Study of knowledge and skills in project management in the Brazilian Air Force

The Command of the Brazilian Air Force has a methodology for the development and acquisition of aircraft and aeronautical systems divided into nine distinct phases: design, feasibility, design, development, production, deployment, use, regeneration and deactivation. From the definition phase, once defined the alternative considered for acquisition or development, is designated a team of Project Management. This team will be led by Project Manager in order to centralize and integrate all activities of the project, establishing the functions of supervision and control of actions. Depending on the complexity for the performance of tasks involving the management, it is difficult to identify the knowledge and skills for this role with the necessity of multidisciplinary knowledge. This article seeks to identify the knowledge and skills that an Air Force officer should have to fill this function, thereby making possible the development of academic and practical skills before the advent of this demand. Another focus of this paper is the possibility of development of skilled human resources, allowing these features do not interfere with the success of the project.