We are proud to launch our new app - full of features to help you during your acquisition career, whether you're a new student trying to navigate our campuses or a seasoned acquisition professional staying up-to-date on the latest in Defense acquisition news.
Downloadable to your personal device. For government owned devices, contact your agency for approval.
Our new app includes the convenience of push notifications and alert indicators for new content; personalization settings to see only the content you desire; maps and directions to DAU locations which integrate with your device's native capabilities, and offline viewing of content.
The prototypes' six modules includes: News, Maps, Training, Info, Resources and Augmented Reality (AR) Maps.
Features the participants are testing include personalized settings in the News module which allow the workforce to view the DAU news, events, or career gateway blogs of their choice. The News module is currently limited to career fields that have a blog on their career gateway website. The participants will also be testing offline access to view the News module in airplane mode and the ability to have the news read aloud to them from the app.
The Maps module can display any DAU campus. The Maps module is designed to assist with driving directions to the DAU campuses and for Fort Belvoir, it is integrated with the class schedules for walking directions from the student parking lots to the buildings and classrooms. There are points of interest for the main campuses listed above and you can either search or click nearby for restaurants, etc.
Currently the Training module links to related pages on the DAU.mil. An update to enhance the Training module to mirror the new the DAU iCatalog will occur after deployment of the apps into production.
The Info module currently consists of Classrooms, Class Schedules, Gate Information, DAU Operating Status, Contact Information, Student Polices, DAU Locations, Customer Support and App Feedback. The Classrooms and Class Schedules are integrated with the maps and app search and the Operating Status is integrated with alert indicator in the main page of the app and push notification features.
The Resources module is currently designed using a combination of online and offline access techniques. Users will have the ability to access offline content such as the DAU ACQuipedia and Glossary. Other resources are linked to the mobile versions of their websites or the e-Pub/iBook version of the Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG). If you don't already have an e-Pub reader on your phone, click on the blue icon next to each DAG chapter to download one. You can also select the resources you want to see on your app by using the on / off setting.
The AR Maps is an augmented reality module which provides participants with live walking directions for specific DAU Fort Belvoir location markers by accessing your camera phone. The closer you are to a building, the more information you get with the marker you see. (Currently not available in the Apple (iOS) version).
Contact
If you have any questions or need assistance with downloading, please send an email to WLD-ILC@dau.mil, subject: "DAU App".
FAQ
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Historical Details
According to DAU analytics, there is a significant upward trend showing the Defense Acquisition Workforce is becoming more mobile and using smartphones and tablets to access DAU's website and other online resources. Recognizing the workforces' need for more mobile-friendly content, DAU has developed a mobile app prototype that leverages evolving technology.DAU completed initial development and testing of the mobile app prototype for Apple (iOS) devices in December. Phase I of the testing consisted of a very small group of DAU participants at Fort Belvoir. These participants assisted in testing the functionality and usability of the preliminary six modules: News, Maps, Training, Info, Augmented Reality (AR) Maps, and Resources. In the prototype design, DAU has included only a limited set of functionality for testing the concept and feasibility.
Starting in January 2018, DAU conducted phase II testing with logistics, program management, acquisition and engineering students at Fort Belvoir courses. DAU completed phase II testing with the Fort Belvoir contracting students in March.
In April 2018, DAU mobile team obtained approval to proceed into production for the mobile app and the development of an Android version of the app. DAU updated the iOS version based on user feedback, integrated the app infrastructure with the DAU environment, and developed an Android version of the mobile app modeled from user feedback on the iOS.
The DAU app is now available for download on both iOS and Android devices.