Editors:
As a former director of the old Office of Development and Engineering in CIA, I read with interest the recent article, “Project Management Training at CIA,” by Joe Keogh and Rich Roy (Studies in Intelligence 68, No. 2 [June 2024]). I have contributed to the CIA program management topic in the past. Ed Nowinski and I wrote an article entitled, “The Lost Art of Program Management in the Intelligence Community” (Vol. 50, No. 2, June 2006). ODE was known throughout the community for its ability to manage programs well, delivering programs on time and within budget. I suggest that training alone, while useful, is not all that is needed to produce effective PMs.