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Pause and Learn (PaL) Workshops

A Pause and Learn (also known as an After Action Review) helps project team members reflect on their experiences and articulate their own lessons learned. It is a process for individual reflection, learning and sharing at the work group level.

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NODIS Library

NASA Online Directives Information System. This Webpage allows you to search for online policy directives by center.

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Virtual Project Management Challenge: Building Effective Project Teams for Mission Success

NASA’s mission-critical work is performed by project teams. The following projects are featured in this session: Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) III, and Astro-H.

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Podcast Episode 22: Reflections on Columbia

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Rogers discusses the complex human elements involved in disasters such as the Space Shuttle Columbia accident.

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NASA engineers Rob Gallagher (left), Ken Smith (right) and Deneen Ferro (inside the spacecraft, center) work on the GPM Core satellite in the clean room at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt Md. Credit: NASA
7 Habits of Highly Effective (NASA) Systems Engineers

September VPMC session examines how NASA’s top systems engineers approach their role.

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Virtual Project Management Challenge: 7 Habits of Highly Effective (NASA) Systems Engineers

In this VPMC, NASA systems engineers illustrated how they successfully applied their habits to their project work and how others might develop their project management competencies.

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June 21, 2018 VPMC
Virtual Project Management Challenge: Smaller, Faster, Better: Big Lessons from Small(er) NASA Missions

This Virtual Project Management (PM) Challenge looked at the Dellingr CubeSat and the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator. Participants discussed their approach to the challenges of small projects and share lessons learned.

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Dr. Nigel Packham - Manager, Flight Safety Office, NASA Johnson Space Center
2016 Session 3: Considering It All For Project Success: Dissenting Opinions at NASA

Time:  Wednesday, June 22, 2016 @ 1:30 – 3:00 pm (ET) Presenters: Dr. Nigel Packham – Manager, Flight Safety Office, NASA Johnson Space Center Peter Spidaliere – Mission Systems Engineer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Abstract: Program and project managers must make thousands of decisions in the course of delivering successful products and missions. But how […]

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2016 Session 2: Project Derailed? Get Back on Track with Schedule and Cost
2016 Session 2: Project Derailed? Get Back on Track with Schedule and Cost

Time: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 @ 12:00 – 1:30 pm (ET) Presenters: Dr. Kate Earle – Chief Learning Officer, Quiet Leadership Institute Jason Lee – Assistant Director of the Applied Research and Methods Team, US Government Accountability Office (GAO) Vernell Jackson – Systems Resource Manager, NASA GSFC Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate Cynthia Simmons – Goddard […]

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