DAWIA CERTIFICATION
Professor Howard D. Birkholz
Defense Acquisition University
Capital & Northeast Region
Fort Belvoir, VA
(703) 805-4478; DSN 655-4478
Email: howard.birkholz@dau.mil
AT&L Business, Cost Estimating, and
Financial Management Career field
• Restructured
• Section 820 of the National Defense Authorization Act of
FY2007.
– Government Performance of Critical Acquisition
Functions established the goal for the Defense
Department to ensure that within 5 years of enactment
that key positions, to include cost estimator positions, are
performed by a properly qualified member of the Armed
Forces or full-time employee of the DoD for each major
Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) and each Major
Automated Information System Program (MAIS).
Restructure of BCEFM
• USD (AT&L) John Young Jr. signed memo dated Dec 22nd,
2008.
• Directed the restructure of the Business, Cost Estimating
and Financial Management (BCEFM) career field to be
known as the Business (BUS) career field with two distinct
career paths
– Business - Financial Management (BUS-FM)
– Business - Cost Estimating (BUS-CE)
• Effective date 1 October 2009
Directors of Acquisition Career
Management (DACM)
• Each military department and the defense agencies have a
Director, Acquisition Career Management responsible for
the development and sustainment of the acquisition
workforce.
Army – LTG William N. Phillips
Navy – Ms. Rene Thomas-Rizzo
Air Force – Mr. Patrick Hogan
4th Estate – Mr. Jeffrey Birch
DACM Responsibilities
• Uniform implementation of DAWIA and the DoD AT&L
Workforce Education, Training, and Career Development
Program.
• Management of Component resources required to meet
DAWIA requirements, including quotas for DAU courses,
• Coordinating with DAU to ensure the learning and
developmental needs of the Defense Acquisition Workforce
are addressed.
• Supporting enterprise human capital initiatives to create a
high-performing Defense Acquisition Workforce.
FY10 Training - Financial Management
Level I Certification
ACQ 101
Level II Certification
ACQ 201A
Fundamentals of Systems
Acquisition Management
Intermediate Systems
Acquisition, Part A
25 hrs, online
37 hrs, online
BCF 102
Fundamentals of Earned
Value Management
15 hrs, online
BCF 103
BCF 106
ACQ 201B
Intermediate Systems
Acquisition , Part B
5 days classroom
BCF 203
BCF 205
BCF 301
Intermediate Earned
Value Management
Contractor Business
Strategies
Advanced
Financial Management
9 days classroom
4 days classroom
9 days classroom
BCF 211
Fundamentals of Business
Financial Management
Fundamentals of
Cost Analysis
Intermediate Business
Acquisition Management
26 hrs, online
40 hrs, online
5 days classroom
CLM 017
Risk Management
CLM 024
Contracting Overview
CLM 013
Work Breakdown
Structure
CLM 031
Improve Statement
of Work
Knowledge Based
Case Based
Case Based
Level I “Core Plus”
Courses & CL Module
Level II “Core Plus”
Courses & CL Module
Level III “Core Plus”
Courses & CL Module
(See DAU iCatalog)
Vers 10
Level III Certification
(See DAU iCatalog)
(See DAU iCatalog)
FY10 Training - Cost Estimating
Level I Certification
ACQ 101
Level II Certification
ACQ 201A
Fundamentals of Systems
Acquisition Management
Intermediate Systems
Acquisition, Part A
25 hrs, online
37 hrs, online
BCF 102
BCF 103
ACQ 201B
Intermediate Systems
Acquisition, Part B
5 days classroom
BCF 204
BCF 206
BCF 302
Fundamentals of
Earned Value
Management
Fundamentals of
Business Financial
Management
Intermediate
Cost Analysis
Cost Risk Analysis
Advanced Concepts in Cost
Analysis
15 hrs, online
26 hours, online
10 days classroom
4 days classroom
5 days classroom
BCF 106
BCF 107
BCF 211
BCF 215
Fundamentals of Cost
Analysis
Applied Cost
Analysis
Acquisition Business
Management
Operating and Support
Cost Analysis
40 hrs, online
5 days classroom
5 days classroom
5 days classroom
CLB 026
Forecasting Techniques
CLB 030
Cost Data Sources
CLB 029
Rates
CLB 023
Software Cost Estimating
Knowledge Based
Case Based
Case Based
Level I “Core Plus”
Courses & CL Module
Level II “Core Plus”
Courses & CL Module
Level III “Core Plus”
Courses & CL Module
(See DAU iCatalog)
Vers 10
Level III Certification
(See DAU iCatalog)
(See DAU iCatalog)