Diagnostic and Planning Services
APPEL’s Diagnostic and Planning support programs enable project teams to review and evaluate all aspects of the project plan to provide active management in areas that need support. Our assessment techniques and approach provide quantifiable, objective information on individuals and teams, providing baselines for measuring improvement.
During Diagnostic and Planning, APPEL’s Project Support consultants assess and diagnose needs and provide services including:
Technical Training and Workshops
APPEL’s technical training and workshop support programs enable project teams and individuals to produce high-quality results in the short term, using learning outcomes from technical training programs that improve performance and through workshops that better prepare teams for producing required artifacts.
Process Development
APPEL process engineers use an incremental, step-wise approach when assisting NASA Centers, support functions, projects and other organizational entities in the development and improvement of processes.
Mentoring and Coaching
APPEL’s Mentoring and Coaching activities provide the NASA project community with extensive resources to enhance project performance or to address project management challenges before they threaten project success while offering to strengthen individual skills.
Agreed-upon coaching or mentoring activities are designed to achieve identified specific individualized goals confidentially while supporting specific work site requirements over a defined time period.
Services include project/team support for:
- Assessing team performance and internal processes
- Defining the activities necessary to achieve project/team objectives
- Integrating the right support at the right time to ensure program success
- Identification of artifacts needed to meet team objectives
