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Conference Paper Talent Management, Decision Making, Leadership, Resource Management, Aerospace & Defense 10 October 2015

How the U. S. defense department trains its top project managers

By Gadeken, Owen C. For more than 40 years, the Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) has been training project managers for the U.S. Department of Defense. The course has changed dramatically since then, with…

Conference Paper Teams, Resource Management, Talent Management, Aerospace & Defense 10 October 2015

Developing superior project teams at NASA

By Suda, Lawrence V. Although there is widespread belief that overall project success is often heavily based on an effective team, there is no empirical evidence to support this belief. In this paper, the author…

Conference Paper Talent Management, Resource Management, Aerospace & Defense 29 July 2014

Competency framework alignment

By Richardson, Tracey M. | Marion, James W. This research examines the available literature to identify any linkages between military experience as a predictor of success when applied to project management roles within industry.Anecdotal…

Article Resource Management, Aerospace & Defense March 2007

Project Management Journal

Computational modeling of project organizations under stress

By Dillard, John. | Nissen, Mark E. An organization's operational structure can either enable or hinder its capability to plan and implement projects. This article examines--via computational models--a study that shows how…

Conference Paper Talent Management, Resource Management, Technical Skills, Aerospace & Defense 3 October 2002

Seminars & Symposium

The defense PMBOK® guide extension and CAQ development--an overview

By Vanderheiden, Thomas E. | Ayer, Frederick L. This paper provides a review of efforts since the mid-80s to improve project professional development for United States government controlled Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition management…

Conference Paper Career Development, Talent Management, Ethics, Resource Management, Aerospace & Defense 14 July 2002

Gender in project managers

By Mulenburg, Gerald M. Do NASA men and women project managers exhibit the same or different characteristics? What does the answer to this question imply for project managers inside and outside of NASA? Dr. Mulenburg…

Conference Paper Talent Management, Resource Management, Aerospace & Defense 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

Building, validating, and implementing a PM competency model

By Hobbs, J. Brian | Pettersen, Normand | Guerette, Hélène One of the most significant ways that organizations can contribute to the maturation of project management and its project managers is by developing and instituting a project management competency…

Article Quality Management, Talent Management, Teams, Resource Management, Aerospace & Defense September 1994

PM Network

Celebration as a productivity tool

By Casey, Inge P. When a large defense contractor won the award of a major project worth about 3.4 billion dollars, the combination of official and private celebration by the project team lasted three days.

Article Talent Management, Resource Management, Aerospace & Defense, Education August 1992

PM Network

Education and training of program management personnel in DOD

By Rush, Benjamin C. The United States Department of Defense (DOD) has established a career development program that is funded and coordinated by the Defense Acquisition University. The Program Management Course (PMC)…

Article Talent Management, Resource Management, Aerospace & Defense August 1992

PM Network

An overview of training and development strategies for NASA project management

By Hoban, Francis T. | Hoffman, Edward J. In 1976, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) offered the Project Management Shared Experience Program (PMSEP), the first agency-wide project management training…