Resources
Guidance and Reference Materials
- Back-to-Basics Implementation for the Defense Acquisition Workforce (4 February 2021)
- Defense Acquisition Workforce Leadership Team (10 December 2020) Meeting Minutes - Back-to-Basics Implementation (21 December 2020)
- Back-to-Basics for the Defense Acquisition Workforce (2 September 2020)
- Human Resources Reference Document
Articles
- A Message to the Acquisition Workforce (4 November 2021)
DAU President Mr. James Woolsey - DAU Reform - The Intersection with Back-to-Basics (16 November 2020)
Article by the Honorable Alan Shaffer, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and DAU President Mr. James Woolsey - Why Change? What are the Changes and Impacts? What's Next? (1 October 2020)
Back-to-Basics article by the senior Defense Acquisition Workforce Leadership Team
Tools
Auditing
- Functional Area Leader Memo
- Functional Area Framework Brief
- Certification Crosswalk
- Infographic AUD
- Position Category Description
- Auditing Video
- Fact Sheet AUD
Business Financial Management and Cost Estimating
- Functional Area Leader Memo
- Functional Area Framework Brief
- Certification Crosswalk Business Cost Estimating
- Certification Crosswalk Business Financial Management
- Fact Sheet Business Cost Estimating
- Fact Sheet Business Financial Management
- Infographic BUS-CE
- Infographic BUS-FM
- Position Category Description-CE
- Position Category Description-FM
Contracting
- Functional Area Leader Memo
- Functional Area Framework Brief
- Certification Crosswalk
- Contracting Fact Sheet
- Contracting Video
- Infographic CON
- Position Category Description
- DAWIA Certification and Development Guide
- Comprehensive Exam FAQs
Engineering and Technical Management
- Functional Area Leader Memo
- Functional Area Framework Brief
- Certification Crosswalk
- Engineering and Technical Management Fact Sheet
- Engineering and Technical Management Video
- Infographic ETM
- Position Category Description
Life Cycle Logistics
- Functional Area Leader Memo
- Functional Area Framework Brief
- Certification Crosswalk
- Life Cycle Logistics Fact Sheet
- Life Cycle Logistics Video
- Life Cycle Logistics FAL Video
- Infographic LCL
- Position Category Description
Program Management
- Functional Area Leader Memo
- Back-to-Basics Program Management Certification Exam Requirement Deferred
- Transition Flowchart
- Functional Area Framework Brief
- Certification Crosswalk
- Program Management Fact Sheet
- Program Management Video
- Infographic PM
- Position Category Description
- PM Exams FAQ
- PM Exam Registration Roadmap