Certification & Core Plus Development Guides

CERTIFICATION STANDARDS & CORE PLUS DEVELOPMENT GUIDE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEVEL II

Type of Assignment	Representative Activities
CIO Office	Applies the following: policies, laws, and regulations; 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)	Applies the following: 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	Applies the following: 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	ACQ 202 Intermediate Systems Acquisition, Part A ACQ 203 Intermediate Systems Acquisition, Part B (R)
Functional Training	ISA 201 Intermediate Information Systems Acquisition (R)
Education	Formal education not required for certification
Experience	2 years of acquisition experience in information technology

Core Plus Development Guide (desired training, education, and experience)	Type of Assignment
Training	CIO Off	CDA	PO/Fld Act
BCF 106 Fundamentals of Cost Analysis
BCF 131 Applied Cost Analysis (R)
CLB 025 Total Ownership Cost
CLB 030 Data Collection and Sources
CLC 048 Export Controls
CLE 001 Value Engineering
CLE 003 Technical Reviews
CLE 007 Lean Six Sigma for Manufacturing
CLE 012 DoD Open Systems Architecture (OSA)
CLE 016 Outcome-Based Performance Measures
CLE 017 Technical Planning
CLE 034 DIACAP Understanding The DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process
CLE 060 Practical Software and Systems Measurement
CLE 068 Intellectual Property and Data Rights
CLE 074 Cybersecurity Throughout DoD Acquisition
CLE 301 Reliability and Maintainability
CLL 012 Supportability Analysis
CLL 015 Product Support Business Case Analysis (BCA)
CLL 056 Sustainment of Software Intensive Systems
CLM 055 Program Leadership
CLM 074 Technical Data and Computer Software Rights
CLR 101 Introduction to the Joint Capabilities Integration & Development System
CLR 250 Capabilities-Based Assessment
CLV 017 Performance Measurement Baseline
EVM 101 Fundamentals of Earned Value Management
PMT 251 Program Management Tools Course, Part I
SYS 202 Intermediate Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering, Part I

Education

Master’s degree, preferably with a major in computer science, management information systems, business administration, cybersecurity or a related field

Experience

2 years of information technology acquisition experience, preferably in a program office or similar organization (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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