Journeyman Level

At this level, program and project managers should have, through training, experience, and other development activities:

Knowledge and skills to manage program/project segments of low to moderate risks with little or no supervision
Ability to apply management processes, including requirements development processes and performance-based acquisition principles, to support the agency's mission to develop an acquisition program baseline from schedule requirements, plan technology developments and demonstrations and apply agency policy on interoperability
Ability to identify and track actions to initiate an acquisition program/project using cost/benefit analysis
Ability to identify and apply the process to prepare information for a baseline review, and can assist in development of Total Ownership Cost (TOC) estimates
Ability to manage program/project segments and distinguish between program and project work

Interactive training in the areas described above will help develop the essential interpersonal and management competencies required of high-performing, successful program and project managers such as team building, influencing/negotiating, decisiveness, partnering, and managing diverse workforce.

Coursework Areas
The Program/Project Manager - Mid/Journeyman Level consists of four coursework areas:

Project Management II (minimum of 24 hours)
Leadership and Interpersonal Skills II (minimum of 16 hours)
Government Specific II (minimum of 24 hours)
Earned Value Management and Cost Estimates II (minimum of 24 hours)

There are also prerequisites and requirements for the Program/Project Manager - Mid/Journeyman Level.

Prerequisites and Requirements
Experience at Mid-Level/Journeyman: It is recommended that the individual have at least two years of program or project management experience within the last five years. Program or project management experience includes experience at the entry/apprentice level as well as experience:

Performing market research
Developing documents for risk and opportunity management
Developing and applying technical processes and technical management processes
Performing or participating in source selection
Preparing acquisition strategies
Managing performance based service agreements
Developing and managing a project budget
Writing a business case
Utilizing strategic planning

Training Objectives/Core Competencies
There are performance-based training objectives and competencies for the Program/Project Manager - Mid/Journeyman Level Certificate Training, which is categorized into two distinct groupings.

Coursework area (PDF 329KB), e.g., project management II, leadership and interpersonal skills II, etc.

Project Management II
Leadership and Interpersonal Skills II
Government Specific II
Earned Value Management (EVM) and Cost Estimates II

Process or course of action (PDF 332KB), e.g., management process, systems engineering, etc.

Management Process (Mid/Journeyman)
Systems Engineering (Mid/Journeyman)
Test and Evaluation (T&E) (Mid/Journeyman)
Life Cycle Logistics (LCS) (Mid/Journeyman)
Contracting (Mid/Journeyman)
Business, Cost Estimating and Financial Management (Mid/Journeyman)
Leadership/Professional (Mid/Journeyman)

Additional resources
Corresponding competencies and proficiencies for these coursework areas and processes have been identified to assist in determining what is needed to meet the requirements of the four coursework areas.

Key objectives have been defined that detail the expected performance requirements and areas of responsibilities. Use these objectives and core competencies to build or compare a training program.