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

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

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

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.

January 26, 2012: Volume 5, Issue 1   The root causes of failure are often cultural, not technical, according to Dr. Stephen B. Johnson.

January 26, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 1   Forty-five years ago this month, a cry let out from the Apollo 1 capsule, “There’s a fire in here.”

January 26, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 1   Given the complexity of projects today, the limits of hindsight, and the human inability to predict the future, is strategy a waste of time?

January 26, 2012: Volume 5, Issue 1   Landing a man on the moon and safely returning him to Earth before the end of the decade came down to choosing the best strategy.

December 22, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 10   Project managers need the right resources — including the talent — at the beginning of the project, not the end.