5.1: Collection Management and Systems Training

Establish a Community-wide training program to educate analysts on collection management and systems.

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Our analysts must understand collectors’ needs, capabilities, and constraints to participate more actively in the collection process. Collection training should be made a mandatory part of the career progression for all analysts, and those who develop the requisite collection management skills should be recognized and rewarded professionally. Implementing Actions: • Evaluate existing collection training activities in the Community and baseline resources currently devoted to them. Identify best practices and/or centers of excellence. Establish an IC-wide curriculum on collection programs, building—where possible—on training already offered by individual agencies. Start with introductory courses and training for new recruits. Follow with advanced training on collection management and the development of collection strategies. Designate core courses that should be mandatory. Tie to “virtual university” initiative in Chapter 2 (Investing in People).

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