Course Description:
This course focuses on initiatives, strategies, and opportunities for transforming the Federal Government’s business operations that provide capabilities, resources, and materiel to the government employee (such as global warfighters or disaster recovery staff).  The course assesses the structural, political, technological, leadership, and human challenges of effecting transformational change in a complex mega-enterprise.  This includes analyzing the challenges transformation initiatives bring when engaging in new ways of doing business, retiring legacy systems, processes, and strategies, while simultaneously delivering required services and results.  The evolving vision and development of the Federal Enterprise Architecture as the information technology enabler of business enterprise transformation are evaluated.  Students examine large organization transformations from the corporate sector to identify insightful lessons that can be developed as recommendations for government business enterprise transformation. 

Recommended Attendance:
The course is critical for DoD officers and Federal civilian executives who hold or aspire to hold leadership positions with transformation responsibilities. The course is critical for DoD officers and Federal civilian executives who hold or aspire to hold leadership positions with transformation responsibilities.

Prerequisites:
None.

Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to identify the central dynamics and enablers of initiatives, opportunities, and strategies for transforming the Federal Government’s business enterprise; to evaluate and compare transformation efforts across multiple agencies by identifying areas of strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities; and to recommend strategies for addressing them.