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By Ken Schwer “I want you to take charge of this project,” said my supervisor. In this case, it was a project that entailed starting from scratch, not picking up the reins of an established mission from a previous management.

By Frank Snow When I was the Ground System Project Manager for the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), Chuck Athas, who had extensive experience with large NASA and DoD systems, was officially my scheduler and planner, but he was also my can-do person.

By Judy Stokley When I started out in management I tried to keep track of every detail on a project. In fact, I always say, “It is a good thing that wisdom comes with age” because I don’t believe I could physically take the hours I used to work.

By Roy Malone It was a classic case of denial. I didn’t want to believe my budget was being cut by 12 percent. I didn’t want to believe I had to lay off people.