NDIA Executive Forum Competency Aligned Organization Model

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NDIA Executive Forum Competency Aligned
Organization Model

• CAPT Frank Unetic, USN
• Commanding Officer
• SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego
• 9 October 2007

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What Leadership is Saying
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What Do We Mean by CAO?

• Competency Aligned Organization (CAO) is an
  organizational approach to Command execution
• Based on identifying key role focus areas (or
  Competencies) of professional expertise
  performed by the SPAWAR and PEO workforce.
• Where each competency maintains a common
  framework of professional knowledge, skills and
  abilities.

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Why Implement CAO?

• Match worker talents with customer needs to align
  employee skills and talents to program demand
  signals
• Enable expanded career options through improved
  workforce knowledge, skills and abilities to
  improve flexibility for career growth
• Reduce risk and cost through common processes to
  govern business

Dedicated to Delivering the Right Readiness

at the Right Time

at the
Right Cost
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How will CAO work?
Customer Driven Common
tools and processes
Competency-based
tasking and collaboration
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Team SPAWAR Tier 1 Competencies
1.0 Finance 2.0 Contracts 3.0 Legal 4.0
Logistics and Fleet Support 5.0 Engineering 6.0
Program Management 7.0 Science Technology 8.0
Corporate Operations
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What will SPAWARs CAO look like?
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CAO National Competency Leads
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SSC San Diego Local Competency Leads
SSC San Diego CAPT Frank Unetic Ms Carmela Keeney
5.0 ENGINEERING
1.0 FINANCE
3.0 LEGAL
7.0 ST
Scott Miller
Frank Gordon
Carmela Keeney
Dave Bly
2.0 CONTRACTS
4.0 LOGISTICS FLEET SUPPORT
6.0 PROGRAM MNGMT
8.0 CORP OPS
Tammy Sanchez
Tim Smith
Celia Metz
Tim Smith
5.5 Comms and Networks
5.9 System TE and Certification
5.7 Space Systems
5.3 Command and Control
5.1 Enterprise Systems Engineering
Brian Marsh
Pat Sullivan
John Iaia
Don Endicott
Rich Jaffee
5.6 ISR/IO
5.8 Information Assurance
5.2 Netcentric Engineering Integration
5.4 Business Systems / EIS
C Keeney (Act.)
Rich Jaffee
Pat Sullivan
Don Endicott
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SSC San Diego Organization Codes
Commanding Officer 200 / 00
Technical Director 201 / 01
Director of CORP OPS 202 / 81
Executive Officer 203 / 09
Director, Science, Technology Engineering 210
/ 73
Navigation Applied Sciences 230 / 71
Pacific C4ISR 250 / 52
Intelligence, Surveillance Reconnaissance 270
/ 56
Supply Contracts 220 / 22
Command Control 240 / 53
Fleet Engineering 260 / 41
Communication Information Systems 280 / 55
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How Will CAO Affect Our Workforce?

• What Remains the Same?
• Supervisors, as the employers of record, will
  continue to
• Establish performance objectives
• Provide day-to-day task direction
• Conduct performance appraisals.

• What Changes in a CAO?
• Competency Domain Leaders will supply
• Clearly defined paths for career growth
• Standard processes, rules and tools across the
  command
• A workforce, organized around defined
  competencies, that matches workload demand.

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When Will CAO Be Deployed?
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Questions?