Sixth Forum of Master Project Managers

Masters Forum #6 was held February 10-12, 2003. The opening evening began with a group activity entitled “Build as Many Roads as You Can” facilitated by Gregory Howell, P.E., President of the Center for Innovation.

Presentations on the following day included a talk from the Systems Engineer’s Perspective by Gerald Murphy, retired from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and currently President of Design Net Engineering, and from the Procurement Perspective by Thomas Gillman, Contracts Manager at Raytheon and Charles Duff, Act. Deputy Assistant Administrator for Procurement, NASA Headquarters.

Additional presentations:

• Topic: Changing Horses in Midstream — Ed Mauldin, NASA Ames Research Center and Al Moore, NASA Langley Research Center
• Topic: Enough is Enough! — Jim Barrowman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Retired)
• Topic: The Story Factor, Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion Through the Art of Storytelling — Annette Simmons
• Topic: Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory — Doug Drewry, NASA Johnson Space Center
• Topic: Tales from the Crucible: Firm Fixed Price Development! — Scott Tibbitts, President, Starsys Research
• Topic: Project Management Influences on Systems Engineering — Dr. Dale Thomas, Director of the Systems Management Office, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
• Topic: Friends or Foes, NASA and the Contractor Relationship — Elizabeth Bauer, NASA Johnson Space Center and Sharon Campana, Lockheed Martin
• Topic: There I was at 30,000 feet? — Dr. Ken Atkins, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory