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February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   What can we learn from studying global trends in project management?

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.

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.

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

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 […]

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

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   What if NASA’s information and data were open by default?

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   In order to beat the all-time Jeopardy! champions with a computer, IBM took a flexible, creative approach to project management.

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   This month marks the 35th anniversary of the space shuttle Enterprise’s maiden flight.