1. Briefing for DAU Students
Our customers, the over 128,000 members of the Defense Acquisition Workforce are currently facing major challenges:
Projected loss of experience and knowledge
Need to adapt to evolutionary advances in information technologies
Necessity of streamlining infrastructure
Participating in the fundamental transformation of the Department of Defense
To help our customers meet these challenges, we at DAU had to transform acquisition training. We transformed:
Our organization
Our curriculum content and delivery methods
The concept of learning to extend beyond the course itself to include continuous learning, knowledge sharing, performance support, applied research, and strategic partnerships
Because of our successful efforts in transforming DAU, we were recognized as
The Best Overall Corporate University in 2002 at the Corporate University Best-In-Class awards
A Gold Medal winner of Brandon Hall best practices for e-learning
Winner of the American Society of Training & Development BEST Award
Winner of Corporate University Xchange Excellence Award
Member of Training Magazine’s Top 100
Our strategy is to provide you, the members of the Defense Acquisition community, premier career-long learning options to help you add value in your vital support to the warfighter.
Briefing for DAU Students
Learn. Perform. Succeed.
Rev. Jan 13

2. DAU: Established by Legislation
10 USC Ch Sec Defense acquisition university structure
“The Secretary of Defense shall establish and maintain a defense acquisition university structure to provide for the professional educational development and training of the acquisition workforce.”
DAU is a training organization, not an academic university. It is the corporate university of the Defense Acquisition Workforce. As such, we focus on enabling this workforce to be effective in the workplace and accomplish Defense acquisition strategic goals and business objectives. DAU provides:
Certification and Assignment-Specific Training (stress to the students that certification course content is currently geared toward all personnel in the career field and the variety of work that they do. In the future, these courses will be shorter and more job-specific courses will be developed.)
Performance Support / Rapid Deployment Training
Continuous Learning
Knowledge sharing
With these learning assets, DAU providing learning opportunities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
DAU Human Capital Strategic Planning:
DAU also champions strategic, integrated workforce management programs and innovations to recruit, develop and retain a highly capable, motivated and agile DoD AT&L workforce.
More details will be given in chart # 4
DAU Mission: Provide a global learning environment to develop qualified acquisition, requirements and contingency professionals who deliver and sustain effective and affordable warfighting capabilities. 2

3. Located with our Customers
Region
Location
FY11
FY12
Fort Belvoir, VA
37,846
37,331
Mid-Atlantic
California, MD
27,611
28,496
Midwest
Kettering, OH
21,307
21,329
South
Huntsville, AL
35,114
34,769
West
San Diego, CA
30,013
29,824
We are part of the community, not just a place to take classes.

4. College of Contract Management End State
To insure well-trained faculty, well-designed curriculum, and a cost effective methodology to provide the professional, accredited courses necessary to enhance the skills of the workforce within DCMA.

5. DAU: More Than Just Training Courses
Classroom & online DAWIA, Core Plus, & Executive
Continuous Learning
CL Modules - Online, self-paced learning modules
Conferences - PEO / SYSCOM, Business Managers, DAU Acquisition Community Symposium
Formal & informal learning at the point of need
Knowledge Sharing
DAP - Online portal to Big A & HCI knowledge
ACC - DoD's online collaborative communities
Virtual Library - Online connection to DAU research collection
The Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (AT&L) Performance Learning Model (PLM) is a visual representation of how the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) fulfills its mission in providing practitioner training, career management, and services to enable the acquisition workforce to make smart business decisions and deliver timely and affordable capabilities to the warfighter.
Three Pillars of Workforce Development
The PLM’s three pillars identify the primary types of acquisition training and development an acquisition professional receives over the course of his or her career—Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) core certification, Core Plus development, and executive and leadership support. The pillars represent how acquisition professionals progress through their career, from obtaining certification at level I, II, or III in acquisition career fields; to gaining specialized experience in a career field; to obtaining executive-level capabilities to run acquisition programs.
Foundational Structure of Workforce Development
Laying the foundation for the three pillars of workforce development are DAU’s services:
training courses
knowledge sharing
continuous learning
performance support.
As the Defense Acquisition Workforce’s premier learning and development center, DAU aligns its training with the specific career field requirements as outlined by DAWIA. In addition, the university has taken innovative measures to ensure that learning and acquisition support are available beyond DAWIA certification, creating a total learning environment for career-long solutions at the point of need. The PLM depicts this versatile and encompassing learning environment, and what follows is an overview of DAU’s numerous services.
Mission Assistance
Consulting - Helping organizations solve complex acquisition problems
Targeted Training - Tailored organizational training
Rapid Deployment Training - On-site & online training on the latest AT&L policies

6. Learning Assets at www.dau.mil
DAU Training & CL Courses
Mission Assistance
DAU Online Virtual Tour
Defense Acquisition Portal
Acquisition Community Connection
DAU Acker Library
This chart shows the screen captures of key DAU web pages.

7. Defense Acquisition Portal
Defense Acquisition Portal (DAP) – DAU’s Online portal to Big A, Better Buying Power, and DoD's online collaborative communities
Career Field Gateways – Access to DAU’s learning opportunities organized by career field

8. Never stop learning!

9. Student Academic Policies & Information
Students should visit the Student Policies and Information page at for information on:
standards of conduct
accommodations for students with special needs
prerequisite coursework
student evaluations
violations of academic policy
problem resolution procedures
requesting a transcript
…and more
DAU encourages students who have a concern or issue with the learning environment to discuss it with their instructor.
Students who feel their issue is not resolved satisfactorily may go to the department chair/site manager or Regional Associate Dean for Academics.