APPEL News and Events
October 2009
PMI Recognizes NASA for Shared Project Management Excellence
On October 11, during the Project Management Institute (PMI) Global Congress 2009 - North America in Orlando, Florida, PMI — the world`s leading project management organization — recognized NASA for having one of the leading, most mature program and project management development programs in the U.S. government and around the world. "NASA [is] a model that other organizations look to when they develop their own project management programs," said Gregory Balestrero, PMI president and CEO. "What NASA has achieved through its pursuit of project management excellence serves as inspiration for generations and will continue to do so in the future."
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Masters with Masters
The NASA Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership will present the second in a series of
Masters with Masters events Thursday, October 29, 2009, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. EDT, NASA Headquarters Auditorium, 300 E Street SW, Washington, DC. This event is free and open to the public.
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Masters with Masters events are designed to bring together two master project management and engineering practitioners to reflect on their experiences, lessons learned, and thoughts about upcoming challenges.
Masters with Masters is part of APPEL's ongoing efforts to create a cohesive community of project management and engineering practitioners across the Agency and to engage master practitioners in a conversation that yields fresh insights and promotes reflection and open sharing.
Guest Speakers
John Mather
Senior Astrophysicist and Senior Project Specialist, James Webb Space Telescope Mission
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dennis McCarthy
Chief Technology Officer
Hawk Institute for Space Sciences
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Lessons from Columbia: The Accident, the Investigation, and NASA’s Return to Flight
The NASA Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL) and the Advanced Planning and Analysis Division are pleased to announce a seminar on Lessons from Columbia: The Role of Ballistic Impact Testing and Analysis in the Accident, Investigation, and Return to Flight. The seminar will be held 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. EST, October 28, 2009, on the 9th floor of NASA Headquarters in the PRC room, 300 E Street SW, Washington, DC. The event is open to NASA civil servants and contractors.
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August 2009
New APPEL Course: Space System Development: Lessons Learned
APPEL has added a new engineering course to its curriculum.
Space System Development: Lessons Learned will be taught by Larry Ross, former Director of the Glenn Research Center, and Joe Nieberding. Together, they have almost 70 years of NASA experience. The two-day course includes a review of numerous NASA case studies covering hardware design, program management issues, near-miss incidents, and software design failures. These case studies offer valuable lessons learned for any engineer, designer, or project manager.
The course will be offered at the Kennedy Space Center August 3-4, 2009 and at the Ames Research Center on a later date to be determined. If you have questions about this course or would like to discuss ideas for future APPEL engineering courses, please use the link below to contact Roger Forsgren, APPEL Business Manager.
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June 2009
Business Opportunity — Request for Information (RFI)
The NASA Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership is looking for suggestions from outside organizations to improve the efficiency and quality of the training and support the Academy delivers to its NASA stakeholders. Responses are requested by 4:30 pm. EST on June 26, 2009.
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Project Leadership Forum: Project Success Requires Leadership AND Management
June 26, 2009
NASA Auditorium
NASA Headquarters
300 E Street SW
Washington DC 20024-3210
The NASA Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL) and The Center for Project Leadership at Columbia University are pleased to announce a forum on the topic Project Success Requires Leadership AND Management. The purpose of the forum is to examine some current and anticipated challenges facing the project management community and the critical role that project leadership will play in addressing the increasingly difficult project environment in coming years.
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May 2009
Masters Forum 18 — Passing the Torch
The APPEL knowledge-sharing team is putting the finishing touches on preparations for Masters Forum 18, to be held May 11-15 in Cocoa Beach, Florida. As NASA anticipates the eventual retirement of the Space Shuttle and development of its replacement, it is timely to reflect upon the many important lessons learned from the formulation, development, and operations of the Space Shuttle program. Master program/project managers and engineering practitioners from the shuttle program will share stories and lessons learned, and key leaders working on Constellation Program systems to replace the shuttle will also attend. Agenda highlights include viewing of the STS-125 Launch, a tour of the Kennedy Space Center, panel discussions, presentations, and a knowledge capture activity.
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March 2009
APPEL Featured in International Project Management Publication
APPEL was profiled in a recent issue of Project, a publication of the Association of Project Management. The article examines the establishment of project academies at organizations including NASA, Shell, Rolls Royce, Siemens, and Fujitsu.
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Nominations for 2009 Aviation Week Program Excellence Award
Aviation Week is accepting nominations for its 2009 Program Excellence Award through March 13, 2009. The Program Excellence Award was developed in response to an aerospace/defense sector appeal to establish program and project leadership as a critical competency and need for the twenty-first century.
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February 2009
2009 Program Management Challenge
The theme for the 2009 PM Challenge is "Connect and Discover!"
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