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In a Vehicle Assembly Building high bay, an aft center segment of a Solid Rocket Booster is lowered toward a segment already in place. Photo Credit: NASA
My Best Mistake: Weiping Yu’s "To Thine Own Self Be True"
June 30, 2015 // by

I made my mistake over and over again for many years.

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Space Shuttle Discovery in the Vehicle Assembly Building. On either side of Discovery’s tail and Orbiter Maneuvering System Pods are the Tail Masts that support the fluid, gas and electrical requirements of the orbiter’s liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen aft T-0 umbilicals. Photo Credit: NASA/KSC
My Best Mistake: Eugene Hajdaj’s “What Could Go Wrong?”
June 10, 2015 // by

At Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Equipment Test Facility, I learned the hard way that supposedly bulletproof designs are not necessarily as trouble-free as they may appear.

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Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Hoffman moderated a lively discussion with two master practitioners at NASA’s Glenn Research Center (GRC), Diane Malarik, Senior Project Manager of the Space Flight System Directorate, and Michael Barrett, Deputy Chief for the Space Technology Project Office. Photo Credit: NASA
Why You Can’t Win With Scared Money: A Masters with Masters Interview with Michael Barrett and Diane Malarik
May 26, 2015 // by

Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Hoffman moderated a lively discussion with two master practitioners at NASA’s Glenn Research Center (GRC).

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Lessons Learned Landing Page
Now Featuring the New Lessons Learned Landing Page
May 15, 2015 // by

“Where do you go for Lessons Learned at NASA?”

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This 1986 artist's concept shows the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) towing a satellite. As envisioned by Marshall Space Flight Center planners, the OMV would be a remotely-controlled free-flying space tug which would place, rendezvous, dock, and retrieve orbital payloads. Image Credit: NASA
My Best Mistake: Bill Gerstenmaier’s “Balancing Budgets and Work”
May 13, 2015 // by

I’m not sure that the decisions I made as operations manager of the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV) program nearly three decades ago were necessarily mistakes, but the problems that ultimately killed the OMV were certainly real.

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Mythbuster Jamie Hyneman poses with the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program staff at the 2014 Symposium held February 4-6 at Stanford University. From left to right: Katherine Reilly, Communications & Outreach Manager; Jamie Hyneman; Jay Falker, Program Executive; Ronald Turner, Senior Science Advisor; Jason E. Derleth, Program Manager. Photo Credit: NASA Ames Research Center
Know Comparison
May 12, 2015 // by

Mythbusters is no stranger to NASA.

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Workers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida accompany shuttle Atlantis as it is towed back to its processing hangar after landing at Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility, completing its 13-day mission to the International Space Station and the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
My Best Mistake: Dan Keenan’s “Where Journeys Begin”
April 16, 2015 // by

Anyone who has ever had the courage to go out into the world and do something knows there are only two kinds of mistakes: ones we can recover from and ones we cannot recover from.

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Knowledge 2020 Conference
Second Knowledge 2020 Conference to be Held at Johnson Space Center
April 2, 2015 // by

NASA’s Chief Knowledge Officers (CKO), NASA knowledge community, and project and program practitioners are invited to a unique knowledge sharing conference at Johnson Space Center (JSC), April 27 – 29, 2015.

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APPEL ranked best academy in the world by the Project Management Institute.
APPEL Named Best Academy in the World by the Project Management Institute
March 31, 2015 // by

NASA’s Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL) was recognized as the global leader in project management training.

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