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Understanding the program manager's role: Defense Systems Management College develops new...

By Darrin, Armond; Fernandez, Jose
Publication: Program Manager
Date: Friday, March 1 2002

Twenty-five Defence Contract Management Agency employees are better equipped to support program managers after completing a new course designed to expose Program Integrators and the Program Support Team to life as a program manager.

The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) developed the one-week course for DCMA last year. The most recent offering, held Feb. 25-March 1, at DCMA St. Petersburg, Fla., immersed DCMA employees in the program manager world by providing a hands-on orientation to the business and technical challenges facing program managers.

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