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By Ed Hoffman On a recent trip to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), I brought home some toys for my children.

By Todd Post The ASK Magazine prototype appeared in January 2001, and was released to a small group of readers, less than a hundred of some of the most reflective project managers we knew at the time.

Starting out as a bench engineer and later serving for a decade as Director of Astrophysics, Dr. Charles (Charlie) Pellerin’s NASA career spanned nearly 30 years.

By Cheryl A. Malloy & William Cooley At Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Cape Canaveral Office, we’re using a project management tool that facilitates team communication, keeps our project team focused, streamlines work and identifies potential issues.

By Terry Little My experience, both first- and second-hand, has been that people have misused prototyping almost as often as they have used it wisely.

By W. Scott Cameron As I approach my 55th birthday, the “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” keeps coming to mind.

By Craig Lawrence IDEO (pronounced “eye-dee-oh”) is an international design, engineering, and innovation firm that has developed thousands of products and services for clients across a wide range of industries.

By Larry Lawson When I was program manager for Lockheed Martin on the Joint Air Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), the government-stated objective for this stealthy high-performance cruise missile was a unit price of $400,000.

By Steven A. Gonzalez’s When it came time to buy the next-generation data storage system for the Mission Control Center at Johnson Space Center, we asked our contractor who provides Control Center support to come up with a solution that would consolidate three current storage systems, as well as provide additional capability and functionality — […]