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Robbins-Gioia Offers Training, Mentoring to Agency
August 4, 2003, Alexandria, VA Robbins-Gioia, LLC, the leading provider
of project management services, today announced it is beginning a 1-year
contract with options to provide program management training to the USDA. The
five-week, five-module course focuses on program management, Capital Planning
and Investment Control (CPIC), and Office of Management and Budget 300
requirements for process change.
During the past few months, the OMB has emphasized improving project management
across government agencies. The discipline is needed, officials say, to improve
the delivery of projects on time and on budget. To bolster their claim, they
refer to the more than 700 systems on OMB’s at-risk list. Additionally, the
Office of Personnel Management has drafted a document outlining a new project
management job classification. With an estimated 50 percent of the federal
workforce eligible for retirement in 2005, an initiative to develop and retain
qualified project managers is crucial.
The 5-week program has students working to build core PM skills, while
understanding the link to their own CPIC process. Throughout the course Project
Management Professional (PMP) certification guidance is given with the goal of
students passing the Project Management Institute’s PMP exam soon after their
training is complete. Jennifer Stanford, Robbins-Gioia’s director of
professional development, is quick to explain what Robbins-Gioia is not
offering. “We’re not a training house. What we bring to the table is experts
working with the students,” she said. “The students’ access to our PM mentors
and experts will streamline and expedite knowledge transfer, providing
government project managers the opportunity to more quickly grasp PM concepts
and skills.”
Although it is primarily for USDA employees, the course is open to those in
other agencies as well. The different modules cover CPIC, process requirements,
and risk. The final week deals with PMP training. “If we teach participants the
core PM knowledge they need, they will be poised to meet OMB requirements,”
said Stanford. “Good PM practices are tied to good reporting. USDA is in the
forefront of this trend.”
About the USDA
The USDA mission is to enhance the quality of life for the American people by
supporting production of agriculture through ensuring a safe, affordable,
nutritious, and accessible food supply; caring for agricultural, forest, and
range lands; supporting sound development of rural communities; providing
economic opportunities for farm and rural residents; expanding global markets
for agricultural and forest products and services; and working to reduce hunger
in America and throughout the world. For more information, please visit
www.usda.gov.
About Robbins-Gioia
For more than twenty years, Robbins-Gioia has pioneered the project management
consulting industry, bringing process-based solutions to high-risk, complex
initiatives in top government agencies and Fortune 500 companies. With a
hands-on approach to project management, we develop and integrate the people,
processes, and technologies that will drive your projects to completion. For
more information, please call Robbins-Gioia LLC at 800-663-7138, or visit the
web site at www.robbinsgioia.com.
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