Professional Development

NASA JPL’s Academy of Program and Project

Leadership program provides professional development to teams and individuals through performance support, knowledge sharing, courses, career development, university partnerships, and advanced technology tools. Since 1997, many of NASA’s more experienced practitioners have left in a time that the number of projects has increased. As a result, a younger and less experienced work force is \increasingly in charge of more complex projects. This fact is the catalyst for a need for increased mentoring, support, and development. The academy program facilitates the transfer of this knowledge and helps to develop future NASA project leaders.

The program’s five operational areas of expertise are:

1. the project management development process,

2. training courses,

3. project team performance support,

4. online project management tools, and

5. benchmarking and research.