Synopsis
Designed specifically for Federal IT professionals who have already earned their FAC-P/PM certification, IT PM: Management and Resources (FPM 401) course is fully FAI-verified as meeting seven (7) out of fifteen (15) technical FAC-P/PM-IT Core-Plus training Competencies not included in the core FAC-P/PM Standard.
The technical competencies addressed in this course are:
- Accessibility
- Data Management
- Information Management
- IT Performance Assessment
- IT Program Management
- Information Resources Strategy and Planning
- Technology Awareness
The course provides a 24-hour continuing education course that extends the experienced FAC-P/PM professional’s skill set.
Learn
- Effectively apply foundational concepts, processes, and tools of data and information management
- Effectively apply the laws and policies related to data and information management
- Demonstrate fundamental understanding of data modeling
- Apply the principles of database design and optimization
- Select tools, equipment, and technologies used to assist individuals with disabilities to use computer equipment and software
- Discover and implement new developments and applications of information technology
- Select the principles, methods, and tools to assess the effectiveness and practicality of information technology systems
- Implement the principles, methods, and tools for the coordinated management of an IT program
- Administer the principles, methods, and techniques of information technology (IT) assessment, planning, management, monitoring, and evaluation
Topics
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Fundamentals of Data and Information Management
- Definitions and data types
- The laws and policies related to data and Information Management
- Data models, levels of data modeling
- Database and DBMS categories
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Accessibility
- Accessibility definitions and regulatory requirements
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Technology Awareness
- Strategies for new technologies to support organizational requirements
- Risk trends in hardware, software, and telecommunications
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IT Performance Assessment
- Techniques to ensure data quality
- Federal IT Dashboard
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IT program Management
- Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) and budgeting process
- Role of modeling and simulation during the acquisition lifecycle
- Current marketplace and federal IT acquisition
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Information Resources Strategy and Planning
- IT resources focused on supporting organizational goals
- IT modernization and improving the effectiveness and productivity of mission operations