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CERTIFICATION STANDARDS & CORE PLUS DEVELOPMENT GUIDE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY  LEVEL III
Type of Assignment  Representative Activities
CIO Office  Interprets, evaluates, and develops policies and/or influences laws/regulations for: emerging IT acquisition strategies; best practices; IT-related performance measures and quality management; capital planning and investment control; acquisition planning, solicitation, and administration; and information assurance/cybersecurity.
Central Design Activity (CDA)  Interprets, evaluates, and/or develops: basic concepts of software engineering and development activities; enterprise architecture; best practices; IT systems engineering; information assurance/cybersecurity; IT-related technologies; test and evaluation processes; and verification and validation processes.
Project Office/Field Activities  Interprets, evaluates, and/or develops: IT program management approaches; emerging IT acquisition strategies; best practices; IT-related performance measures and quality management; acquisition planning, solicitation, and administration; information assurance/cybersecurity; test and evaluation processes; verification and validation processes; and fielding and sustaining IT systems.
 
Core Certification Standards (required for DAWIA certification)
 Acquisition Training None Required
 Functional Training   ISA 301  Advanced Enterprise Information Systems Acquisition (R)
  ISA 320  Advanced Program Information Systems Acquisition (R)
 Education Formal education not required for certification
 Experience 4 years of information technology or software-intensive systems acquisition experience


Core Plus Development Guide (desired training, education, and experience) Type of Assignment
Training CIO Off CDA PO/Fld Act
  CLB 008 Program Execution  
  CLB 009 Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution and Budget Exhibits    
  CLC 040 Predictive Analysis and Scheduling    
  CLC 047 Contract Negotiation Techniques    
  CLE 021 Technology Readiness Assessments    
  CLL 008 Designing for Supportability in DoD Systems  
  CLM 014 IPT Management and Leadership
  CLM 017 Risk Management
  CLM 051 Time Management
  CLM 072 Data Management Strategy Development
  CLM 073 Data Management Planning System
  CLM 077 Data Management Protection and Storage
  CLR 151 Analysis of Alternatives
  ENG 202 Applied Systems Engineering in Defense Acquisition, Part II (R)  
  LOG 103 Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM)  
  LOG 200 Product Support Strategy Development, Part A    
  PMT 257 Program Management Tools Course, Part II
  PMT 352A Program Management Office Course, Part A  
Education
 Master’s degree, preferably with a major in computer science, information systems management, business administration, cybersecurity or a related field
Experience
 4 years of information technology acquisition experience (in addition to core certification experience)
Notes:
1 The Core Certification Standards section lists the training and/or education and experience REQUIRED for certification at this level for this career field within 24 months of assignment.
2 “(R)” following a course title indicates the course is delivered as resident-based instruction.
5 When preparing your IDP, you and your supervisor should consider the training, education, and experience listed in the Core Plus Development Guide at this and the lower level(s) if not already completed.
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