Highlights:
OCIT Support
The official record of support to the OCIT can be found here. This week provided support to the OC-00/09 working groups as they moved through the mapping of proceses.
The OC-00/09 team is a bit different from other teams in that I'm on the hook per the ePMO for 17 tasks (of 187 listed). I'm not sure how my name came to be attached to the transition plan items, as, according to the 0931/STT MOA the support provided is supposed to be as consultants, not a pair of hands, but...
Here are the tasks that, as of a ePMO print-out today, I'm at risk for (meaning not green for schedule and management assessment).
- #39: Identify and label critical "to be" processes. I think with the work the workgroups did this week, this ought to actually be completed. FORAC for me: Follow-up with the team integrator.
- #115: Map key preocesses. Ditto as 39.
- #120: Identify and define key process boundaries. This is going to take reviewing all the mapped processes. With luck, I can pass this back to the two O-5 workgroup leads and facilitate the completion of this item.
OC-5 is my other assigned workgroup, and they are moving along nicely.
Coast Guard Knowledge Management Summit
Staffing this project. The official site is here (on iPedia), and the official blog is here. We have twenty confirmed participants, and I have been dealing with logistics, questions, and the agenda. Have also been coordinating with Janet those TONOs we are providing.
FORAC this coming week:
- Complete the PR to pay for the conference facility. The cost for this is around $1,350 for the three days.
- Set the agenda. At this point, we have the presentations set and the discussion points set, and I just need to order it and set times. The working agenda is here.
- Make my own travel arrangements. Using annual TONO.
National Graduate School
Serving as the project officer for National Graduate School cohorts in the Hampton Roads area.
I have been both seeking out recommended faculty for the school and helping with seeking out potential students.
Sent the following email text to Hampton Roads ESOs, command cadre, and other interested people:
We’re blessed here in Hampton Roads, and in most locations where Coast Guard personnel are concentrated, to have a plethora of colleges and universities at which our members and employees can study. I’d like to let you know about another option, one that provides not only an education for our personnel, but brings direct benefits to units and programs in the Coast Guard. The National Graduate School of Quality Management (http://www.ngs.edu), an accredited, degree-granting institution, is starting cohorts here in Hampton Roads, online, and elsewhere in the Coast Guard, late this March.Forwarded this to other OPCs, and several indicated they were going to use the basic text for their work.
Why do I call your attention to this program? I call your attention to this program because students complete performance improvement projects which provide tangible results and savings to the Coast Guard. And, more than 500 Coast Guard members and employees have earned degrees from the school. This is a huge win for the Coast Guard and the students, and thus my shout-out today.
Do you have systems and processes which could benefit from an in-depth analysis by students at the undergraduate, masters, or doctoral level? Do you have members or employees who could benefit from completing a bachelors, masters, or doctoral degree? Likely so. I encourage you, and the prospective students, to take a close look at the programs from the National Graduate School.
Members of the Leadership Council have expressed a desire that some of the National Graduate School projects this next year focus on modernization efforts; I think this is going to be a big year for the National Graduate School program in providing substantial performance improvements recognized at the highest levels of the Service.
Certainly, there are many opportunities for higher education for our people here in Hampton Roads and elsewhere. What sets this program apart, at least from many other programs, is the direct benefit to the Coast Guard in the form of completed projects exhibiting tangible results.
I expect that live classes here in Hampton Roads will be offered at the Portsmouth Federal Building or the Finance Center. There will also be classes in Elizabeth City. Live classes will also be held at other select locations around the Coast Guard; there will also be online cohorts starting at the same time. All classes will start March 20, 2009.
Please consider recommending this educational program to those members and employees you feel might benefit.
Our point of contact at the school is Marcie Trefny at 800-838-2580 x109 or mtrefny@ngs.edu; she’ll be glad to answer any questions you or prospective students might have about the school and the available programs.
I’m also more than willing to answer any questions; just give me a shout. And, if you have an issue or challenge or deficiency that might benefit from a National Graduate School project, please get in touch with me.
And, finally, if you are interested in learning more about educational programs which provide direct value to the Coast Guard, please let me know.
I'll be conducting the following informational briefs about the program (including the direct benefit to the Coast Guard in terms of completed projects):
- Finance Center - 11 February
- Portsmouth Federal Building - 12 February
- Training Center Yorktown - 25 February
- ATTC Elizabeth City - 26 February
WHAT: INFORMATION SESSION FOR THE NATIONAL GRADUATE SCHOOLI will continue working with the school for faculty and student recruitment, and will begin creating a list of possible projects.
WHEN: THURSDAY, 25 FEBRUARY, AT 1300
WHERE: CRAIK MEDICAL CENTER (CONFERENCE RM), TRAINING CENTER YORKTOWN
There will be an information session for anyone interested in the undergraduate or graduate programs offered by the National Graduate School of Quality Management. The information session will be in the conference room at Craik Medical Center, on February 25, starting at 1300.
NGS offers Bachelor of Science Degree Completion Programs, Dual-credential Master of Science Degrees with a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, and Doctor of Business Administration Degrees. Classes are held at sites nation-wide as well as online. If there is enough interest, we will host classes here at Training Center Yorktown. NGS begins its 8th year of offering classes to Coast Guard members and employees on March 20, 2009.
Degrees are available in: Quality Systems Management, Homeland Security & Defense, and Environmental Policy & Quality Management.
NGS programs are unique in that they are project-based. Students complete projects which directly benefit the Coast Guard. In addition, most of the NGS programs are short but intense. The master's degree runs 12 months; the doctoral program runs 24 months; the bachelor's completion program is 18 months. The pace is frenetic, however, with classes meeting weekly during the program.
* For more information, visit http://www.ngs.edu/uscg.
* For enrollment questions, contact Marcie Trefny at 800-838-2580 ext. 109 or mtrefnyATngs.edu.
* For questions about NGS in Hampton Roads, contact Peter Stinson (peter.stinsonATuscg.mil; 398-XXXX) who is serving as the project and liaison officer for Coast Guard NGS programs in Hampton Roads.
While the application deadline is February 27. 2009, anyone attending this information session will be given a generous extension for completing the application.
Social Media
Answered questions from representative from the Coast Guard Women's Leadership Association about blog formatting and use of Intelink for blog and wiki creation.
Provided feedback to D9 PAO staff on technical bugs with their new blog.
Provided social media consulting to the New York office of Amver.
Provided USAF blog response flowchart to Ae staff.
District Commander's Engagement Plan
Provided counsel to a district OPC in the development of a district commander's engagement plan and the use of survey tools as a comment form.
Coast Guard 101 Training by University of Findlay
Received request from faculty member at University of Findlay to review a training curriculum they are developing to provide a Coast Guard overview to maritime facility security managers. Reviewed and provided feedback.
Future look: Working to keep my head above water.
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