Back to Top

Subscribe to INSIGHT

Expanding perspectives every month.

Subscribe
Dan Rasky: History of Cost Plus Contracting

Dr. Dan Rasky worked as a Senior Scientist for NASA on COTS. Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS) was a NASA-industry partnership to develop safe, affordable, reliable space transportation access to Low-Earth Orbit. NASA was the lead investor in the COTS project, much different from traditional government-owned and operated systems. The COTS lessons are applicable to […]

Read More
Dan Rasky: Revamping Cost Estimation Models

Dr. Dan Rasky worked as a Senior Scientist for NASA on COTS. Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS) was a NASA-industry partnership to develop safe, affordable, reliable space transportation access to Low-Earth Orbit. NASA was the lead investor in the COTS project, much different from traditional government-owned and operated systems. The COTS lessons are applicable to […]

Read More
Dan Rasky: Introduction

Dr. Dan Rasky worked as a Senior Scientist for NASA on COTS. Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS) was a NASA-industry partnership to develop safe, affordable, reliable space transportation access to Low-Earth Orbit. NASA was the lead investor in the COTS project, much different from traditional government-owned and operated systems. The COTS lessons are applicable to […]

Read More
Masters with Masters 29 (Therese Griebel and Dr. Aaron Weaver)

NASA is committed to human and workforce development through mentoring and has embraced it to improve the efficiency, creativity, and capabilities of its employees. On August 19, 2015, Ed Hoffman sat down with Dr. Aaron Weaver, Orion Program Integration Lead, and Therese Griebel, Director of Aeronautics, both at NASA Glenn Research Center, to share their […]

Read More
10 Best Practices for Developing Reliable Project Schedules

Jason Lee, of the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), is interviewed by Ramien Pierre as part of NASA’s Virtual PM Challenge. Lee discusses the recently published GAO Schedule Assessment Guide. The guide captures 10 best practices for developing project schedules, and maps each practice to one of the four characteristics of a reliable schedule, specifically […]

Read More
NASA Shuttle Symposium KSF

June 8, 2011 – A HEOMD-sponsored Knowledge Sharing Forum from the Space Shuttle Lessons Learned panel.

Read More
Augustine Report Architecture KSF

March 18, 2010 – A HEOMD-sponsored Knowledge Sharing Forum (KSF) on the Augustine report architecture and rationale with Dr. Ed Crawley.

Read More
Masters with Masters 28 (Carol Ginty and Susan Motil)

Project Management provides leadership, advice, direction, and support to meet the development objectives of any NASA program/or project. On August 19, 2015, Ed Hoffman sat down with Susan Motil, Deputy Chief of the European Service Module Integration Office for the Orion Program at GRC, and Carol Ginty, Project Manager, Evolvable Cryogenics (eCryo) Project, Space Technology […]

Read More
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Critical Knowledge

Commercial Orbital Transportation Systems (COTS) was a NASA-industry partnership to develop safe, affordable, reliable space transportation access to Low-Earth Orbit. NASA was the lead investor in the COTS project, much different from traditional government-owned and operated systems. The COTS lessons are applicable to similar capability development projects and may not be suitable for traditional government […]

Read More