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Screenshot of Cynthia Simmons speaking during her interview. Photo Credit: NASA
Critical Knowledge inSight: Decisive and Rational Decision-Making for Project Managers
July 24, 2023 // by

A project manager needs to adapt to changing circumstances that arise during their project.

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Virtual Project Management Challenge: Building Effective Project Teams for Mission Success
December 3, 2019 // by

NASA’s mission-critical work is performed by project teams. The following projects are featured in this session: Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) III, and Astro-H.

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Clockwise from top left: Stu McClung, Acting Orion Program Executive at NASA HQ, Cathy Richardson, Deputy Program Manager, Earth Science Projects Division at GSFC, Ralph Basilio, OCO-3 Project Manager at JPL, Brian Muirhead, Mars Sample Return Lander Study Lead at JPL, and Cynthia Simmons, Chief, Instrument Systems and Technology Division at GSFC, discussed the habits that help them manage projects effectively at NASA.
At NASA, Effective PMs Guide Teams Toward Success
October 17, 2017 // by

What qualities make NASA project managers effective? In a recent Virtual PM Challenge, agency project managers discussed the characteristics they find critical to mission success. 

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Presenters Vernell Jackson (left), Systems Resource Manager in the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate at Goddard Space Fight Center (GSFC), and Cynthia Simmons (center), Associate Division Chief of the GSFC Instrument Systems and Technology Division, talk with Virtual Project Management Challenge moderator Ramien Pierre (right) about how to get a project back on track with schedule and cost. Photo Credit: NASA
Mission Impossible: Getting a Project Back on Track
March 15, 2016 // by

In a recent Virtual Project Management (PM) Challenge, Cynthia Simmons and Vernell Jackson discussed how they rescued a project that was over budget and behind schedule.

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