Prerequisite: DCL 600M. Serve as a contract manager and explore three major segments of the acquisition process acquisition planning, acquisition management, and contract pricing through pre-award, negotiation preparation, and post-award stages. Complete an acquisition plan using quantitative techniques to quantify and facilitate decision. Apply various cost analysis techniques and quantitative tools to evaluate a contractors cost proposal and develop a negotiation range and objective.

Prerequisite: ACM 610. Serve as a contract manager and apply legal, administrative, and ethical requirements and principles to procurement and contract management. Explore a broad array of legal issues applicable to acquisition as well as the Federal Acquisition Regulation and the American Bar Association model procurement code for state and local government.

Prerequisite: ACM 620. Serve as an acquisitions manager and acquire techniques, methodologies, and strategies designed to enhance organizational procurement and acquisition efficiency and manage supply chain issues. Explore integrated supply chains, including the integration of information, supplies, and materials flows across multiple supply chain channels; the role of information systems and technology in supply chain management; e-commerce strategies; and the development and maintenance of supply chain partnerships and other relationships.

Prerequisite: ACM 630. Serve as an acquisitions manager and explore logistical issues, techniques, methodologies, and strategies designed to enhance organizational efficiency with the acquisition lifecycle. Apply specific concepts including the total cost approach to logistics, planning and implementation, systems relationships and integration, and demand forecasting to solve logistical and asset management issues that arise within the acquisition life-cycle.

Prerequisite: ACM 640. Assume the role of an executive manager and create an acquisitions and contract management business continuity and disaster management plan. Make executive-level decisions to ensure adherence to all rules and regulations surrounding these areas. Develop long-term strategic plans for maintaining operations, reducing costs, evaluating supplier portfolios, and developing sustainable supply chains within the acquisition life-cycle. Practice ethical decision-making and negotiation techniques in analyzing cases containing detailed cost and pricing data.

(Formerly CCA 610.) Prerequisite: DCL 600T. Master the concepts underlying cloud computing, cloud services, and cloud applications. Investigate and analyze the technologies and services of the cloud services industry and distinguish between different cloud development environments. Evaluate the risk and the legal and regulatory compliance issues associated with cloud adoption while identifying the benefits of cloud infrastructure for the organization. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CCA 610 or CCS 610.

(Formerly CCA 610.) Prerequisite: DCL 600T. Master the concepts underlying cloud computing, cloud services, and cloud applications. Investigate and analyze the technologies and services of the cloud services industry and distinguish between different cloud development environments. Evaluate the risk and the legal and regulatory compliance issues associated with cloud adoption while identifying the benefits of cloud infrastructure for the organization. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CCA 610 or CCS 610.

(Formerly CCA 625.) Prerequisite: CCS 610. Explore network engineering concepts, functions, applications, configurations, and hardware. Review net-work protocols and services that serve as the foundation to enable IT infrastructure and services. Evaluate network specifications and requirements using industry best practices and standards in designing network infrastructures to meet business needs. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CCA 620, CCA 625, or CCS 625.

(Formerly CCA 630.) Prerequisite: CCS 625. Apply the underlying concepts, standards, and technologies of cloud computing (including virtualization, cloud data management, cloud programming models, cloud analytics applications, interoperability, and portability) to the planning, design, and configuration of a cloud infrastructure. Prepare policies and documents to plan and design a cloud infra-structure successfully, including a policy document, architecture plan, cloud deployment run book, and user training plan. Perform baseline configurations on the cloud environment to satisfy business requirements. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CCA 630 or CCS 630.

(Formerly CCA 630.) Prerequisite: CCS 625. Apply the underlying concepts, standards, and technologies of cloud computing (including virtualization, cloud data management, cloud programming models, cloud analytics applications, interoperability, and portability) to the planning, design, and configuration of a cloud infrastructure. Prepare policies and documents to plan and design a cloud infra-structure successfully, including a policy document, architecture plan, cloud deployment run book, and user training plan. Perform baseline configurations on the cloud environment to satisfy business requirements. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CCA 630 or CCS 630.

(Formerly CCA 640.) Prerequisite: CCS 630. Implement and configure a cloud environment based on specifications. Analyze current workloads, migrate existing IT systems to the cloud, and configure new systems or services to enhance business operations. Manage the implementation of the cloud to ensure successful deployment. Configure features for elasticity, availability, and scalability using industry-standard techniques, best practices, and tools. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CCA 640 or CCS 640.

(Formerly CCA 670.) Prerequisite: CCS 640. Assume the role of a cloud computing architect. Implement advanced features of the cloud platform, including auditing and logging, cloud orchestration, service catalog, and cloud metering and billing. Investigate, plan, and implement these features on a specific cloud platform. Prepare a cloud portfolio report based on cloud migrations and implementations completed in the program. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CCA 670 or CCS 670.

(Formerly CCA 670.) Prerequisite: CCS 640. Assume the role of a cloud computing architect. Implement advanced features of the cloud platform, including auditing and logging, cloud orchestration, service catalog, and cloud metering and billing. Investigate, plan, and implement these features on a specific cloud platform. Prepare a cloud portfolio report based on cloud migrations and implementations completed in the program. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: CCA 670 or CCS 670.