August 30, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 6 Principal investigators, project managers, and project scientists gathered to exchange stories and knowledge at the third Principal Investigator Team Masters Forum in Annapolis, Maryland.
In order for NASA to succeed with its very demanding and complex missions, the organization has to be very good at sharing learning and collaboration among the centers. ASK Magazine Editor Don Cohen, discusses the importance of collaboration, communication, trust, and sharing expertise within the organization. For more project management and engineering learning content, visit […]
This popular talk is now available in its full-length version! Steve Goo describes the Boeing Program Management Best Practices, an integrated management system the company has refined over the past ten years to enable programs of all sizes achieve high levels of performance and customer satisfaction. He discusses the importance of staying focused on the […]
Why is it so important for organizations to collaborate? Is it for better products? You simply don’t have a choice? You’ll fail without it? Synergies? How about this: it’s where all of your money is spent. Laurence Prusak is the Editor-in-Chief of ASK Magazine. He is also a researcher and consultant and was the founder […]
Former Johnson Space Center Director of Engineering Tom Moser explains that if you don’t “keep a program sold,” it will not survive. Recorded at Masters Forum 19: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtYeE8.
An unusual background can be an asset in aerospace — you never know when it will come in handy, according to former Goddard Space Flight Center Director Noel Hinners.
By Adam Harding A new engineer’s career with NASA usually begins by being tossed into the deep end. You are immediately handed real-world engineering challenges and face the overwhelming data, procedures, and calculations needed to solve them.
By John McManamen One of the many lessons I’ve learned during my career is we aren’t always as smart as we think we are. When we discovered large oscillations occurring during docking between the Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS), I had a chance to learn that lesson again.
Close-up detail of the surface of one of Josh Simpson’s glass “Planet” sculptures. Inspired in part by photographs taken by Astronaut Cady Coleman, his wife, he creates his fantasy planets in his studio in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Photo Credit: Tommy Olof Elder
