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Opening keynote speakers get ready to take the stage at PM Challenge 2012.
PM Challenge Keynote Roundup

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   Leaders in aerospace and project management shared big ideas and personal insights at the 2012 NASA Project Management Challenge.

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Audience member poses a question to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) panel on the challenges for projects meeting cost, schedule, and performance at the 2012 NASA PM Challenge.
Challenges for Projects Meeting Cost, Schedule, and Performance

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   What’s impeding NASA’s ability to deliver projects successfully? The NASA Office of the Inspector General has identified four key factors.

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Arthur Chmielewski presenting on the psychological impacts on estimation and assessment at the 2012 NASA PM Challenge.
Psychological Impacts on Judgment, Estimation, and Risk Assessment

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   How does human psychology affect our ability to estimate?

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Enabling Mission Success: Five Projects in Eight Months

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   The key to juggling multiple successful projects is lots of accurate communication, according to Rod Zieger of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). To say that 2011 was a busy time for JPL is an understatement: four projects launched—Aquarius, Juno, GRAIL, and Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)—and one neared […]

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Uses of Wikis Across NASA

Vol. 5, Issue 2 Collaborative, accessible, and efficient, wikis offer NASA a powerful knowledge solution.

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2011 APPEL Annual Publications
Academy Brief: Annual Publications Released

January 26, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 1   The Academy’s annual publications highlight its efforts to serve the NASA workforce.

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Academy Bookshelf: Good Strategy, Bad Strategy

January 26, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 1   So you say you have a strategy. Richard Rumelt asks if it’s any good.

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Kevin Fisher, software systems engineer at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Young Professional Brief: Kevin Fisher

January 26, 2012: Volume 5, Issue 1   Kevin Fisher made his entrance into systems engineering as a freshman on a team of seniors.

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Project HOPE: The Story Begins
Video Case Study Project HOPE The Story Begins

January 26, 2012: Volume 5, Issue 1   A young team of engineers had one year and a lot to learn before getting their rocket off the ground.

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