WORKFORCE
CAREER NAVIGATOR SERVING THE DIGITAL SOUP
Udemy training provides a digital transformation solution for the acquisition workforce.
by Brianna Clay
A digital transformation of the acquisition workforce is neces- sary for the future, but this change can be difficult when the library of digital buzzwords grows more confusing every day, from “AI” and “machine learning” to “agile contracting” and “DevOps.” To many, these terms are just another ingredient in the digital alphabet soup, yet this soup will sustain the future of our workforce.
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With a plethora of information being thrown at them, how do acquisition professionals begin to make sense of this digital soup? Just look toward Udemy and the new digital foundations pathway training designed to digitally upskill the acquisition workforce. Te training includes three prioritized courses required for all acquisition-coded employees under the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology (ASA(ALT)), including the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) and all program executive offices. Te three courses are Digital Transformation 2023 ‒ Masterclass, Te Agile Samurai Boot- camp and Te Product Management for AI & Data Science Course. Te training will require approximately 14 hours to
hat does the future acquisition workforce look like?
Tech-savvy, agile and digital.
complete. Tree additional subjects are also recommended— take beginner or foundation courses in agile, DevOps and cloud foundations; data foundations and human-centered design foun- dations. Together, these courses are designed to help digitally transform the acquisition workforce.
FINDING THE RIGHT RECIPE Digital transformation first came to the fore of acquisition in 2019 when the Army began a major push to modernize the Army of 2035. “As an Army, we are going to go through this cultural shift,” said Maj. Megan M. Pekol-Evans, functional area 51 proponency officer at the Army Director of Acquisition Career Management (DACM) Office. Tis shift involves not only employing artificial intelligence, or AI, and machine learn- ing into the development of weapons but also figuring out a way for people to apply that in their daily lives to make work easier and more efficient. To do this, people need these new tools, but “you can’t use these new tools if you don’t understand them,” said Pekol-Evans. “Tat’s what digital transformation, especially at the human capital level, is trying to get at. You have to under- stand these concepts to apply them.”
Te Army needed a training solution to prepare the acquisi- tion workforce for this shift, and Young Bang, the principal deputy to the ASA(ALT), led the search for a solution. Bang
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