DoD acquisition, information that helps manage professional training portfolios, and information on training available from DAU and DoD and Services activities.
Industry
Information on DoD industry partners that helps the participation and execution of DoD processes; including industry support pages, news, information, and links to private sector acquisition contractors.
Applications
AT&L Knowledge Management Systems (AKMS) applications.
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And popular AT&L Career Fields Gateways:
Portals
Functional Gateways
Sixteen functional knowledge gateways, one for each of the defense acquisition career fields.
Special Topics
Links to gateways about important topics outside the general portals and beyond the standard career fields:
Leonardo Manning Director
The Contracting Center deployed an updated version of CLC 056, Analyzing Contract Costs. Student feedback from marginal Metrics that Matter (MtM) scores from the first quarter of FY16 prompted this update. CLC 056 is a lengthy module at 17.5 hours and covers complex pricing topics, including statistical analysis. Many learners are apprehensive upon learning they must successfully complete this module, which is required for CON Level II certification. Professor Renee Butler (CON Learning Center of Excellence for Pricing) and Professor Ray Ward (CON Learning Director) discussed the numerical ratings and learner comments. After consultation with the CON Center Director, they concluded that changes were needed to address learner concerns. Most apparent was the “loop” feature built into the module when originally developed. Although requiring the learner to “loop back” through all relevant lesson screens for any missed knowledge assessment questions can be an important learning tool, it can be very cumbersome when taking a 17.5 hour long module. Another issue that learners expressed was the time required to view and listen to the many video/audio elements throughout the module.
Using the revision tool in DART, Professor Ward changed the settings and feedback wording for each of the 76 “challenge questions”. He also amended the instructions in the Introduction lesson to alert learners to this change and provided information on how learners can read the closed caption content instead of having to view the video elements. Eight very high-miss final exam questions were also updated, as learner frustration with unnecessarily difficult exam questions can lead to low MtM scores. Professors Butler and Ward will be monitoring the MtM scores and learner feedback over the next few quarters to determine if these changes are being positively received.
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