NASA Project Management Development Process （PMDP） Handbook.docVIP

NASA PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS (PMDP) HANDBOOK Version 4.0 Including: Program/Project Management Job Performance Areas, Project Leadership Performance Goals, Competency Worksheets, and IDP Worksheets March 2002 THE NASA ACADEMY OF PROGRAM AND PROJECT LEADERSHIP  Section Page PMDP QUICKSTART 3 Quickstart Steps 4 PMDP PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 9 Purpose 10 Responsibilities of Employees, Managers, and NASA Centers/HQs 11 Center PMDP Boards and Portfolio Requirements 13 PMDP Levels 15 INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT 17 Individual Development Plan (IDP) 18 Steps in Career Development 19 Career Issues Worksheet 20 Knowledge of Work Environment Worksheet 21 Knowledge of Self Worksheet 22 Integration of Knowledge of Self and Work Environment Worksheet 24 Goal Development Worksheet 25 Method for Taking Action Worksheet 26 Individual Development Plan (IDP) Form 28 STEPS TO ENTER PMDP 29 PMDP Process Steps 30 PMDP Policy Issues 32 Developmental Activities, Rotational Assignments, Formal Training 34 Mentoring and Coaching 35 PMDP COMPETENCY WORKSHEETS 36 Completing the PMDP Worksheets 37 PMDP Competency Worksheets 40  PMDP QUICKSTART Quickstart Steps 1. What do I need to know about PMDP, and why it is so important for the Agency? (Refer to Purpose, page 10). It is the Agency’s preferred approach for career development of the NASA project management workforce. PMDP increasingly determines which NASA project managers get which projects. PMDP results in a more accurate Individual Development Plan and saves the Agency money in training and development activities. PMDP is accomplished at Center-level, and is verified and validated at Agency level by NASA Academy. 2. What are the levels in PMDP? (Refer to PMDP Levels, page 15). Level 1 Capability is a Project Team Member who performs fundamental, basic and routi