ASK Magazine

By Colby Africa I had been working for two years as the technical Product manager for a large software company, when their partner company gave me call.

By Marty Davis About a year and a half ago, I sent all of my people — the support contractors and the civil servants alike — to risk management training.

By Thomas Sutliff When conducting physical science research in space, the smallest vibration or disturbance can disrupt sensitive experiments.

By Dr. Alexander Laufer This summer, the Knowledge Sharing Initiative will be celebrating its fifth birthday For almost twenty years, the main thrust of my research has been to gain an understanding of the elements that make for successful project management.

By Ed Hoffman Stream-of-consciousness commentary on the hectic life of a NASA manager. I have hated writing the column for this issue. This is unusual since I tend to look forward to writing for ASK.

By Jessica Simmons I’m the new editor of this well-established, award-winning magazine known in the project management community for its innovative knowledge sharing approach.

  Altogether you spent close to 30 years of your career at Goddard. Developing a satellite like COBE, which has made enormous scientific contributions, must’ve been a huge accomplishment for both you and the Center.

By Ed Mauldin What Is Prototyping? Prototyping is probably the oldest method of design. It is typically defined as the use of a physical model of a design, as differentiated from an analytical or graphic model.

By Terry Little Recently I chaired a panel interviewing candidates to fill an S.E.S. position within the Missile Defense Agency.