Fourth Forum of Master Project Managers

Masters Forum #4 was held February 11-13, 2002. The Keynote Speaker was Joseph H. Rothenberg, former NASA Associate Administrator for the Office of Space Flight.

Featured topics and presenters:

• Topic: Leading a Program: Some Call It Program Management — Judy Stokley, Air Force Program, Executive Officer for Weapons
• Topic: A Project In Crisis — Ken Schwer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Topic: I’m from KM, I’m Here to Help — Lynne Cooper, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Topic: Reforming Project Management: A Lean Production Approach — Gregory A. Howell, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Lean Construction Institute
• Topic: Project Leadership — Teresa Vanhooser, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
• Topic: Burning Building Syndrome — Joan Salute, NASA Ames Research Center
• Topic: Ask the Experts — Dougal Maclise, NASA Ames Research Center, and Jeff Bauer, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
• Topic: The Significance of How to Use Your Good Judgment when Confronted with Competing Facts — Dennis Grounds, NASA Johnson Space Center
• Topic: Less of Me — Tim Owen, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
• Topic: Current Issues Facing NASA: A Look at the U.S. Space and Transportation Investment Policies, NASA’s Aerospace Policy, and Legislative Hotspots including the ISS and Aviation Safety Sector — Julie Politt and Ed Mauldin, NASA Ames Research Center
• Charles Duff II, Chief, NASA Ames Research Center Acquisition Department