By Dr. Owen Gadeken Several years ago, I was leading a team-building workshop for an Army program office at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and I had divided the group into five-person teams to compete against each other in a desert survival simulation exercise.
By Frank Snow When I was the Ground System Project Manager for the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), Chuck Athas, who had extensive experience with large NASA and DoD systems, was officially my scheduler and planner, but he was also my can-do person.
By Judy Stokley When I started out in management I tried to keep track of every detail on a project. In fact, I always say, “It is a good thing that wisdom comes with age” because I don’t believe I could physically take the hours I used to work.
By Roy Malone It was a classic case of denial. I didn’t want to believe my budget was being cut by 12 percent. I didn’t want to believe I had to lay off people.
By Dr. Alexander Laufer Lance, a very successful project manager of large engineering projects, writes only if he has good reason.
By Ed Hoffman Giving a talk is always a challenge for me. Recently, I was reminded of this when I needed to prepare some brief comments in honor of my son Daniel’s upcoming Bar Mitzvah.
By Todd Post Glenn research center project manager Susan Motil’s story, “So This is Knowledge Sharing,” emerged out of a phone conversation she had with Marty Davis of Goddard Space Flight Center after reading his story in ASK 4 about tailoring reviews.
Many people at Marshall say you are the best mentor they’ve known. What does mentoring mean to you?
