Recently, the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) changed its domain from a .mil to a .edu. When going to a DAU link from the APM you might have seen the following message talking about automatic redirections. To our understanding, these automatic redirections will stop functioning on 20 September 2019. If we hear of a definitive date, we will update this article. Lastly, the APM has already been updated for all DAU links to use the .edu domain. This article is for your situational awareness.
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APM Training at Lackland AFB
APM Trainers will be at Lackland AFB on 21 & 22 February to provide in-person familiarization that will be focused on Small Business and Contracting. For information on how to register and time & location of the trainings please check out our training registration page.
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APM Team Provides Training at Hill AFB
The APM team traveled to Hill AFB to provide in-person APM Familiarization and APM Update Training. Despite very short notice, the attendance at the trainings was good. The APM Familiarization training had a full capacity attendance (15 people) for the conference room. The APM Update training had seven attendees. The attendees represented a good cross-section of people representing program managers, logisticians, and engineers at all ACAT levels, including GBSD (Ground Based Strategic Deterrent). The group was very positive about the APM and those that had seen the Visio version were impressed with the improvements to the APM in the last few years.
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APM Presentation at the Defense Planning and Analysis Society (DPAAS) meeting
As part of the upcoming DPAAS meeting on 28 Feb, SAF/AQXP will be presenting the Acquisition Process Model (APM). More information on DPAAS: The Defense Planning and Analysis Society (DPAAS) was established in 1995 as a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation in the State of Ohio for education and scientific purposes. I have been a member for several years and have presented a couple of times. Members include academia, government and industry representatives. We meet monthly in the vicinity of Wright-Patterson AFB, lately at the Holiday Inn off of Colonel Glenn Hwy. Meetings are informal and informative with a speaker from academia, government or industry, and a topic of current interest to… Read More
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