FPM-314 : Senior Federal Leadership

Educational Focus

This Senior Level CAM course provides a framework for the participants to respond to the challenges facing them, their programs and projects, and their organizations in new, more innovative, and more productive ways. Specific topics addressed include:

• Thinking Strategically
• Increasing awareness of the impact that External factors have on your program or project
• Leading with an Entrepreneurial spirit and mindset
• Creating, communicating, and implementing a Vision for your program or project

ALTA Learning Methodology

In addition to lecture and Q&A, this class provides a true adult learning experience by utilizing various other teaching modalities:

• Students engage in various hands-on, experiential Exercises to emphasize the importance of essential leadership skills, including:
  • Teamwork, Collaboration, and Communication
  • Personality types and preferences
  • Negotiation skills
  • Organizational and team structures for optimum performance
• Using a proprietary Leadership Assessment Tool developed specifically for this program, participants assess and evaluate their leadership traits in their current job settings.

• Industry Acquisition Professionals specializing in Federal Programs, Program / Project Management Professionals, and Financial Professionals
• Anyone looking for DAWIA‐ or FAC‐P/PM‐based Federal Acquisition Management training credentials
• Anyone who works with the Federal government and is looking to earn their PMP® certification
• PMP® certification holders looking to better understand the Federal acquisition regulations and processes

This course addresses both PMBOK® Knowledge areas as well as 1 of the 7 Senior-level FAC-P/PM competencies required by FAI.

PMBOK® Knowledge Areas

• Communications Management
• Human Resources Management

FAC-P/PM Competencies

Fully verified by FAI, FPM-314 covers all learning objectives for the FAC-P/PM Senior-level “Leadership / Professional” Competency.

FAC-P/PM Competency Mapping

• I. Strategic Thinking

  • Understand applicable laws, policies, regulations, and procedures
  • Scan domestic and international political, social, economic environments
  • Base strategies on influences of internal/external environments
  • Leverage other organizations’ experience to respond quickly to external challenges

• II. Vision

  • Develop a breadth of perspective and a clear understanding of the Agency, its role in the Federal Government, and the full and changing context in which the organization’s mission is set
  • Value and use systematic scanning and other analytical tools so as to identify and integrate key issues affecting the organization and its service mission into a believable vision
  • Anticipate changes and conceive new models for responding to complexity, uncertainty, and new realities
  • Communicate the organization’s mission, values, and vision clearly, building a shared vision and “orchestrating” individual efforts into a meaningful whole
  • Demonstrate personal commitment to the organization’s mission, values, and vision, and embody the honesty, integrity, ethics, courage, and personal accountability that engender trust and inspire belief, commitment, and action from others

• III. Entrepreneurship

  • Initiate actions that involve risk to achieve a recognized benefit
  • Identify new products, services, and capabilities
  • Develop new products, services, and capabilities

• IV. External Awareness

  • Maintain currency with laws, regulations, policies, procedures, trends, and developments
  • Determine how to achieve and sustain competitive advantage
  • Integrate Administration priorities and initiatives into team goals and objectives

• V. Exercises

  • Teamwork, Collaboration, and Communication
  • Personality Types and Preferences
  • Negotiation

Standard Class Hours
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Credits Earned
16 CLPs
16 PDUs (Course approved by PMI® and is eligible for PDU credit)
1.6 CEUs