ASK NASA for Help with Your Projects

January 19th, 2005 by Hal

Will NASA really answer your questions? Not likely. But ASK Magazine is a great resource for project managers. The articles and stories are practical. You couldn't ask for more. In the latest issue Scott Tibbitts writes about The Morning Meeting. The article does a great job of showing the benefits of a project organization that keeps its attention on commitment-making and fulfilling. Take a few minutes to read Scott's article. You are sure to come away with two or three things you can implement immediately.

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Glen B. Alleman Says:
January 28th, 2005 at 2:35 am
The Master Project Manager forums provide useful field examples of how PM’s do their work.

The end link is
http://appl.nasa.gov/businessunits/knowledge/programs/master_forums.html

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