Figure 3: Illustration of Principles for Determining Critical Skills
and Competencies: NHGRI's Workforce Planning:

NHGRI has identified the organizational capabilities it needs to
achieve its goals in the human genome project. About every 5 years
since 1990, the agency has developed new strategic goals for the
project and identified the general organizational capabilities needed
to meet these goals. For example, based on the advice of federal and
nonfederal managers, scientists, and other stakeholders, the agency
has consistently determined it needs the capability to (1) develop and
use state-of-the-art genetic analysis techniques, (2) create and
manage very large databases of genetic information, and (3) explore
the ethics of developing detailed genetic maps of people. However, as
the science has matured, NHGRI has increasingly emphasized the
capability to develop medical applications of genetic discoveries. As
research priorities have changed, NHGRI has also identified and
developed the inhouse capability to provide and manage financial
grants to support pre- and postdoctoral researchers at universities
and for its own in-house research program.