| Preface |
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| Summary |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Abbreviations |
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1 | (10) |
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3 | (1) |
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Software Acquisition Workforce |
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4 | (4) |
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Evolving Organizational Structure and Guidance for DoD Acquisition |
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8 | (2) |
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Organization of This Report |
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10 | (1) |
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Chapter Two Methodology for Developing Competencies |
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11 | (8) |
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Department of Defense Competency Definition and Process |
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13 | (1) |
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Competency Modeling Approaches |
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13 | (6) |
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Chapter Three Review of Existing Competency Models |
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19 | (8) |
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Department of Defense Models |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (2) |
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Other Department of Defense Competency Efforts |
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23 | (1) |
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Similarities and Differences Among Competency Models |
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24 | (1) |
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Other Occupational Sources Reviewed |
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25 | (2) |
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Chapter Four Commercial Industry Perspective |
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27 | (12) |
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27 | (2) |
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Industry Subject Matter Expert Perspectives |
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29 | (4) |
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Review of Position Announcements and Course Descriptions |
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33 | (6) |
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Chapter Five From Initial to Revised Competency Model |
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39 | (12) |
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39 | (2) |
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Revising the Competency Model Through Stakeholder Feedback |
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41 | (7) |
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The RAND-Developed Software Acquisition Competency Model |
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48 | (3) |
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Chapter Six A Review of Software Training and Education |
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51 | (12) |
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52 | (1) |
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Mapping Competencies to Software Courses |
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53 | (10) |
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Chapter Seven Identifying, Tracking, and Managing a Software Acquisition Workforce |
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63 | (14) |
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Current Systems for Tracking and Managing a Workforce |
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64 | (6) |
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Options to Track and Manage a Software Acquisition Workforce |
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70 | (7) |
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Chapter Eight Recommendations |
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Recommendation 1 Identify Who Is in the Software Acquisition Workforce |
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77 | (2) |
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Recommendation 2 Validate the Software Acquisition Competencies |
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79 | (3) |
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82 | (1) |
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A Acquisition Career Fields |
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83 | (4) |
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B Trends in Modern Software Development Trends |
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87 | (32) |
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C Tracing Initial Competencies to Other Competency Models |
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119 | (10) |
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D Notional Example of Software Careers |
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129 | (6) |
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E Existing Competency Models |
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135 | (6) |
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F RAND-Developed Software Acquisition Competencies |
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141 | (26) |
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G List of Courses Reviewed |
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167 | (10) |
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H Software Curriculum-Competency Mapping |
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177 | (4) |
| References |
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