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Issue 22
CONTENTS
STORIES
SPECIAL FEATURES
PRACTICES
INTERVIEW
INSIGHTS
Content
 
Stories

Cooperation, Not Competition
By Jerry Mulenburg
Usually when an organization announces an efficiency drive that could mean budget cuts and workforce reductions...
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Cultivating a Community
By Ben Bruneau and Kerry Ellis
When beginning a project, most project managers look first for budget approval and a team that will make the project succeed.
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Old Lessons for a New Generation
By Marty Davis
The Gamma-Ray Observatory project got off to a slow start. A study phase began in 1978. Three years later, CGRO was confirmed as a project...
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Straight to the Source
By Jon Boyle
"It doesn't look good in terms of the schedule. I don't see any way we are going to make the delivery deadline," our project manager said.
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Insights

Preserving Deep Smarts at NASA
By Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap
By 2006, almost half of NASA's workers will be eligible for retirement, many of them in science and engineering.
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Profile of a Leader: Orlando Figueroa
By Kerry Ellis
Orlando Figueroa began his NASA career twenty -seven years ago at Goddard Space Flight Center
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Special Feature

Special Pullout: NASA Knowledge Map
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Innovation Report

The ICB: Recognizing and Rewarding Innovation
By Roger Forsgren
The ICB recognizes and rewards the technological inventiveness of NASA employees and NASA contractors..
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Interview

Interview with Chris Scolese
Shortly after he took on the job of Chief Engineer, Chris Scolese talked with Don Cohen about leadership, learning, and NASA's new mission..
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From the Director
+ Change and Continuity
By Ed Hoffman

From the Chief Engineer
+ Interview with Chris Scolese
By Don Cohen

Profile of a Leader
+ Orlando Figueroa
By Kerry Ellis

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