COMMENTARY


CONCLUSION Leading change is never easy. Te integration of PMP, PgMP and PfMP credentials into DAWIA PM certification levels may meet with resistance from current senior leaders and some acqui- sition professionals because of a preference for the status quo. A paradigm shift is necessary with regard to the DOD acquisi- tion community to realize that commercial industry values and rewards these professional certifications in the mastery of manage- ment fundamentals. Likewise, senior leaders have the power to make the changes proposed here to increase the professionalism of the acquisition workforce.


Te goal of acquisition is to deliver warfighter capabilities effec- tively and efficiently. Increasing the standards for the workforce to include private-sector professional certifications would create a cadre of acquisition warriors that the warfighter and senior DOD leaders can depend on to maintain our technological advantages on modern battlefields. Capable program management speeds the delivery of required capability to the warfighter through lead- ership and with competent, effective acquisition, business and technical management—resulting in increased combat effective- ness on the battlefield.


Currently, leaders do not value the input of acquisition profession- als mostly because they don’t recognize acquisition as a profession. Te adoption of PMP, PgMP and PfMP credentials into DAWIA certification requirements would help build trust between acquisi- tion professionals and senior leaders and warfighters. Ten maybe DOD senior leaders outside the acquisition workforce will recog- nize the important contributions that acquisition professionals make to deliver capabilities to the warfighter.


DR. ROBERT F. MORTLOCK, COL., USA (RET.), managed defense systems development and acquisition efforts for the last 15 of his 27 years in the U.S. Army. He’s now a professor of the practice, teaching defense acquisition and program management in the Graduate School of Defense Management at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from Webster University, an M.S. in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University. He holds DAWIA Level III certifications in program management, test and evaluation, and engineering, as well as the Project Management Professional and Program Management Professional credentials.


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