NASA Workforce Competency Dictionary
Workforce Competency Dictionary
CMS-DOC-01
NASA Competency Management System (CMS)
Issue date 10-08-2004
Revision 5
PURPOSE
The NASA Competency Management System (CMS) is a collection of business processes and tools that are used to measure and monitor the Agency’s corporate knowledge base. A competency is a conceptual representation of a body of knowledge. The competencies are used to categorize the capabilities of an employee, identify the knowledge requirements of a job position, forecast the workforce requirements for a project, and stimulate the interaction and sharing of knowledge across the Agency.