COVID19 Contingency Operations

DAU Update

DoD and DAU's first priority is the safety of our workforce and our customers. While DAU is not offering in person engagements during this time, please do not cancel your class attendance yet. Students will be notified several days in advance of the scheduled start date whether their class will be cancelled or offered online.

For latest status on DAU courses see: https://www.dau.edu/News/Coronavirus-Course-Impacts

Information for DAU students:

https://www.dau.edu/News/Coronavirus

Coronavirus Acquisition Guidance and Resources
https://www.dau.edu/News/Acquisition-Guidance-and-Resources

The content below outlines:
DAU Mission Assistance, Online Line Training, Knowledge, and Workplace Tools that will continue to be available to your organization through virtual channels during COVID19 restricted operations.

Any Questions? Please Contact us at MissionAssistance@dau.edu

(based on resource availability) DAU is continuing to offer a number of its on demand Mission Assistance products and services through virtual delivery modes. In most cases, we can adapt our mission assistance workshops, team training, and consulting products and services to virtual formats as necessary to ensure your learning needs are met. We’re a phone call away…and stand ready to support you!

Workshops currently available virtually:

• Acquisition Leadership Develop Workshop (WSD-019) select modules
• Risk Management Workshop (WSM 002)
• Strength Deployment Inventory Workshop ( WSD-007)
• Stakeholder Management Workshop (WSM 007)
• Work Statement Workshop (WSM 009)
• Services Acquisition Workshop (WSM 012)
• Defense Acquisition Executive Overview Workshop (WSM 013)
• Understanding Industry (WSM 016)
• Cloud Services Workshop (WSE 022)
• Lean-Agile Transformation Workshop (WSE 024) select modules
• Source Selection Workshop (WSC 005)
• Source Selection Simulation

Other essential skills development training coming soon virtually:

• Crucial Conversations® (WSD 005)
• Introduction to Critical Thinking – Six Thinking Hats (WSD 014)
• 360 Survey Workshop (WSD 010)
• Others will also be available shortly…we’ll keep you posted.

DAU consulting services. DAU can provide subject matter experts with deep experience and access to proven processes and tools to help acquisition teams develop strategies, solve problems, and avoid pitfalls. DAU can marshal multi-functional faculty teams ready to provide support such as:

• Pre-milestone/gate/decision review red teaming.
• Acquisition document reviews
• Virtual group facilitation
• Assistance with COVID19 acquisition policy

Continuous Learning Modules (CLMs) are available on demand. Go to https://icatalog.dau.edu/onlinecatalog/tabnavcl.aspx to view the catalog of modules. To register for self-paced online training go to the DAU Virtual Campus at https://dau.csod.com. Check out these recently published continuous learning modules:

• ACQ 0150 Middle Tier of Acquisition
• BFM 0030 Budget Exhibits
• CON 0070 Source Selection
• ENG 0860 Planning for R&M Engineering
• STM 0010 Prototyping and Experimentation

Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) webcasts (1.5 CLPs each) are also available

• AAF Overview
• Mid-Tier Acquisition Pathway
• Urgent Capabilities Pathway
• Software Pathway
• Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) Website (https://aaf.dau.edu)
• Mark your calendars for upcoming DAU Webcasts: The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification - Overview and Latest Developments (13 May 2020)
• Harvard Business School Modules available through DAU
• Acquisition Tools and Resources Database
• Student Guide for using Webex web conferencing tool

The DAU Knowledge Repository (KR) provides timely, focused support to the Defense Acquisition Workforce (DAW) – Government (Civilian and Military). It does this via centrally-organized access of DoD/Federal Acquisition-pertinent licensed/ public domain resources and dedicated reference/research services to support user-specific needs in a timely manner.

KR DAW Website CAC authentication Issues: DAU Help Desk | 1-866-568-6924 | dauhelp@dau.edu

HIGHLIGHTS

Databases

• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
• Dissertations & Theses Global
• Leadership Connect

eBooks

• EBSCOhost Academic & Business
• EBSCOhost Business Book Summaries
• ProQuest Government Complete

Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) KR Guides

Major Publications

• The Economist full text from 1843 to present
• Harvard Business Review
• Major Newspapers (e.g. Washington Post, New York Times)

Defense-specific Databases

• EBSCO Military & Government
• Gale Military & Intelligence
• ProQuest Military Collection

Ask a KR Librarian or call us at 703.805.2370/4463 for assistance using our resources and reference/research requests

One-stop website for all things acquisition. Provides customer-focused learning assets and job support tools, at the point of need, to help the Defense Acquisition Workforce succeed

DAU Website: https://www.dau.edu/ CAC authentication is not required to browse but is required to submit questions or post. Issues: DAU Help Desk 1-866-568-6924 | dauhelp@dau.edu

HIGHLIGHTS

• Ask-A-Professor https://www.dau.edu/aap/Pages/home.aspx
  Ask acquisition questions and receive verified answers from SMEs
• ACQuipedia https://www.dau.edu/tools/t/ACQuipedia
  Online encyclopedia of common defense acquisition topics
• Communities of Practice https://www.dau.edu/community-hub#All||title_asc
  Interact with other acquisition professionals in collaborative workspaces
• DAU Media https://media.dau.edu/
  Streaming site for acquisition videos and podcasts
• Powerful Examples https://www.dau.edu/powerful-examples/
  Real-world acquisition stories of best practices and lessons learned that highlight a success or other outcome that could be useful to other programs
• Tools and Resources Database https://www.dau.edu/tools
  Browse hundreds of acquisition tools and guidebooks to fill the learning-doing gap
• Training Center https://www.dau.edu/training
  −Gateway to all methods of acquisition training
  −Certification and Credentialing Standards
  −Course schedules and registration
• Continuous Learning Modules