Several months back, I shared some thoughts on the topic of “Vital Competencies” as they relate to the Life Cycle Logistics workforce. In that blog post, I shared five particular competencies that had been identified back in the year 2000 that not surprisingly are still relevant and just as important considerations nearly a decade and a half later. They included:

·         Understand the use of modeling and simulation (M&S) across the total life cycle of a system.

·         Know and understand open architecture discipline, tools, and methods and ability to apply to service interoperability

·         Analyze market research/customer requirements/sourcing strategies to synthesize best value solutions.

·         Develop performance-based work statements or statements of objectives.

·         Know and understand components of total ownership cost.

However, clearly there must be – and indeed are -- many others. Fast forward to today. Do you ever wonder why DAU teaches what it does in our DAWIA certification courses? Are you curious where the DAWIA certification training requirements actually come from, or what they are based upon? Do you ever wonder what competencies you should possess in order to be a successful and well-rounded Life Cycle Logistician? Do you ever ask yourself where you can find them if I wanted to know more? Or where they came from, and who approved them? Well wonder no more.