Did you know that the Department of Defense maintains a set of competencies for each defense acquisition workforce functional area?

Did you know that the current life cycle logistics competencies were issued by the Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service (DCPAS) in their August 2019 "Technical Report for the Life Cycle Logistics(LCL) Tier 2 Technical Competency Model", Appendix A: LCL Tier 2 Technical Competency Model Table 9. LCL Tier 2 Competency Model used in Defense Competency Tool (DCAT) as updated by DASD (Product Support)?

Did you know that each of those life cycle logistics competencies directly aligns to the 12 Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements?

Did you know that the 2019 life cycle logistics competency set was updated in January 2021 by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Product Support (in her capacity as the life cycle logistics functional area leader) to incorporate interim competency task statements addressing the Information Technology Systems Continuous Support IPS Element (replacing the former Computer Resources element)?

Did you know that the 2019 life cycle logistics competency set was updated again in September 2022 by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Product Support (in her capacity as the life cycle logistics functional area leader) to incorporate interim competency task statements addressing emerging digital product support, supply chain resiliency and data analytics topics?

Did you know that all 15 of our life cycle logistics defense acquisition credentials are aligned with at least one of those IPS Elements – and by extension, with one of the life cycle logistics competency areas?

Did you know that you can easily access the life cycle logistics credentials in the DAU iCatalog by clicking on the “LCL” text within the “Functional Areas” section of the DAWIA Certification and Development Guides website?

Did you know that each of the other functional areas within the defense acquisition workforce has their own competency set that can be similarly accessed from the same iCatalog website?

Did you know there is a high degree of multi-functional alignment and integration between the life cycle logistics competencies and other functional areas, including (but by no means limited to) Engineering and Technical Management (ETM) and Program Management?

Did you know you can learn more about the 12 IPS Elements upon which the life cycle logistics competencies are based by checking out a recent DAU LOG Blog entitled “Let’s Talk Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements”?

Did you know those resources include a DAU Integrated Product Support (IPS) Element Guidebook, an online training course entitled DAU LOG 0460 The Twelve Integrated Product Support Elements, an overview ACQuipedia article addressing the 12 Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements, supported by a separate DAU ACQuipedia Articles for each Individual IPS Element?