ACQ 265: Mission-Focused Services Acquisition

Description

This course provides acquisition team members with the tools and techniques needed to analyze and apply performance-based principles when developing requirements documents and effective business strategies for contractor-provided services. This course uses the following methods: The seven-step Service Acquisition process, a team-oriented approach, and multiple interactive, hands-on, learning sessions to apply the principles. Individuals that need to improve their skills in developing and defining service requirements, supporting business strategies, and effectively managing the resulting contractor performance will benefit from this course. Experienced acquisition professionals can also use this course as an opportunity to improve their understanding of the Service Acquisition Process.

Learning Objectives

• Given access to online resources, the student will assess the importance of the Planning phase as outlined in the Guidebook for Services Acquisition
• Given access to online resources, the student will design an effective requirements documents as outlined in the Guidebook for Services Acquisition
• Given access to online resources, the student will design an effective requirements documents as outlined in the Guidebook for Services Acquisition
• Given access to online resources, the student will evaluate effective processes for selecting a contractor and assessing contract performance as outlined in the Guidebook for Services Acquisition

Course Details

• Course Length – 4 Days
• Graded Materials Include: Case Study Familiarization, In-Class Assignments, Attendance of all Instructional Hours, and End of Course Test
• Pre-course work Required: None