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By Matthew Kohut Matthew Kohut of ASK the Academy met with Project Management Institute (PMI) CEO Greg Balestrero, PMI Board Member Yanping Chen, Academy Director Dr. Ed Hoffman, and ASK Magazine Managing Editor Don Cohen for a wide-ranging survey of the project management landscape today.

By Robert K. Hurley and Joseph T. Jimmerson “If you’re going to be a project manager at NASA, you need to be prepared for cancellation.” –Gene Austin, X-33 Space Plane program manager

By Dr. C. Howard Robins, Jr. The primary factor in project success is the quality of program and project management. Quality begins with excellent human resources, but effective processes are also critical.

Some engineers become project managers, while others remain more hands-on for the duration of their careers. Both, it turns out, can benefit from project management training.

ASK OCE — February 23, 2007 — Vol. 2, Issue 2   Remarks delivered at Project Management Challenge 2007 on February 7, 2007 By Chris Scolese   I’m grateful to have the opportunity to speak with you today. PM Challenge is one of the few chances we have to come together from our individual organizations […]

February 29, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 2   What can we learn from studying global trends in project management?

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 Keith L. Woodman and Paul W. Krasa Requirements change. Policies change. Personnel change. Projects are constantly exposed to internal and external challenges, and an inability to respond has been many a project’s demise.

By Owen Gadeken Needing money for college, I was able to get an Air Force ROTC scholarship and used it to get my undergraduate degree in chemistry.