ACQ 405 Executive Refresher Course

The Executive Refresher Course provides senior acquisition professionals, from all career fields, an update on DoD acquisition policy, processes, and lessons learned. The ultimate goal is for participants to synthesize classroom information and define their roles and responsibilities as acquisition leaders. Participants hone their expertise through the use of DoD, congressional, GAO, and Industry

guest speaker led discussions on acquisition updates. Sessions also include specific career field updates provided by DAU instructors, in the areas such as financial management, systems engineering, contracting, logistics, and test and evaluation. Learners will also participate in specific group led discussions on contemporary management and leadership topics, such as partnering with industry, risk management, human capital management, earned value oversight, time management, and leading change.