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“Space is hard.” David Maynard Fort Wayne, In, USA I recently gave a presentation on how Project Management works at NASA (where I grew up). I just touched on the highlights of how NASA manages projects. If you’re curious, the well-documented project and program management handbook (http://go.nasa.gov/1QPkK8Z) can be downloaded. It tracks very closely with the PMBOK® guide. One question at the end was: “How come you guys spent so much money when SpaceX can do it for next to nothing?” This is, of course, a popular misconception that I won’t dive into here. My answer was: “It’s always difficult to be the first to do something and quoted Astronaut Mark Kelly: “Space is hard.” Saving Changes... Posted: Sep 9, 2016 2:23 PM (Updated by author: Sep 9, 2016 2:24 PM)

Sort By: Newest First Chronological Votes < 1 2 > Wade Harshman Scrum Master| GDIT Indianapolis, In, USA Thank-you for the link. I enjoy reading various versions of project management, especially from well-established sources such as NASA. ... 1 reply by David Maynard Sep 09, 2016 5:29 PM David Maynard ... Sure thing Wade. All NASA documents are open to the public. There's a really in-depth risk standard too that includes a section on "risk-based decision making." http://go.nasa.gov/2bZWUeo. Saving Changes... Posted: Sep 9, 2016 2:55 PM Rami Kaibni Community Champion Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada Thanks David - This is very interesting. I will definitely go through it in details although it is 400+ Pages. Saving Changes... Posted: Sep 9, 2016 3:09 PM David Maynard Fort Wayne, In, USA Rami, I've considered a series of articles for PMI called: "Growing up Project." I didn't know there was another way of doing for decades. One thing that's an important difference from the PMBOK guide is the NASA standard requires - a monthly review, it specifies what needs to be discussed, the and PM is responsible for the meeting. ... 1 reply by Rami Kaibni Sep 09, 2016 10:36 PM Rami Kaibni ... David, I agree and probably this monthly review is due to the high sensitivity of the operations that NASA runs. Saving Changes... Posted: Sep 9, 2016 5:24 PM David Maynard Fort Wayne, In, USA Sep 09, 2016 2:55 PM Replying to Wade Harshman ... Thank-you for the link. I enjoy reading various versions of project management, especially from well-established sources such as NASA. Sure thing Wade. All NASA documents are open to the public. There's a really in-depth risk standard too that includes a section on "risk-based decision making." http://go.nasa.gov/2bZWUeo. ... 1 reply by Vincent Guerard Oct 02, 2016 9:35 PM Vincent Guerard ... Thanks David I have some reading to do. I will go through both documents. I will search the site if there is more on subject such as compliance, governance. Saving Changes... Posted: Sep 9, 2016 5:29 PM Anupam India Hi David, thanks for sharing. There is lot of information to download, 486 pages to read. Saving Changes... Posted: Sep 9, 2016 10:28 PM Rami Kaibni Community Champion Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada Sep 09, 2016 5:24 PM Replying to David Maynard ... Rami, I've considered a series of articles for PMI called: "Growing up Project." I didn't know there was another way of doing for decades. One thing that's an important difference from the PMBOK guide is the NASA standard requires - a monthly review, it specifies what needs to be discussed, the and PM is responsible for the meeting. David, I agree and probably this monthly review is due to the high sensitivity of the operations that NASA runs. Saving Changes... Posted: Sep 9, 2016 10:36 PM Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina As far as I know SpaceX and NASA would not be compared (I am not saying you are doing that David. I never worked in NASA. I am only a researcher as a result to see the man on the moon in 1969). But I think there is a very interesting point behind your post. I think that most of us around the world are facing the same question: "Why come I spent so much money when this other can do it for next to nothing or cheaper?". Mainly in the currently open world and globalized world. And as allways we need to demostrate value. But the problem here is that value is a subjective matters we need to conver into objective ones. NASA deliver a lot of value to the world. In fact, we are working in this type of spaces thanks to lot of things delivered by NASA research. Saving Changes... Posted: Sep 10, 2016 9:49 AM Karthik T Senior Engineering Manager| Nike Bangalore, Karnataka, India Interesting. Thanks David for sharing. Saving Changes... Posted: Sep 10, 2016 3:20 PM Nadia Vincent Digital Transformation Executive Advisor, IT Management Consultant (MBA)| DigitalTransformationLeaders.com Brussels, Na, Belgium Very interesting! Thank you for sharing David! Nadia Saving Changes... Posted: Oct 2, 2016 5:27 PM Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada Sep 09, 2016 5:29 PM Replying to David Maynard ... Sure thing Wade. All NASA documents are open to the public. There's a really in-depth risk standard too that includes a section on "risk-based decision making." http://go.nasa.gov/2bZWUeo. Thanks David I have some reading to do. I will go through both documents. I will search the site if there is more on subject such as compliance, governance. Saving Changes... Posted: Oct 2, 2016 9:35 PM < 1 2 >

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