Capability Management—Overview

Presenters: Dr Shari Soutberg & Dr Mike Ryan

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Duration: 1 Day | Price: $990

 

Course Aim

This one-day Capability Management—Overview course provides a brief overview of how the Australian Defence Organisation delivers and manages capability throughout the Defence capability life cycle. Attendees from Defence, other government agencies, and defence industry can gain an understanding of capability management processes, frameworks, and documents produced, as well as related government and Defence processes.  This course also introduces the key inter-related professional practices that are applied across the capability life cycle including systems engineering, program management, project management, product management, financial management, procurement and contracting, integrated logistics support (ILS), risk reduction, assurance and enterprise architecture.  

Course Outline

Introduction to Capability Management: Overview of capability management and the capability life cycle | Key Underpinning Concepts including Fundamental Inputs to Capability (FIC)| Legislative, Regulatory, Policy and Management Context | Behaviours | Defence and Government decision-making

Capability Management Frameworks and Management Structures: Capability Program Architecture (CPA) | Capability Management Roles and Relationships |Force Design |Smart Buyer |Contestability | Joint Force Integration | Funding | Industry Engagement

Capability Management Process: Strategy and Concepts | Risk Mitigation and Requirements Setting | Acquisition | In-Service and Disposal  

Professional Practices implemented in support of Capability Management: Systems Engineering | Project Management | Product Management | Program Management | Enterprise Architecture |Procurement and Contracting | Financial Management including Cost Estimation | Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) | Risk Reduction Methods| Assurance | Interdependencies between capability management activities and professional practices

Introduction to Capability Management Artefacts: Program Artefacts | Project Artefacts | Product Artefacts

Course Material

The following resources will be provided to attendees of this course:

  1. A PDF copy of the PowerPoint presentations used for the course.