Development of a System Engineering Competency Career Model: verification of the model using OPM method.
Abstract
The DOD acquisition workforce is growing rapidly, and the need to align tasks to
job positions and competencies with individuals to ensure positions are filled with the
‘best fitting’ candidate is extremely important (Whitcomb, White, Khan 2014). DASN
RDT&E has funded NPS on a multi-year project to assist in the development of the
Systems Engineering Career Competency Model (SECCM). This model identifies a
collection of knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that define the basis for developing
effective systems engineers. Progress on the SECCM has positioned the Department of
Defense (DOD) as a leader in the human resources management of this systems
engineering competency. The SECCM can also assist graduate academic programs to
specify student outcomes and learning objectives within systems engineering (SE)
programs that will ensure the students have the entry-level KSAs required to perform
successfully in their job. The implications of the research can also be used to develop
structured curriculum content, assessment, and continuous process improvement
techniques related to the development of SE learning, and to develop more valid and
reliable instruments for assessing what systems engineers need to learn, need to know,
and need to do (Khan, 2013). Proficiency levels and competency sources are identified
within the model. Each KSA was defined in terms of Bloom’s Taxonomy in both the
cognitive and affective domains. The model is implemented in an Excel spreadsheet.
This approach provides an interactive model that allows for tailoring the KSAs required
for DOD systems engineers to be considered competent at various career experience
levels (White, 2014).
Description
Systems Engineering Competency Career Model (SECCM) (FY2015) Technical Report
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