Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: INUTEQ, LLC
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2011-05-01 to 2016-04-30
Current total value of award: $37019498.94
Description: THE ACADEMY OF PROGRAM/PROJECT AND ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP (APPEL) IS LOCATED WITHIN NASA'S OCE AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING NASA'S TECHNICAL WORKFORCE IN THREE MAIN AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: (1) PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGEMENT, (2) SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, AND (3) ENGINEERING. APPEL ACCOMPLISHES THIS THROUGH THREE MAJOR LINES OF BUSINESS:  1. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT (COURSEWORK IN PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGEMENT, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, AND ENGINEERING) LIES AT THE HEART OF APPEL'S APPROACH TO BUILDING PROGRAM/PROJECT, ENGINEERING, AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CAPABILITY AT NASA. THE COURSES ARE DESIGNED USING PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING COMPETENCY MODELS AND FOCUS ON WHAT THE PARTICIPANTS WILL NEED TO ENHANCE THEIR OWN CAPABILITIES, KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLS. THE ACADEMY'S CURRICULUM EMPLOYS STATE-OF-THE ART METHODOLOGIES BASED ON THE BEST EMPIRICAL RESEARCH AND THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRY. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO SET THE STANDARD FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT, THUS ADVANCING THE MISSION OF NASA IN ITS SERVICE OF OUR NATION. 2. KNOWLEDGE SHARING (HOSTING FORUMS AND CONFERENCES, PROVIDING CASE STUDIES, PUBLISHING RELEVANT ARTICLES ON THE APPEL WEBSITE AND OTHER ELECTRONIC AND HARDCOPY VENUES, ETC) PROMOTES EXCELLENCE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. ITS PRIMARY STRATEGY FOCUSES ON GATHERING AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM FROM THE BEST PROGRAM/PROJECT AND ENGINEERING LEADERS ACROSS THE AGENCY. THIS INITIATIVE HAS PROVEN TO BE AN EFFECTIVE CATALYST IN BUILDING AND SUPPORTING ONGOING NASA COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE. 3. PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT (CONSULTING AND COACHING WITH PROGRAM/PROJECT TEAMS) INCREASES A PROJECT'S PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS BY DELIVERING THE RIGHT SUPPORT TO A PROJECT TEAM AT THE RIGHT TIME. THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE, FOCUSED WORKSHOPS, OR LARGE-GROUP SESSIONS, PROJECT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS ACHIEVE IMMEDIATE PROJECT GOALS, WHILE ENHANCING LONG-TERM TEAM CAPABILITIES.