The WBS is to serve as the basis for program/project technical planning scheduling, cost estimating and budgeting, contract scope definition, documentation product development, and status reporting and assessment (induding integrated cost/schedule performance measurement) Risk Management is a continuous process that identifies risks; analyzes their impact and prioritizes them; develops and carries out plans for risk mitigation acceptance, or other action; tracks risks and the implementation of mitigation plans; supports informed, timely, and effective decisions to control risks and mitigation plans; and assures that risk information is communicated among all levels of a program/project Back to PM Coach Home Page. Data collected in support of the APPl accredited curriculum The "PM Coach/Distance Learning Survey 3/99 was conducted from March 1 to March 31, 1999 in the form of an online survey announced to nasa staff Over two hundred participants sent their responses. of these 203 had answered most or all questions. One sent only a comment, answering no other questions
The WBS is to serve as the basis for program/project technical planning, scheduling, cost estimating and budgeting, contract scope definition, documentation product development, and status reporting and assessment (including integrated cost/schedule performance measurement). Risk Management is a continuous process that identifies risks; analyzes their impact and prioritizes them; develops and carries out plans for risk mitigation, acceptance, or other action; tracks risks and the implementation of mitigation plans; supports informed, timely, and effective decisions to control risks and mitigation plans; and assures that risk information is communicated among all levels of a program/project Back to PM Coach Home Page. Data collected in support of the APPL accredited curriculum. The "PM Coach/Distance Learning Survey 3/99" was conducted from March 1 to March 31, 1999 in the form of an online survey announced to NASA staff. Over two hundred participants sent their responses. Of these, 203 had answered most or all questions. One sent only a comment, answering no other questions
PM Coach/Distance Learning Survey 2/19990 140160 180 Risk Management for Project Manager Managing Fast Track Projects Earned Value Ma Performance Based Contracting 口Yes Grants Management E No Cooperative Agreements 38 口NAA Expanded Work Breakdown Structure owBS) International Program Management (IPM Systems Engineering Handbook SEH. Common Benchmark SEH Advanced Benchmarks S,EH. Other Engineering Metrics SEH. Software Metrics ass-soea3 Acquisition Full Cost Accounting/FMP Cost structure Configuration Managemer Strategic Planning Tools Cost Estimating The participants were asked to agree or disagree with Suggested Quarterly Distance Learning Topics and suggested Self-Paced On-Line Topics which among many separate topics contained two groups of clustered topics (i. e a topic plus related sub-categories In addition participants could make informal comments. We also asked for the participants' levels of education for demographic reasons. a disabled copy of the original online survey form is also made available here The results of the survey follow below The simple answers:
The participants were asked to agree or disagree with: Suggested Quarterly Distance Learning Topics and Suggested Self-Paced On-Line Topics which among many separate topics contained two groups of clustered topics (i.e., a topic plus related sub-categories) In addition, participants could make informal comments. We also asked for the participants' levels of education for demographic reasons. A disabled copy of the original online survey form is also made available here. The results of the survey follow below: The Simple Answers:
The comments Suggested Quarterly Distance Learning Topics Comments to: "Please indude any other topics you may wish to see conducted through distance learning (1)Risk analysis using simulation based modeling tools with graphics (2)Parametric cost estimating (3) Four dimensions of leadership Basic Project Management at NASA Cost/Proposal development for hardware projects. Schedule development and management Configuration Management Budget process at the working level, not at the congressional approval level the process by which your project is funded and your responsibilities for reporting back the accounting system Business ethics Collaborative engineering techniques Contract management Integration of project elements, contracts, and grants in a program Cost estimation Data on the latest ise and cee technologies and capabilities. Specifically the use of cee-delivered tools and capabilities Developing a WBS Organizing /optimizing project resources
The Comments: Suggested Quarterly Distance Learning Topics Comments to: "Please include any other topics you may wish to see conducted through distance learning." (1) Risk analysis using simulation based modeling tools with graphics (2) Parametric cost estimating (3) Four dimensions of leadership Basic Project Management at NASA Cost/Proposal development for hardware projects. Schedule development and management. Configuration Management Budget process at the working level, not at the congressional approval level - the process by which your project is funded and your responsibilities for reporting back the accounting system Business ethics Collaborative engineering techniques Contract Management Integration of project elements, contracts, and grants in a program Cost Estimation Data on the latest ISE and CEE technologies and capabilities. Specifically the use of CEE-delivered tools and capabilities. Developing a WBS Organizing/optimizing project resources
Effective utilization of electronic communication collaborative tools in project management. Foreign languages (i.e. Russian, German, other countries with which NASA works How about a summary of the information which 7120. 5 is to capture, related to best practices and lessons-learned so that each project manager does not have to reinvent the wheel during formulation? i don t think i would be comfortable taking dasses over the Internet. I prefer live human beings as instructors and as fellow participants What if my server went down? When I am taking an off-site dass, my boss cannot interrupt my training with an urgent and unimportant task. But if I am in my office participating in an on-line dass, interruptions from many sources are likel I have completed courses through Advanced program Management as well as having been a Program Manager for many years. I am looking for more advanced or up-to-date training I would like to see a comprehensive eval uation of CoTs tools which support the project Management function for all of the above topics. I would like to see more practical topics like how to react to budgets that change weekly/monthly. I find that many training courses that I have taken are theoretical, not practical, and many times I'm not able to apply them because of the way nasa management works I would suggest that sitting at your desk(with a computer on-line" and tied in by telephone) is not the right way to learn classroom settings get away from the desk will provide less distractions and likely fewer technical glitches Impacts resulting from Full Cost Accounting Incorporating new technology into an existing project. You have an existing project; you have a plan and a budget but a new technology comes along which promises to make a substantial improvement the quality/effectiveness of the project. How do you evaluate the new technology
Effective utilization of electronic communication & collaborative tools in project management. Foreign languages (i.e., Russian, German, other countries with which NASA works) How about a summary of the information which 7120.5 is to capture, related to best practices and lessons-learned, so that each project manager does not have to reinvent the wheel during formulation? I don't think I would be comfortable taking classes over the Internet. I prefer live human beings as instructors and as fellow participants. What if my server went down? When I am taking an off-site class, my boss cannot interrupt my training with an urgent and unimportant task. But if I am in my office participating in an on-line class, interruptions from many sources are likely. I have completed courses through Advanced Program Management as well as having been a Program Manager for many years. I am looking for more advanced or up-to-date training. I would like to see a comprehensive evaluation of COTs tools which support the Project Management function for all of the above topics. I would like to see more practical topics like how to react to budgets that change weekly/monthly. I find that many training courses that I have taken are theoretical, not practical, and many times I'm not able to apply them because of the way NASA management works. I would suggest that sitting at your desk (with a computer "on-line" and tied in by telephone) IS NOT the right way to learn. Classroom settings (get away from the desk) will provide less distractions and likely fewer technical "glitches". Impacts resulting from Full Cost Accounting. Incorporating new technology into an existing project. You have an existing project; you have a plan and a budget, but a new technology comes along which promises to make a substantial improvement in the quality/effectiveness of the project. How do you evaluate the new technology
for incorporation into your project? How do you budget for this possibility? Integrated Finance Management Program(IFMP Full Cost Integrated product development Teams- How do you make them work? Interagency Agreements and Memorandums of Agreement with foreign countries and within the U.s Is it possible to somehow organize these dasses such that we can earn college credit towards a Master's degree in Business? Is it possible to arrange for individual computer based-training, in lieu of distance-based, to tailor our individual schedule (1)Leadership Theory and skills (2)Political Effectiveness(on-the-job) (3 Capability maturity Model (4)Effective project review techniques (5)Congress OPM--How It Works Looks good Managing project teams that are not co-located NASa budget process and funding sources NASA/govt budgeting processes and requirements NASAs fundamental planning tools: understanding and using the pert/cPm chniq Project Control Safety Management (1) Space Act Agreements on a quick-turn-around basis (2)The 7120. 5A program/project system Systems Engineering Systems Engineering concepts and approaches (1) Systems Engineering Metrics (1)Value of Independent Verification and Validation
for incorporation into your project? How do you budget for this possibility? Integrated Finance Management Program (IFMP) Full Cost Integrated Product Development Teams - How do you make them work? Interagency Agreements and Memorandums of Agreement with foreign countries and within the U.S Is it possible to somehow organize these classes such that we can earn college credit towards a Master's degree in Business? Is it possible to arrange for individual computer based-training, in lieu of distance-based, to tailor our individual schedule. (1) Leadership Theory and Skills (2) Political Effectiveness (on-the-job) (3) Capability Maturity Models (4) Effective project review techniques (5) Congress & OPM -- How It Works Looks good Managing project teams that are not co-located NASA budget process and funding sources NASA/govt budgeting processes and requirements NASA's fundamental planning tools: understanding and using the PERT/CPM techniques Project Control Safety Management (1) Space Act Agreements on a quick-turn-around basis (2) The 7120.5A program/project system Systems Engineering Systems Engineering concepts and approaches (1) Systems Engineering Metrics (1) Value of Independent Verification and Validation