Defense Acquisition University Midwest Region: DAU develops systems engineering revitalization courses for U.S. Army TACOM LCMC.The Defense Acquisition University (DAU DAU - /dow/ [German Fidonet] D"ummster Anzunehmender User. A German acronym for stupidest imaginable user. From the engineering-slang GAU for Gr"osster Anzunehmender Unfall (worst foreseeable accident), especially of a LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous ) Midwest Region has developed two systems engineering revitalization courses for the Army: a five-day SE course tailored to revitalize the use of systems engineering by Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems (GCS GCS Glasgow Coma Scale GCS Guilford County Schools (North Carolina) GCS Ground Control Station GCS Grand Central Station GCS Ground Control System GCS Ground Combat Systems GCS Group Communication Systems ), part of the Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM TACOM Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (US Army) TACOM Tactical Communications TACOM Tactical Command TACOM Tank-Automotive and Armament Command TACOM Theater Army Command TACOM Tactical Army Command TACOM Tactical Army COM LCMC LCMC Life Cycle Management Command (US Army) LCMC Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ LCMC Life-Cycle Management Center LCMC Lancaster Centre for Management in China LCMC Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex ) community; and a four-day course tailored for concept development activities for the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC TARDEC Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (US Army) )'s Advanced Concepts Team. Both organizations are located in Warren, Mich. The first class was piloted May 23-26, 2005, for TARDEC's Advanced Concepts team. Since then, two five-day classes for PEO GCS have been held. Before the end of fiscal year 2005, one more four-day and two more five-day classes will be held. A one-day executive course is also under development. High-level OSD and DA personnel in the systems engineering communities are invited to kick off each class to reinforce the importance of systems engineering, the revitalization of which was directed in 2004 by Michael Wynne, former under secretary of defense, acquisition, technology and logistics. The classes use short, group-based case studies to allow students to practice the key systems engineering concepts and tools. Student feedback has been very positive. At least one SE class is planned for fiscal 2006. |
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