By Brent Robertson and Michael Bay It is always exciting watching something launch into space. It is even more thrilling when the launch is the culmination of many years of work.
At the 2009 NASA Project Management Challenge, I walked to the lectern wearing a white wig. I asked the audience to step back in time with me to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
By Erik N. Nilsen and P.A. “Trisha” Jansma On October 18, 1989, the Galileo spacecraft lifted free from the shuttle cargo bay.
By Don Cohen Rüdiger Süß is the project manager for corporate strategy and international relations for the German Aerospace Center (DLR). DLR is the national research center for aeronautics and space research and the German Space Administration.
By Scott J. Cameron Government service has historically been associated with a relatively stable work environment, at least when compared with private-sector organizations forced to continually adapt to shifting market forces in the pursuit of survival and profitability.
By Keith L. Woodman I once had a NASA project manager who was notoriously hard to work with lament that people were leaving his project as fast as they could. Another project manager, who had no trouble retaining people, told me one of his secrets to success was to manage team members like volunteers. […]
By Laurence Prusak A while ago I asked a number of colleagues, clients, and friends the following question: “If the word ‘knowledge’ were somehow banned from the English language, what existing word could take its place?”
Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director-General of the European Space Agency (ESA), tells the next generation that they have no choice other than to be better than those who came before them. (This event was recorded during the Academy’s Masters with Masters #5 at the 2010 International Astronautical Congress in Prague, Czech Republic.)
Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director-General of the European Space Agency (ESA), explains that having a mutual understanding is the essence of international cooperation. (This event was recorded during the Academy’s Masters with Masters #5 at the 2010 International Astronautical Congress in Prague, Czech Republic.)
