Project Management in the AOR

The mission of SAME is to promote and facilitate engineering support for national security by developing and enhancing relationships and competencies among uniformed services, public- and private-sector engineers, and related professionals. As such, SAME HQ has launched Project Management in AOR, a day-long, free-of-cost webinar intended to provide a just-in-time crash course on the principles of project management for engineers deploying to the AOR.

Approximately 120 Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines participated from locations worldwide in the most recent webinar, held April 29, and their feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Some of the topics briefed included base development, project classification, reach-back capabilities and planning, programming and budgeting. Session presenters included representatives from the Air Force Institute of Technology, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps Officer School and private industry, among others.

SAME HQ anticipates the next Project Management in the AOR webinar being offered in late July. The next session will be limited to 100 military or civil service participants who are preparing for deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. For more information on this and other SAME training opportunities, contact Kristin Duckworth, SAME Continuing Education Manager, at kduckworth@same.org.