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Issue 22
CONTENTS
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PRACTICES
INTERVIEW
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Stories

 
 
The NASA Fabrication Alliance: 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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Getting to "Go"
By Derren Bodell
As the final "go for launch" was given for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission on the Atlas V 401 launch vehicle, the hair on my arms stood up.
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2004 Invention of the Year
By Laurie Stauber
A phone call from a concerned Thiokol engineer in 1997 led Dr. Bruce Steinetz and Mr. Patrick Dunlap of the Glenn Research Center to work on developing a flexible barrier that could withstand the extreme temperatures generated by solid rocket motors
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What do we mean when we say "Knowledge"?
By Laurence Prusak
We are clearly living in a "Knowledge Age." Wherever you look, you find books, articles, programs, courses, advertisements, and degree programs using the word "knowledge" in some way to distinguish itself or its contents.
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Learning to Soar
By Michael Allen
On a spring day at Edwards Air Force Base, someone pointed overhead to a flock of migrating white pelicans soaring gracefully in formation.
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