US AID SUPPLIER BUYERS GUIDE 2012

Configuration Management methods have evolved beyond their original objective of assuring that technical project requirements are defined, controlled and verified. Today top organizations practice CM principles to manage every project and resource that affects their business performance.

These business leaders understand the critical role that CM plays in plans, processes, tools, and team member performance in sustaining rapid deployments and winning future acquisitions. This outstanding two-day configuration management seminar provides the tools, methods and processes each team member needs for delivering top performance in today's commercial-like DoD acquisition environment.

The seminar will examine CM best practices for each team member throughout a project's life cycle, from tailoring CM plans, defining configuration items and managing suppliers and subcontractors, to releasing hardware or software changes, and validating the results. This course provides configuration managers and technicians, data managers and specialists, logisticians, systems engineers, program managers and quality assurance team members with real world case study examples they need to successfully manage projects for commercial, government and international application.

The course discusses and demonstrates:

• What High Performance Project Teams Know
• Expert Tips for Tailoring CM Plans that Achieve your Business Objectives
• How to Conduct Successful Hardware and Software Configuration Audits
• Tools and Practices that will Improve your Business Performance

Today’s top organizations practice CM principles to manage every project to ensure technical requirements are defined, controlled and verified and to manage projects and resources that affect business performance.

These outstanding organizations understand the critical role that CM plans, processes, tools and team members perform in sustaining rapid deployments and winning future acquisitions.

This two-day seminar provides the tools, methods and processes each team member needs for delivering top performance in today’s commercial-like DoD acquisitions. Examine CM best practices for each project team player throughout the project life cycle, from tailoring CM plans, defining Configuration Items and managing suppliers and subcontractors, to releasing hardware or software changes and validating the results.

This course provides configuration managers and technicians, data managers and specialists, logisticians, systems engineers, program managers and quality assurance team members with real world case study examples they need to successfully manage projects for commercial, government and international application.

The seminar will discuss and demonstrate:

• What High Performance Project Teams Know
• Expert Tips for Tailoring CM Plans that Achieves your Business Objectives
• How to Conduct Successful Hardware and Software Configuration Audits
• Tools and Practices that will Improve your Business Performance