Knowledge Category: Articles & Publications

By Todd Post Stories in ASK Magazine demonstrate that career development is rarely something successful project managers consider just a phase of their career.

  After being a project manager of the Human Research Facility for six years, what brought you to Headquarters?

By Dr. Gerald Mulenburg The email was addressed not only to me, but also to all the Project Knowledge Sharing Community at Ames Research Center.

By W. Scott Cameron Early in my career I worked with an experienced, highly regarded design engineer who continually stated he would change assignments or companies for a nickel-an-hour salary increase.

By Terry Little The traditional view of career development in the government goes something like this: Start your career as a functional apprentice.

By Wendy Dolci In July, the Academy of Program and Project Leadership (APPL) conducted a two-week class in Advanced Project Management at Ames Research Center.

By Jeanne M. Holm The NASA Web portal we had designed was exactly what we felt that NASA management wanted: a new face for the Agency, engaging, interactive, and upbeat; a real change from the staid, informational Web site that NASA had already.

By Frank Larsen The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is one of the biggest aircraft shows in the world, and it is also a huge public relations event for NASA.

By Marty Davis Every project has its stories. The ones we usually want to tell are the outright success stories — but the ones we also need to hear are the “things we did wrong and should have known better.”